Technique: Unsoku

ON THE MAT

Bushin Kenpo Kai

Unsoku is the foundation of Bushin Kenpo. Unsoku means footwork, but as with anything in martial arts, there’s a lot more to it than that.

The footwork that makes up unsoku in Bushin Kenpo is what allows the techniques to be effective, it facilitates the movements. However, we have to be careful not to create a false separation between unsoku and technique. In application, they are functionally linked, and this is one of the things that makes Bushin Kenpo a formidable personal protection system.