On Tuidi

 Pressure Testing Tuidi

This entry was posted in bunkai compliance oyo push hands randori skills sparring submission tegumi throws ti trapping tuidi tuishou and tagged atemi grappling joint locks kansetsu-waza kyusho takedown tuidi on June 8, 2015 by Noah

The grappling techniques of karate are classified as tuidi-waza (seizing hand techniques). This primarily refers to joint locks and grabbing/tearing techniques, but could technically include some types of chokes, throws and takedowns. We practice these in kata, in application drills, and in flow drills, but most people don’t work them in a randori (free grappling) scenario. Admittedly, free grappling with […]

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Wrist Grabs in Karate Training

This entry was posted in concepts fighting hikite kakidi kakie misconceptions muchimi tactile sensitivity teaching and tagged limb control self defense training tuidi on March 16, 2015 by Noah

Traditional martial arts are often criticized–and rightly so, in many cases–for training against unrealistic attacks. Most often, the attack that gets the most complaints is the infamous straight lunge-punch in a long front stance that comes from 10 feet away, and wouldn’t hit the defender even if they stood still. A close second to that is the wrist grab, […]

Preemptive Hand Trapping

This entry was posted in bunkai fighting hand kakidi motobu muchimi naifunchin naihanchi osae oyo push hands shuri-te skills suidi taira masaji te techniques ti traditional martial arts trapping ufc and tagged bagua kumite mma muchimi toudi trapping tuidi on January 26, 2015 by Noah

Hand trapping is an aspect of Okinawan karate that has been lost in many dojo. So many, in fact, that it is not uncommon for karateka to comment on videos of Okinawan trapping techniques with things like “looks like Wing Chun”–they simply can’t believe that it is a native aspect of karate! Of course, if you search “hand trapping” on […]

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The Magic of Hikite 4

This entry was posted in blocking hikite muchimi oyo trapping and tagged application atemi bunkai grappling kata tuidi on December 22, 2014 by Noah

A “traditional karate” example of hikite (pulling hand) while punching Sometimes, I forget that the wider karate world hasn’t moved on from formalized, impractical, block-punch-kick kata applications. I was reminded when, just a month or two ago, a relatively new karateka posted on a martial arts forum that I moderate, asking about hikite (pulling hand). He commented that it didn’t […]

 

I'd like to share another little episode from "older Karate", which is often found in the details, which in turn get lost or overlooked easily when using low quality pics from the net. This tidbit is from Funakoshi's original set of Nage-waza, found in his 1925 edition (which is where I took the scan from, yeah).

So here you see the idea of 'locking the motion chain of the body'. It is not an Okinawan idea. In fact it is found anywhere in Western "wrestling" since the first written sources from the 11th century onwards to Chinese Qinna techniques, where (in certain schools) it constitutes one basic principle.

The "dragon toe" may be found in other Kata, think about it. For example, in Seeinchin, or Seisan.