Shotokan Applications?

[ACP]

Was anyone here ever taught any applications from Shotokan Karate that included throwing and joint locks?

[jeff5]

If you check out the books and videos by Ian Abernathy, he shows quite a few applications from Kata that are locks and throws. While he doesn't do Shotokan (he does Wado-Ryu), I believe many of the kata are the same, or at least similar.

[Toudiyama[NL]]

Jeff5

Wado is known for its Locks and throws also Ohtsuka never was instructed bunkai by Funakoshi Gichin, so I guess Abernathy does reverse enginered applications using Wado techniques

[jeff5]

To be honest I have no idea where Ian gets his Bunkai from. Could be reverse engineered, or from others he's studied with. I like a lot of it though.

[ryguyrocks]

Same here, i do know either.

[bzarnett]

The "Practical Karate" series of books by Nakayama show a variety of applications of Shotokan including sweeps and locks. These are a series of books by Donn Draeger and Masatoshi Nakayama. I believe there are six books in the series.