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KARATE VIDEO CLIPS & OTHERS

Here are my collection of Karate video clips, street fighting video clips and self defense video clips. I spent countless hours searching the web for Karate video clips or street fighting video clips showing:

effective Karate bunkai and techniques for fighting and self defense.
effective street fighting techniques which can complement Karate.
self defense applications against common habitual acts of physical violence (HAPV).
dangerous or risky Karate bunkai and techniques for real life applications.

Below are all the Karate video clips, street fighting video clips and self defense video clips you may download for free. Just RIGHT-CLICK your mouse and select "SAVE TARGET AS..." to save these video clips into your PC for viewing anytime you like.

My thanks and appreciation to Stanic Milos Sensei of Tsunami Dojo in Belgrade for these excellent Karate video clips below showing classical Karate techniques for fighting.

Karate Video Clips	Descriptions / Comments
Tomari Passai bunkai	Classical Karate or Okinawa-te showing teisho (palm strike), gedan barai (joint lock), sokuto geri (knee smash), sagurite (eye poke), tomoe tsuki (take down). My personal favorite.
Kushanku bunkai	Classical Karate showing shuto (knife hand), soto shuto (reverse knife hand), ura gamae (cheating guard), mawashi empi (elbow smash), mikazuki (snap front kick and throw).
Soto shuto bunkai	Classical Karate showing soto shuto application.
Seisan bunkai	Classical Karate showing basic Karate techniques like tsuki (punch) and geri (kick) and advance techniques like ren tsuki, teisho with hikite, hiza geri with nage, fumi kiri and variations.
Ushiro empi bunkai	Classical Karate showing ushiro empi application.
Mawashi empi	Classical Karate showing shuto strike/block and takedown via a chin jab & sweep. Also shows mawashi empi as an inside block and counter.

I believed in modern combative techniques and tactics as taught by instructors like the late Carl Cestari (Unarmed Combat). Below are some very good street fighting video clips from this great close combat instructor. View the Karate video clips above and then these street fighting video clips to see the similarities between them. Also try to see the difference between the classical Karate videos above and common sport-based Karate (what most people learn today).

Street Fighting Video Clips	Descriptions / Comments
Basic Stand Position	Carl Cestari showing the basic stand position and distancing.
Grab Defense	Carl Cestari showing defense against grab, head butt and groin kick.
Neck Wrench	Carl Cestari showing using neck wrench for shoulder smash, knee to groin, restrain and take down.
Ground Fighting 1	Carl Cestari showing submission hold, arm lock and neck crank.
Throws and Holds	Carl Cestari showing a variety of strikes, low kicks, throws and holds.
Opening for Chokes	Carl Cestari showing how to open the neck for devastating chokes.
Nasty Ballshot	Carl Cestari showing pre-emptive opening strike with a ballshot and elbow combination.
Inside Shin Kick	Cestari students showing an inside shin kick and edge of hand (shuto) combination.
Ground Fighting 2	Carl Cestari showing how to use a Figure-4 arm lock to maintain hold on the ground.
Ground Fighting 3	Carl Cestari showing how to break free from a scarf hold on the ground.
Edge of Hand strikes	Carl Cestari showing an edge of hand combo, similar to shuto strike, but at close range.

Below are some self-defense video clips showing techniques which in my opinion are risky and difficult to execute under stress. With due respect to the respective instructors, I'm not saying that these techniques won't work, just that they need to be tested against moving and resisting training partners to determine the chances of them working successfully in real life. Generally, I do not recommend too much wrist-locking or fine motor skills in a dangerous situation. It might work better if the opponent has been sufficiently distracted or disabled by stomping, head butting, sweeping, spitting, slapping, poking, clawing or even biting . Note that the Karate video clips above consist of many gross motor skills which are more applicable under stress.

Self Defense Video Clips	Descriptions / Comments
Bear Hug	This technique requires considerable strength to work.
Head Lock	It's hard to slip your arm upward to execute the escape.
Lapel Grab	It's hard to execute fine motor movement such as wrist-lock or wrist-throw under stress.
Shoulder Throw	This technique requires considerable strength to work for a woman.

Karate video clips, Karate video clips

Why do I emphasize so much on simple Karate techniques? Look at the real street fights video clips below. A real fight is messy and it's not easy to apply fine motor skills such wrist-locks or high kicks on moving, resisting opponents, unless you are really swift and accurate. Also see how the distance are closed so fast that it's impractical to use any long or mid-range techniques. Some boxing, clinching and grappling skills would definitely be useful most of the time in a real fight. With my new 2 GB web server, I've added many new video clips showing real fights.

Real Street Fights Video Clips	Descriptions / Comments
Nasty Street Brawl	This video clip shows why we must learn to fight at all ranges, from standing to clinching to ground.
Car Park Boxing	See how hard it is to hit a moving, ducking opponent, and how the clinch is used to control a person.
Car Park Brawl	This fight should be ended with clinching, throwing, grappling & submission. Punching is not working.
Teens Brawl	See how much pulling, pushing, shoving & clinching is done here. Look out for the semi-suplex throw.
Skater Punk	Never stick around wild or aggressive people. And keep your guard up around them.
Bicycle Race Fight	Well, this is what will happen if you don't know how to throw proper punches.
One Vs Four	See how aggression and pre-emptive strikes can change the odds when outnumbered.
Kimbo	See this illegal challenge fight between two gang members. Watch out for the nasty cut.
Soccer Match Bully	This is what will happen if you when you quarrel with someone and don't see the signs of violence.
Chaotic Gang Fight	In a chaotic gang fight, grappling is risky, you can be attacked from all directions. Better to hit and run.
Pimp KO by Karate Master	Sometimes a nicely aim shot is all you need to end a fight. See how Age uke is use as a strike.

Karate video clips, Karate video clips

This page will be updated constantly as I continue to search for more Karate video clips and street fighting video clips to illustrate to you the difference between techniques for self defense and techniques for competition. Depending on your purpose for learning Karate or any other martial arts, please learn to distinguish what will work in real life and what won't. Let me know what other Karate video clips you want through the Feedbacks Form.

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