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Alright, I saw a great question else where online which leads me to ask this question.

How do you go about finding bunkai out of your kata (the applications)

For me I start by first learning the movements, and the obvious techniques of the kata (the punches, kicks, blocks shown) then i imagine what other ways i would be able to do each technique to some one in different situations, and then i do the techniques with minor changes to hand and foot position, directional changes, and mostly, just find a partner, and play around with the techniques until you get something that works, well, and could work well in real life.

I once had some one tell me that each step in my kata, can also be read as a sweep.

i won't lie, i'm slightly bothered that you'd say it's a waste of time to dissect kata.

kata has all the techniques in it, it's the text book you study from.
is it a waste to read a book just because you already know the words and the meanings of the words in the book?

that reminds me of a great quote i heard. "kata is like a book, if you do not understand the book is it the book's fault?"

don't you think it's interesting when there are hidden moves in kata? moves that you don't know exactly what it is........until you learn the kata yourself? Such as Wansu.