Kata - Pinan Nidan (With Sound)

very interesting. at my school(adamsons karate studuos if you are curious,) this is pinan shodan and pinan shodan is pidan nidan. very intersting. the also taught me to lift my arm upwards on the chops.very interesting

I think this video will really help me. I'm going for 7th kyu soon. But I'm training for Wado Kai and not Wado Ryu. But there aren't any different in styles....I think. And for ambora. we have the cat stance, I can agree with the kicking but it can also be used to avoid a hit by blocking(mainly) it and then a kick to the groin ;P

Wado has no bunkai in kata. Only kaisetsu which is the physical explanation of the kata's exact movement.
objective: opening up of the body / taisabaki change of enbusen, moving the centre of gravity away from the opponent (backwards seen from torimi). thereby inviting ukemi to change direction and enter. Realise that the nukite is inasu principle. don't assume shiko dachi to suddenly, as one can't avoid the upcoming attack properly. forward movement using shiko dachi always suggest avoidence

karate is an technique you learn to defend your self ok thank you!

the nukite is a simultaneous block-strike to kidney.
XoxK and ambora, you are idiots and certainly not qualified to even comment on someone of Suzuki Sensei's stature...

Great reply WadoNeil. Well said.

Master Suzuki is the man responsable for bringing Wado to Europe some 40 years ago. Those idiots who are making bad comments about him are being very disrespectful. I am second generation European Wado student (38 years) and like many instructors of wado today I began my training in a dojo which was headed by him. Altough I have trained with many others over the years 'One never forgets one's roots'. To his credit, he is still teaching and training today.

dropping into short cat stance with hands together I see as block/grab/off-balance of a striking hand, the follow-up nukite strike as a kidney strike. But that is just one bunkai of many. I'd be interested to hear other people's thoughts.

I wonder if the nukite is actually an arm across/through the throat, arcing them backwards whilst you pull the arm you grabbed at the short cat. In both cases, I'd be pulling that arm

At the very end, with the low knife hand moves, can you tell me what the bunkai is? Are these strikes or blocks and against what sort of attack?

Hironori Ohtsuka - isn't he the guy in 'Heroes' LOL!! Just kidding - there is very little respect going on here I agree - I used this video to help me learn the kata and I often won the kata comps so it can't be all bad.

Then again in Karate there are always people who 'know better'. Let them delude themselves is all I'd say about that.

I'm quite flabbergasted to read some of the comments here - this man is Tatsuo Suzuki - one of Hironori Ohtsuka direct lineage students. One of the finest karateka in the modern era

This is the man who taught my teacher's teacher. And you could probably add a few more "teacher's" in there for most people reading this - maybe he's right and you're wrong - that seems the likeliest conclusion.

You seem to be ignoring the superb kime. And kime is what it's all about.

cool000222 in Chito Ryu which i take pinan shodan is this one, but in many other styles the pinan kata are different.
and kimimaru there isn't even a cat stance in any 5 pinan katas..lol and why would you use cat stance while performing a hammer fist? it's supposed to be done in forward stance..cat stance is more for kicks because the weight is on the back leg..not meant for hammer fists...lol

I bet you'd run rings round him in a dark alley, eh?

omg this is so so so poorly done he dosnt use 2 hands to block and he dosnt go to cat stance wen he does a hammer fist and wen he is gonna go to the horse stance he dosnt go to the same height that he was bfore.

In Wado Ryu style it is Pinan Nidan. Can't say what it is for other diciplines.