Regarding the bunkai vs k-drills. . . you mention that the bunkai is more realistic because of the "shut down" factor and how the k-drills might be reinforcing some type of "hold-back" or "forgiveness" factor.

I would have to say that the way bunkai were/are taught, (one move at a time) any ...

Kempo, let me clarify my post so there is not misunderstanding. Now don’t take any of this personally. From what you have stated in these posts you are not a uechi practitioner so I will assume as much and I maybe stating things you already know. Please forgive me.

i had hoped that my stating ...

my answer would be point fighting does not allow strikes to the back so you turn sideways to limit and shrink your target zone.
in contact fighting ( like MMA) this a bad idea. you do square up more.
in real life senario training i like to square up just like sanchin but my feet are more relaxed ...

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Soccer is never without differences of opinion :) So is uechi, but the point is we discuss ,the ones who post .

Anyway on Sanchin as a Kata or ...

this is an interesting thread. I am not a uechi practitioner so i don't post much. but i used to argue til i was blue in the face that self defense and sparring is not the same thing.

but from talking to other okinawan karate practitioners i kind of learned that it depends on how you look at it ...

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hi everyone,
i think there is also a difference between okinawan karate, and japanese karate, i didnt read every single post, but i didnt see anyone take up this topic. shotokan is much more linear, than goju or uechi ryu for example.

and referring to japanese arts (again a broad generalization ...

i think people should stop, read the history of their art, and realize that most if not all martial arts even in the strtictly traditional sense are a mixture of several other arts, karate, "any style" is a combination of chinese martial arts, with the indigenous arts of okinawa for instance.
i ...

personally, i think the depth of jujitsu is in its simplicity of learning, getting better and better at the techniques, understanding why and how they work the way they work. to me its more open than some other styles ive seen, less rules maybe...i like the fact that i am not worried about which ...