NEW! Annesi LIVE!
Annesi LIVE! Productions are full, partial or assembled seminars and classes shot by amateur videographers. Sometimes the sound or image is less than perfect, but Bushido-kai edits the video to bring out the essence of the instruction so the information is always fascinating.
Annesi LIVE!: Aragaki Sochin
 A semi-private intensive covering Seisho Aragaki's Sochin Kata, often translated "Fighting Monk", the most common ideographs for which suggest "Prosperous Ancient Peace Preservation Center". In an intimate setting with a 3-person class, Hanshi Annesi covers Sequence, Variations, Applications and adds fascinating commentary along the way.
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(1 DVD, 2 hours) AL-5, $49 
Kanku-dai & The Elements of Self-defense
Shot in Toronto for the Tsuruoka Karate Organization, this seminar features applications from Kanku-dai not seen in previous programs. Using fundamental concepts and principles, Hanshi Annesi shows how the Kanku-dai kata is rich in locking, throwing, weight shifting, back pressure, and soft blocking movements that go unnoticed by most karate-ka. MORE about Kanku & The Element sof Self-defense  
2 DVDs (2.5 hours) AL-8, $59.00
Annesi LIVE!: BASSAI & the Elements of Self-defense
 Shot in Richardson, Texas, this seminar was purportedly about the principles of self-defense. Only late in the semianr did many of the students realize that Hanshi Annesi was using Bassai-dai to teach fundamental concepts and various categories of self-defense waza like soft and hard blocking, weight shifting, locking, structuring, throwing, and "soft" power punching.
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(1 DVD, 1 hour) AL-1, $39
Annesi LIVE!: WANKAN, Theory & Practice
 Shot in Richardson, Texas, this seminar condenses the essence of Wankan (Matsukaze) into a single presentation that emphasizs both the method of kata analysis and the distinction between theoretical and applied techniques.
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(1 DVD, 1.25 hour) AL-2, $39
Annesi LIVE!: TENSHO, Range of Intensity
 Shot in Toronto, Ontario, this seminar condenses the essence of Tensho (its detail, form and applicaiton) emphsizing both Hard and Soft applications over a range of intensities. Included is an intercession about Structural Analysis.
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(1 DVD, 2 hours) AL-3, $49
Annesi LIVE!: FORM to FORMLESS, A Private Karate Workshop
 Shot in a private Toronto dojo, this small, intensive class covered several subjects volunteered by the participants: Questions on the Details of Tensho, Goju & Daito Shuto, Testing Structure, The Structure of Nijushiho, Types of Power, Apparent Formlessness, The Triangle Defense, Weight Dropping.
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(1 DVD, 1.75 hour) AL-4, $49
CRACKING THE KATA CODE
The Foundation of Advanced Kata Study
(NOW in our CLASSICS COLLECTION!)
3 videos, 6 hours
 Cracking the KATA Code 1: Igata & Kata
You know how to perform your kata but do you fully understand them? From the ground-breaking book of the same name (see book section), Shihan Tony Annesi reveals how kata is misunderstood by most practitioners, both modern eclecticists and traditionalists. There are two ideographs for kata. One implies a rigid mold, the other suggests a general shape — "the mold filled with gelatin." As a beginner you were instructed to follow the rigid mold, but did you learn how that rigidity becomes softened by interpretation and personal sensibilities in more senior practice? Annesi offers the details of a 3-tier approach to kata study. Chojun Miyagi said, "Kata are not simply an exhibition of form; they are concrete manifestations of techniques that can be transformed at any time to any form at will and in which the essence of karate has assumed a definite form."
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1 DVD (2 hrs) K-29, $39.00
 Cracking the KATA Code 2: Types & Modes of Bunkai
Are you the unusual student who can see beyond the surface? Bunkai means sample, example, or analysis. A method of analysis that reveals unexpected techniques and principles is the subject of this and the next video. Sometimes bunkai reveals overt oyo (applications) but, in other cases, these oyo are intentionally indistinct, even barely suggested. Kata are like great books -- what they offer is obvious but there are multiple layers of meaning that only a talented teacher or student can reveal.
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1 DVD (2 hrs) K-30, $39.00
 Cracking the KATA Code 3: 10 Tips of Analyzing Kata
Test your interpretive talents. Shihan Annesi suggests 10 simple guidelines that can help martial artists get the most from their kata study. He uses an unusual kata, Aragaki Unsu, to demonstrate the ideas previously taught. Both students and Shihan Annesi contribute to the possible interpretation of the material covered, exemplifying an approach both very traditional and simultaneously ground-breaking.
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1 DVD (2 hrs) K-31, $39.00
CRACKING the KATA CODE DVD Set!
6 hours of traditional karate with an inconoclastic approach!
