As we all become increasingly aware how many different ways the Okinawan martial arts developed, something new to consider is always right around the corner.
On occasion you may hear about the Older Okinawan Punching technique. A fist formation where instead of four folded fingers making the punch, instead the last three fingers are folded, and the index finger remains straight under the thumb when forming this fist.
The earliest writings of Funakoshi Ginchin (1925’s 'Rentan Goshin Karate Jutsu' republished 'Karate Jutsu' 2001 Kodansha) show it.
Mutsu Mizuho documented both versions of the fist in his 1933 'Toudi Kenpo'. He was a former student of Funakoshi and additionally trained in Okinawa. His text adds this fist was used in the Shuri area, where the other fist was used in the Naha area.
Other texts in a Shotokan or other Japenese lineage refer to this fist formation, as well.
On the other hand, in 1982, a senior Shorin Ryu instructor, John Hamilton, then from Pittsburgh, Pa, described this fist in great detail in ‘The Bujin’ magazine.
How to form the Older Fist
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