Isshinryu
Obi-Waza,
now that’s something I haven ‘t heard of in almost 40 years.
First,
as such, they were not part of my instruction from Mr, Lewis or Mr. Murray.
The
only time I’ve seen mention of them was in a Black Belt issue in 1974 about Steve Armstrong.
There was a side-bar article mentioning obi-waza
and he was photographed performing a grab and strike on his son,
He
then proceeded to demonstrate how the obi held between two hands could be used
to parry a strike and then wrap around an attackers neck to throw them to the
ground.
Nothing is found on
the internet. That of course dosen’t mean it is not a collection of real
techniques. Just that it hasn’t been shared as such.
I did find one
reference on inter net The San Francisco Isshinryu Karate Community describes
the movement from Wansu kata as “Wansu also introduces the “Obi Waza” where the
opponent is pulled by the belt with your left hand at the same time you are
side stepping and punching with your right hand.”
A while ago, a
friend, Tim Schutte, suggested these
possible answers:
Like
Victor, I haven't heard the term 'obi-waza' in a long time.
There are four techniques in kata that could be obi-waza.
1. The first is in the beginning section of Seiunchin, where, after blocking a punch with a kakie-uke, the defender grabs his attacker and pulls him into an inverted nukite.
2. In the very beginning of Chinto, after the jodan juji-uke, the defender deflects the overhead attack to the side, then thrusts into the attacker's midsection with a right inverted nukite, then grabs the obi (or maybe the floating ribs) and strikes with a left back-fist or hammer-fist.
3. In Kusanku, after the flying crescent kick, kneeling avoidances and chudan-uke, two punches combination, one turns, performs a left open-hand sweeping block downward, thrusts underneath it with a right inverted nukite, grabs the obi and spins.
4. In Sunsu, after the elbow combinations, one turns, performs a left open-hand sweeping block--this time horizontally--followed by an inverted nukite, grab, and a 360-degree spin to throw the opponent to the ground.
Certainly reasonable suggestions.
There are four techniques in kata that could be obi-waza.
1. The first is in the beginning section of Seiunchin, where, after blocking a punch with a kakie-uke, the defender grabs his attacker and pulls him into an inverted nukite.
2. In the very beginning of Chinto, after the jodan juji-uke, the defender deflects the overhead attack to the side, then thrusts into the attacker's midsection with a right inverted nukite, then grabs the obi (or maybe the floating ribs) and strikes with a left back-fist or hammer-fist.
3. In Kusanku, after the flying crescent kick, kneeling avoidances and chudan-uke, two punches combination, one turns, performs a left open-hand sweeping block downward, thrusts underneath it with a right inverted nukite, grabs the obi and spins.
4. In Sunsu, after the elbow combinations, one turns, performs a left open-hand sweeping block--this time horizontally--followed by an inverted nukite, grab, and a 360-degree spin to throw the opponent to the ground.
Certainly reasonable suggestions.
My
search goes back more than a few years, so I began again today.
The
term Obi wazza had no matches. The
closest I could find was the
Judo
Obi-otoshi
Obi Otoshi (帯落?) is one of the preserved throwing
techniques, or Habukareta Waza, of Judo. the 1895 Gokyo
no Waza lists. A related technique with the same name is also on the Shinyo no
Maki list of Danzan Ryu Jujitsu[1] It is categorized as a hand technique, Te-waza.
More research and study is called for.
The obi-wazza section from the Steve Armstrong article mentioned above.
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