Sun Nu Su toe-rip-kick

 

Right photo: Shimabuku Tatsuo Sensei using the toe-rip-kick found in Sunsu kata with Steve Armstrong, in Armstrong's Tacoma, WA., dojo (1966).

While some claim there is no standard kata bunkai, this is the bunkai Tatsuo Sensei taught so sets the standard.

 

This toe-rip-kick is also found in Shimabuku Tatsuo no Kumite (島袋龍夫の組手)

 

6. b. Two hand cross arm choke hold karate gi, push kick (From Sunsu kata)

The photo on the left is dated March 1965, with me teaching Paul Heffernan the bunkai in Oceanside, CA.

 

On the right, one year later, is Shimabuku Tatsuo Sensei teaching Steve Armstrong ,1966 in Tacoma, WA, the same bunkai from Sunsu kata.

A great example of Okinawa's Tsumasaki Geri (toe kick) during a real altercation regarding an intrusion into someone's feeding area.