Hokei Kumite or Bunkai Kumite

Extracted from http://shitokai.com/hokei.php


Master Mabuni was a pioneer and his thinking, years ahead of his contemporaries. His systemization of Karate was well planned and well executed and designed to make it available to general public were preserving its unique value as a martial art. This form of exercise was over free sparing by many of the most prominent masters of Karate.

Master Mabuni experimented it with protective equipments, during the 1930s. Hoping that it would allow self-simulative combat. However powerfully applied techniques still cause concussions through the thickest protections and broken feet and hands were common. He quickly reverted to pre arranged sparing to prevent injuries and also because protective equipments limited natural movements, and therefore inhabited technique.

Many movements and combinations of movements are expressed in Hokei or Bunkai Kumite.
These exercises are manifestation of the principles of Yo Riu Bi.

Master Mabuni insisted that the system of Yo Ryu Bi applied. That is technique should be useful (Yo), and have flowing rhythm of movement (Ryu), and from the combination should come (Bi) or beauty.

Everything should be practical but have a utility elegant so is the parent about the expert and casual observer. The applications of follow are those of a basic Heian Katas of Shito ryu Karate.

Extracted from a forum Bunkai Vs Hokei

Bunkai means 'application' and Hokei means 'dance'

Bunkai is the contraction of the formal name Bun Bu Kai Setsu which approximately means ' the division of the principles between the martial skill and the intellectual knowledge ' or mas specifically 'analysis'.

Whereas the ideograma Hokei can mean 'flower' or 'dance'.

The Hokei-Kumite is mas similar to the Kata-Kaho of the former Ju-jutsu and to the modern ones En Bu or martial dances.

In the Bunkai the karateka analyzes the answers, studies, observes and learns new things.

In the alone Hokei-Kumite it dances and trains.