CKCvs, ONLY $99.00
See DVD Preview at Cracking the Kata Code 1
(These videos are NOT style-specific. Any practitioner can learn how to benefit more from their studies by viewing CRACKING THE KATA CODE, The Foundation of Advanced Kata Study. See next entry for videos detailing the Takeshin method of kata performance & analysis.)
CRACKING the KATA CODE Mixed Media SPECIAL!
 CKC 3 DVD set and CKC book (click image to link to Book section) together at a reduced price. CKCmix, ONLY $119.00
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Unlimited Insights in KARATE for the TAKESHIN Student
and for others, as well.
 TAKESHIN Karate-do HEIAN SHODAN:
Form, Structure & Application
Hidden Throws & Locks and more details than the eye can see. There is a reason why Funakoshi said that the Heian series is all one needs to know for self-defense. Conceptual and physical training following the ideas shown in CRACKING THE KATA CODE. Think Heian Shodan is for beginners? Think again.
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1 DVD (2.5 hrs) KH-1, $79.00
  TAKESHIN Karate-do HEIAN NIDAN: Form, Structure & Application
Second of the Heian Series (first of the Pinan series.)
How to test each movement statically, dynamically and "bioelectrically." Unexpected applications. Heian 1 and 2 set the format for the rest of the Heians.
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2 DVDs (3 hrs)
KH-2, $79.00
 TAKESHIN Karate-do HEIAN SANDAN:
Form, Structure & Application
The shortest of the Heians but full of joint locking and throwing. This video is crammed with insights into advanced kata training.
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1 DVD (2 hrs)
KH-3, $69.00
 TAKESHIN Karate-do HEIAN YONDAN:
Form, Structure & Application
Fourth of the Heian Series and among the richest in variety of application. Includes structure and power tests.
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1 DVD (2.5 hrs.) KH-4, $79.00
 TAKESHIN Karate-do HEIAN GODAN:
Form, Structure & Application
The culmination and, in many ways, the summary of the Heian series. Heian godan links its companions together and prepares the student for the study of Kanku and Bassai.
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1 DVD (2.5 hrs) KH-5, $79.00
THE LOWER KYU KATA Set
All 5 "lower kyu" levels of Takeshin Karate Kata: Heian Shodan through Godan.
9 videos on 6 DVDs , 13 HOURS at one unbelievably low price!
KH-LK, ONLY $289
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MORE KARATE KATA AT AN EVEN HIGHER LEVEL!
  TAKESHIN Karate-do KANKU-DAI
Among the longest forms in the Shotokan, Shito, Shorin and Tang Soo Do systems, Kanku-dai is surpassed in length only by the kata Gojushiho and Goju's Suparinpe. Kanku-dai is the essence of the Heian Kata put together; indeed, some say that it was the prime source of all the Heian kata. In this fascinating form, there are many hidden throws, takedowns, locks, escapes and subtle, effortlessly executed techniques.
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2 DVDs (3 hrs)
KKD, $79.00
 TAKESHIN Karate-do BASSAI-DAI
There are actually 11 traditional versions of Bassai. Like Kanku-dai, it uses (or is the source of) many of the techniques shown in the Heian kata. We show four versions of Bassai but, more importantly, we spend the lion's share of the video on oyo (application): hidden throws, takedowns and especially arm locks.
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1 DVD (2.5 hrs)
KBD, $79.00
 TAKESHIN Karate-do TEKKI Shodan, Nidan, Sandan
Also called Naihanchi, this series of horse-riding kata have had many interesting and sometime fanciful interpretations. Were they designed to fight against a wall? In rice patties? On the ground? We cover stance changes that most studies ignore as well as in-fighting interpretations.
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1 DVD (2.5 hrs)
KT123, $79.00
THE UPPER KYU KATA Set
All 3 "upper kyu" levels of Takeshin Karate Kata, Kanku through Tekki Sandan.
4 DVDs, 8 HOURS at one low, low price!
KH-UK, ONLY $189.00
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Get All the Takeshin Kata through Shodan!
All 8 kyu levels of Takeshin Karate Kata, Heian Shodan through Tekki Sandan (10 kata).
15 Videos on 12 DVDs, 21 HOURS at one reduced price!
KRR>SHO, ONLY $449.00
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Related KARATE DVDs
 Kumite- and Keri-waza.
Takeshin KERI & KUMITE Kyu Requirements: One-step sparring and basic kicking as done in Takeshin Karatedo. (See Video 9 in above photo.) 1 DVD (1 hr)
K-KKW, $49.00
 FUNAKOSHI'S 9 THROWS
There were actually more than nine.... Gichin Funakoshi and his senior student Shigeru Egami both advocated throwing in karate. In fact it was Funakoshi, when first settled in Japan, who taught Jigoro Kano, the founder of Judo, throws that Funakoshi had learned in Okinawan Karate. In Funakoshi's Karate-do Kyohan, he outlined nine throws which have become the basis of Takeshin Karate-do's shodan requirements.
