Applied Karate Show Episode 009 - Sensei Iain Abernethy
Applied Karate #009 (mp3 - 25MB - 72 mins)
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Sensei Iain Abernethy has been involved in the martial arts since childhood. Iain holds the rank of 5th Dan with both the British Combat Association (one of the world’s leading groups for close-quarter combat, self-protection and practical martial arts) and Karate England (the official governing body for Karate in England). Iain regularly writes for the UK’s leading martial arts magazines and he is a member of the “Combat Hall of Fame”.
One of the UK’s leading exponents of applied karate, Iain has written a number of critically acclaimed books on the practical application of traditional martial arts and is well known for his work on the pragmatic use of the techniques and concepts recorded in the traditional kata. Iain’s seminars, books, DVDs and articles have proved to be very popular with those groups and individuals who wish to practise their arts as the pragmatic systems they were originally intended to be.
This was a wide ranging and fascinating conversation that covered topics such as:
- Iain’s early days of training in Wadoryu karate, under the guidance of Sensei Doug James, 7th Dan
- Exploration and importance of the study of kata bunkai in understanding the pragmatic nature of karate
- Kata being a practice that allows you to emotionally commit fully
- How to approach a study of kata bunkai
- Kata based sparring as an approach to gaining an understanding the pragmatic nature of kata
- How Iain came to write a book, and ultimately become a fulltime write and martial artist
- The three martial artist that Iain finds most inspiring - Doug James, Geoff Thompson and Peter Consterdine - and what it is Iain admires in them
- Weight lifting and structuring a program for a martial artist
- Iain’s latest book: Mental Strength
- What Iain is working on now
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