Samir Berardo

Karate researcher/translator/instructor and kata bunkai expert. @muidokan founder.

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Now watch this Naihanchi (Tekki) Shodan application breakdown! Did you ever know what those movements were for?
#karate
#bunkai

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Age-uke as an attack! Simple yet devastating! #karate

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This bunkai video features the "invisible punch" from Goju-ryu's Sanchin/Seisan/Sanseru kata. It's especially effective when hitting the liver or the solar plexus. Karate kata becomes really useful when you understand the correct applications.

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Kōsa-uke was never a "double block". Now you know how it's meant to be used!
#karate

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Next time someone says #karate is about punching and kicking, show them this photo of Gichin Funakoshi ready to strike his opponent’s head with planet Earth. 🌏

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Striking the opponent’s neck or jaw with your forearm while pulling their arm with your other hand is one of the simplest and most devastating maneuvers in #karate. Here I demonstrate this application alongside a photo of Okinawan master Chōmo Hanashiro.

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A bit of Sunday kakedameshi training. This is the fundamental form of kumite practiced in old-style #karate. Were you already familiar with it?

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@KarateVideos Exactly!

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Here is a rigorously researched, tested, and proven application for the kata Pinan (Heian) Yondan 平安四段, along with the true meaning of the kōsa-dachi 交差立ち (crossed-leg stance)!
#karate

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Now watch this Naihanchi (Tekki) Shodan application breakdown! Did you ever know what those movements were for?
#karate
#bunkai

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@FullerAli63995 Thank you!

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@silvamimi344 Muito obrigado!

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Pulling your opponent's arm while you strike him with the other arm is the fundamental application of the famous hikite technique of karate. It's time to abandon the myth of doing it for "power generation".
#karate #bunkai

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Fall seven times, stand up eight
Nana korobi ya oki
七転び八起き
#karate

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@silvamimi344 Obrigado!

[Samir Berardo @samirberardo]

What really matters is to keep walking.
#karate

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Genius doesn’t come from knowing all the answers—it comes from embracing uncertainty and following where it leads.

[Sun Tzu | Art of War ⚔️ @QuoteSunTzu]

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

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@MushinkanTokyo Happy birthday, Joe!

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Three karate masters join in a continuous attack to overwhelm an opponent. Do you recognize those masters? How about their kata?
#karate #bunkai

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@Neopaurario Kenpo is a very close relative to karate!

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Have you ever heard of the concept of renzoku bunkai? Here is the complete renzoku bunkai of the kata Pin'An (Heian) Sandan!
#karate