In this unique video, Shihan Tony Annesi demonstrates the harder, more direct "karate" versions of the waza and then shows Takeshin's modified "aiki" versions as applied in a one-step sparring format. A video that will be enjoyed by both Karate and Aiki students. (See Video 10 in above photo.) 1 DVD (1.5 hours)
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download the notes to this seminar
K-NW, $59.00
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INNOVATIVE TRADITIONALISM!
You've never seen one-step sparring like this! Not fancy, not complex. Just functional!
SUDDEN ATTACK DEFENSE DVD Set
Standard Traditional Ippon Kumite (Embu Kumite) prepares one for a face-to-face street attack. What if the opponent does not attack face-to-face? What if he does not use a head-high lunge punch?
And, what does one-step sparring lead to if not freestyle sparring? The Okinawan masters knew that one-step sparring was a way to apply basics learned in kata.
A variety of sparring drills help you react to unexpected attacks. By learning a logical, incremental set of one-step drills, you prepare for real sudden attack.
Few students or teachers realize the depth to which the one-step exercises can go. This 3-part video series starts with traditional practices, troubleshoots them, and gradually adds variations until unexpected but nonetheless realistic drills emerge:
Touch-Pass, SAD (Sudden Attack Defense), and CAD (Combat Attack Defense.) This video series allows you to bridge the gap between the master's teachings and self-defense in today's world.
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3 DVDs (5.5 hours) SADvs, $139.00
SUDDEN ATTACK DEFENSE Mixed Media SPECIAL!
5.5 HRS of DVD instruction AND the 176 pg. book with 300 photos!
SADmm, ONLY $159.00
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BUSHIDO-KAI'S KATA COMPARISON SERIES,
each with APPLICATIONS galore!
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 Empi / Wanshu
Offered at the Nidan level of Takeshin Karate-do, Shotokan-style Empi (Flying Swallow) is compared to two versions of its antecedent, Wanshu. Sensei Tobey Reed performs Shuri-ryu Wanshu and Shihan Annesi shows a version of Itosu-kai (Shito-ryu) Wanshu. The kata are shown individually, then side-by-side-by-side. Shihan Annesi devotes the dominant amount of time to Empi applications while Tobey Reed inserts similar applications from a different part of Wanshu. These are compared and contrasted with Itosu-kai Wanshu to make for an action-packed hour-and-a-half of advanced karate analysis and application.
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1 DVD (1.5 hrs)
KCS-1, $59.00
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 Wankan / Matsukaze
Offered at the Nidan level of Takeshin Karate-do, Shotokan-style Wankan (King's Crown) is compared to Shito-ryu's Matsukaze (Pine Wind) which is also known as Wankan. The kata are shown individually, then side-by-side.Ê Shihan Annesi then illustrates numerous applications from both kata. A non-stop hour-and-a-half of advanced karate analysis and application.
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1 DVD (1.5 hrs)
KCS-2, $59.00
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 Ji'in / Jutte / Jion
Shotokan-style versions of "The J-series," probably descended from Tomari-te. All 3 kata are demonstrated, taught, and analyzed, comparing, contrasting, and discovering new connections for deeper understanding.
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1 DVD (2.5 hours)
KCS-3, $79.00
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 Meikyo / Itosu Rohai 1, 2, 3
Shotokan-style version of Meikyo (Shuri-te influenced) compared and contrasted with its root forms the three versions of Rohai from Ankoh Itosu (these forms share a name with but are not the same as the Matsumora Rohai done by Shorin, Shito and Tang Soo do stylists.)
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1 DVD (2.5 hours)
KCS-4, $79.00
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 Gankaku / Matsumora Rohai
Shotokan-style version of Gankaku (Shuri-te's Chinto) compared and contrasted with Matsumora Rohai, the Tomari-te influenced historical root of Itosu Rohai and Meikyo.
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1 DVD (2 hours)
KCS-5, $69.00
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 Hangetsu / Aragaki Seisan
Shotokan-style version of Hangetsu (Shuri-te influenced) compared and contrasted with Aragaki Seisan (Tomari-te influenced).
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1 DVD (2 hours)
KCS-6, $69.00
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 Uechi Seisan / Goju Seisan
A follow-up to Hangetsu/Aragaki Seisan, comparing and contrasting two similar (but clearly uhique) verison of Seisan, Goju's upper level form, and Uechi's intermediate form.
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1 DVD (2.25 hours)
KCS-7, $79.00
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 Kanku-sho
The Shotokan variant compared with its Kanku-Dai counterpart. Unexpeced comparison, contrasts, and applicaitons.
