I always thought Norris was using an
Isshinryu thumb on top fist in this photo. It's hard to tell and his chambered
hand is not in that formation.
It's all a little confusing. Seems there
were a number of famous people that used the thumb on top fist and even the
vertical punch but then moved away from them. Here's Joe Lewis, who I believe
did train with Shimabukuro Eizo and another of Shimabuku Tatsuo's student's
that went back to Shorinryu.
And then, there's this...also a thumb on
top fist.
The Gen Lee Fist Published in Street
Defense - The Practical Martial Arts Magazine, Volume 2, Number 3 Manor Books,
New York, 1977 Although...
ittsukan.blogspot.com
This, by Bill Wallace and others 1976.
Clearly his thumb is up on top.Who was Wallace's teacher? He doesn't use that
in more recent photos.
Come to think of it, Kyan Chotoku's
thumbs look pretty high in this photo.
According to Nakazato John, Kyan Chotoku
did not teach it and said it was Tatsuo Sensei's innovation. The photos to me
show he is not making a fist with the thumb on top.
Yes, I agree. I think he is just standing with
loosely clenched fists. Holding them...relaxed and, natural.
Ittsukan Dojo -
Oyata
Seiyu posing with what looks like a thumb on top, Isshinryu fist.
TBT- 1998. Tokumura Kensho Sensei
showing how Shimabuku Tatsuo Sensei tested the wrist on a punch.
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