Darrell Craig is among the few martial art teachers that still believes in the importance of teaching the old ancient kata's and their bunkai's. The fact is that only by understanding the kata's and their bunkai's, students will be able to learn the true way of mastering karate. Most teachers today do not know the true kata's nor their importance, and therefore the students wont know them either, and a very important brick in their education will be missing.
A correct kata is a series of moves, where each move has a defend and counter-attach purpose, which is called bunkai. By learning the kata's and practice them over and over, you will teach your body and mind to use the bunkai's as a natural thing, should you ever need to defend yourself.
Sensei Darrell Craig has written a remarkable book about this. Click here to read more and order it.
Living in Houston where Darrell Craig's Houston Budokan is located, I feel very lucky to be one of his students, and proud to be one of the few that are being taught these ancient techniques, which are the basic foundation of all martial arts.
If you live in Houston, Texas, and have considered to begin some martial art training, I can highly recommend spending 5-10 minutes looking at Houston Budokan's website, and you should seriously consider coming by to see the training, and sign up for a powerful & unique experience you wont be offered many other places.
Ole Drews Jensen, February 2003