Mutsu
Mizuho’s Toudi Kenpo is extremely interesting. A student of Fuhakoshi Ginchin, he also went to Okinawa
for some study there
Written
before Funakoshi published his own Karate Do Koyan, it is extremely extensive
with many, many illustrations of kata and applications.
But
to me the most intriguing feature is almost ½ the book is given to
presentations about how karate might be used. This is far more extensive than
any other karate text from the 1920s or 1930s, or even to today for that
matter,
The
karate applications are not presented by kata, instead they are grouped by the
style of the use against attacks.
Not
reading Japanese I am going to attempt to characterize what I see. Any errors are solely my own.
1.
Dodging,
weaving and bobbing as an opening against an attack. 5
2.
Uses
of body displacement then striking to stop an attack. 12
3.
Just
striking to stop an attack 6
4.
Block,
grab and counter.167
5.
Block
then strike 10
6.
Grabs
to stop a strike and/or create an
opening for a counter strike 9
7.
Multiple
blocking striking combinations 8
8.
Blocking
then body displacement to striking 11
9.
Layers
of blocking/striking to kicking combinations 6
10.
Grabbing into the body and then grappling the opponent 6
11.
Countering various wrist grabs 8
12.
Countering various chest grabs and shoulder
grabs 15
13.
Seiza defensive techniques 24
14.
Knife and sword defenses 45+
By
count (and as I can’t read the accompanying text it might well be more) that is
at least 69 karate technique studies.
I
would assume that might suggest the art practice would be far more than the
kata practice.
It
does IMO show a depth of how karate could be used in response to a variety of
attacks. I wonder how many programs approach karate use against attack in this
manner.
It
shows far more than just how a technique is executed in kata described the art
he presented.
Additional
suggested reading:
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