Kihon Kata
Sequence 5:
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Tori throws a low punch/upper cut; uke blocks with a left gedan barai (sometimes a block really is just a block!). |
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Bury your left thumb under tori's right arm pit and your fingers make a tiger's claw. You can squeeze into the muscle causing great pain (some people can tense out of this) and take the skin between your fingers and twist the handful of muscle-skin (you can't tense out of this; in fact, it hurts more, the more you tense). This is the reaction hand of oi tsuki. |
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The "reaction hand" stops uke from rolling with the punch; uke's right hand punches to a vital area. In this example, the punch is a single-knuckle punch to the centre line of the sternum, an inch above the nipple line. |
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The right hand is now on close proximity to the right chest and so applies a tiger's claw itself. | ||
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Followed by another punch to the sternum. |