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1 DVD (1.5 hours)
KCS-8, $59.00
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 Bassai-sho
The Shotokan variant compared with its Bassai-dai counterpart. Form and function with many, many applications.
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1 DVD (1hour, 20 min.)
KCS-9, $59.00
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 Hard & Soft Applications of Gojushiho-dai & Gojushiho-sho
The two Shotokan-style kata compared and contrasted with emphasis on the softer applications.
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1 DVD (2 hours, 30 min.) KCS-10, $79.00
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TENSHO, HAKUCHO, PAPUREN: The AIKI of KARATE
  Many karate arts claim to start hard and develop soft skills at an advanced level. What turns out to be soft instruction (if any) is a few lessons in joint locks that has little or nothing to do with traditional kata. This double-video set is a unique approach to three traditional kata from Goju and White Crane that are overtly sought but seldom studied for the oyo (applications).
You will learn each form, its stances and individual hand techniques and then Master Instructor Annesi will add "the Takeshin element" before revealing dozens of applications, some direct, but most subtle, fluid, and using energy that is somewhere between internal Chinese martial arts and traditional Japanese aiki. Download the FREE 28-page PDF notes to the seminar
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2 DVDs (4 hours, 45 min.) KCS-11, $99/set
Shotokan NIJUSHIHO vs. Aragaki NISEISHI 
Nijushiho (24 Movements) is derived from a Tomari-te version of Niseishi. Another version, Seisho Aragaki's as shown in this DVD seems completely different. But is it? Compare the two forms and reveal scores of insights and applicaitons as well as unexpected counters form one kata to the other!
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1 DVD (2 hours, 30 min.) KCS-12, $79.00
EXCLUSIVE ! Rare KATA now available on video!
The Lost CHANNAN Kata (with Dr. Elmar Schmeisser)
You will witness the hidden roots of the Heian/Pinan Kata taught, analyzed, and compared with the Heian kata using plenty of unusual applications.
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Real fighting seldom happens at sparring range. Often, it is in-close and personal. Even if you spar well, the referee stops you when you get too close. But that is where the real fight starts. Are you ready to mix it up? Now you can learn how to finish that in-close fight.
Learn closing skills, receiving thrusts, simultaneous block/strike, off-balancing blocks, checking hands, trapping hands, short & small technqiues, contouring, successive leg techniques, heave & earth techniques, clinches, and give-and-take drills that integrate what you have learned.
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1 DVD (2 hours, 30 min.) K-45, $79.00
KARATE Engagements SPECIAL
3 DVDs on the ranges of engagement not normally taught by karate systems: ground defense, in-fighting, and throws.
 
3 DVDs (7 hours) KEs, $179.00
 SITUATIONAL SELF-DEFENSE from Traditional Kata
Every karate-ka learns to defend against punches and kicks but karate was originally intended as a holistic self-defense skill. That means traditional training must have included self-defense against lapel grab, front neck choke, rear wrist holds, rear chokes, rear body holds, hammer locks, etc. Shihan Annesi reveals these defenses and more, all from the traditional kata you thought you knew!
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1 DVD (2 hours, 30 min.) K-47, $79.00
HIDDEN JOINT JOLTS from Karate Kata 
The blocks and punches are obvious. Sometimes the overt armlocks stick out like a sore elbow; but what about the subtle, quick, debilitating jolts to knees and elbows that are so easy to ignore when analyzing kata? Here they are, clearly instructed and drawn from the kata you thought you knew—amazingly effective and easy to apply!
Download the FREE 2-page PDF notes to the seminar.
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1 DVD (2 hours, 30 min.) K-48, $79.00
MORE HIDDEN JOINT JOLTS from Karate Kata 
Although the kata are vehicles for learning hidden joint jolts, the purpose of the training is to instantly recognize an opportunity for a jolt in self-defense. The positions and theoretical situations the kata presents help you understand the body-mechanics needed for practical joint jolt application.
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1 DVD (2 hours, 23 min.) K-53, $69.00
Twice the Jolts (nearly 5 hours!) at Reduced price!
HIDDEN JOINT JOLTS Double-DVD Set
2 DVDs (4 hours, 53 min.)
HJJ-set, $129.00
HIDDEN THROWS & TAKEDOWNS from Karate Kata
A follow-up to our HIDDEN JOINT JOLTS video, this triple DVD set revelas the less overt sweeps, takdedowns, and throws implied or hidden in the karate kata that are otherwise familiar to you.
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3 DVDs (4 hours, 20 min.) K-HTT-1, $129/set
  
Download the FREE 1-page PDF notes to the seminar
HIDDEN OYO (Applications)
More on Hidden Joint Jolts More on More Hidden Joint Jolts
More on Situational Self-Defense More on the Hidden Throws Set
6 DVDs (2 hours, 43 min.) HO, $279.00
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