Practical Kata Bunkai: The End of Pinan Shodan / Heian Nidan

This video was filmed at a seminar in Lund, Sweden and it looks at the “double block“ / “reinforced block“ found towards the end of Pinan Shodan / Heian Nidan. Personally I see the main application of this motion being a response to a throat grab which may happen following the application of the shuto-ukes found earlier in the kata. At the seminar we explained the full progression found in the kata, and that can also be found on my DVD, “The Pinan / Heian Series: The Compl
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