Iain Abernethy

Iain Abernethy

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About this app

We have created the “Iain Abernethy Applied Karate App” for your iOS & Android smartphones and tablets. What this means is that you can have masses of applied karate/kata bunkai information at your fingertips! I will update the app each week with new material, and it is suitable for all karate practitioners; irrespective of style. The app gives access to many hours of video on the following topics:

Weekly Info from Iain

Core Kata Concepts

Impact and Pad Drills

Exclusive Seminar Footage

Karate Throws, Locks, and Ground Drills

And LOADS of kata bunkai instruction! So far we have videos on the following kata: The Pinan / Heian Series, Naihanchi (Tekki), Passai (Bassai-Dai), Kushanku (Kanku-Dai), Chinto (Gankaku), Seipai, Seienchin, Wanshu (Enpi), Gojushiho, Kururunfa, Jion, Jitte, Chinte, and more (listed under an A to Z section).

We are adding new and exclusive content (stuff you can’t see on the website and YouTube) all the time and you don’t want to miss out!

Ratings and reviews

I LOVE the content in this app, especially the "in depth" series for kata. My only complaint (costing it one star) is the app always resets if I switch out of it for any reason (incoming calls, texts, writing this review, etc.), and then I have to remember exactly where I was to pick up where I left off. Other than that, solid app. (Bonus suggestion: if it's possible for you to add "clip notes" or other related written content, that would make the app even better!)

The content from Iain Abernethy is really, really excellent : 5+ stars. The content is enriched very frequently. It is a valuable practitioner's and teacher's resource. However, I am frustrated by technical issues (many of the videos stop playing after 1 minute for me). I have had the issue on three separate devices, so I think it is a problem at the source. But what bugs me most is that the technical team ignore my messages to find a solution. Tech support 0 stars. :o(

Will not let me register as it keeps kicking me back to the registration screen saying "4 digit PIN required" in red text, forgetting that I actually did type one. Tech support is useless; beyond the initial nonsensical "getting your app ready for launch" response, I've had nothing after 3 days! Also, re-installing didn't help. Addendum: Got passed the initial hurdle (Having contacted Iain Abernethy himself) and am able to actually use the app, though there are still some technical issues like sometimes - somehow accidentally - opening two instances of a video simultaneously, having to restart a video if I enable/disable fullscreen part-way through, which can also cause the video to display in a weird aspect ratio and being rather crash-happy in general. Those shortcomings aside, it's a nice, handy pocket database.

What’s new

Version update and bug fix