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Subject: Bubishi Part 3 (b): The 48 Diagrams (part 2) - LONG
Bubishi Part 3: The 48 Diagrams (b)
And now the rest!
Diagram #21: Possible Implications from Seiunchin. Similar to diagram #12 (see last post).
Diagram #22: Possible Implications from Shosochin. Scoop the kick, then turn and perform a palm heel thrust forward as the other hand comes down, possibly into the groin.
Diagram #23: Possible Implications from Seipai, side blocks, etc. This type of inside lower block is prominent in Hunga Gar, where it is called a "Jar Block" in English. Good for the beginning of Seipai, or the bottom half of side blocks.
Diagram #24: Possible Implications from Sunsu. The heel thrust kick performed from the ground (!!!)
Diagram #25: Possible Implications from Mawashi-uke. Again found in many, many kata, this technique is very versitile, and can be used as grabbing, joint locking, and throwing in addition to deflecting and striking.
Diagram #26: Possible Implications from Passai, etc. The principle of shifting to the outside of an attack is a very basic one in the martial arts, and the hand gesture in this diagram is reminiscent of the end of Passai.
Diagram #27: Possible Implications from Seisan, Pechurin (Suparinpei) etc. This is but one application of the "block, grab, pull" of Seisan.
Diagram #28: Possible Implications from Chinto, Kusanku, Kururunfa, Pinan Godan, etc. Using the "x-block" as a grab before turning to throw or lock the elbow over the shoulder is a common application.
Diagram #29: Possible Implications from Kusanku. Standing up after the crouch down may offer an oppotunity to grab the opponent's leg out from under him.
Diagram #30: Possible Implications from Seipai. In this Gojuryu kata, there is an augmented down block, which could be used to strike the torso or groin in this manner.
Diagram #31: Possible Implications from Naifuanchi, Pinan Shodan, Nepai, Yara no Kusanku, Jion, etc. The "double punch" at the end of Naifuanchi, followed into a takedown.
Diagram #32: Possible Implications from Wansu, Sunsu, etc. The use of the deflection from the outside opening the opponent for a simultaneous counter to the body.
Diagram #33: Possible Implications from Unshu, Chinte, Suparinpei, etc. The use of the finger to the eye or vital point is found in these kata and others.
Diagram #34: Possible Implications from Wansu, Sunsu. The open side block, open palm block, simultaneous punch (or nukite in IR) can be applied in this fashion.
Diagram #35: Possible Implications from Wansu, Sunsu. The open side block, open palm block, simultaneous punch (or nukite in IR) can be applied in this fashion.
Diagram #36: Possible Implications from Kusanku. The knife hand strikes from a kneeling position can yield this type of takedown.
Diagram #37: Possible Implications from Kusanku, Passai, etc. The lean to the side and side block is very good for evading and deflecting a linear attack before countering.
Diagram #38: Possible Implications from Seiunchin, Shisochin, Uechiryu Sanchin, etc. The double open hand middle blocks can be used to lock the elbows from underneath.
Diagram #39: Possible Implications from Kururunfa, Sunsu. The grab into the spinning elbow. The opponent's elbow can be locked over the shoulder here as well.
Diagram #40: Possible Implications from Wansu, Passai, etc. Drop and evade as you fire a punch into the opponent's body.
Diagram #41: Possible Implications from Kusanku. Kusanku uses this posture before the crescent kick and drop. The Bubishi seems to be using this as a kamae or gurard, or a way to guage distance...
Diagram #42: Possible Implications from Seipai, Nepai, Kusanku, etc. The Bubishi mentions using this posture to measure distance, it can also be used as a wrist release. The follow up shuto is present in all 3 of the above kata.
Diagram #43: Possible Implications from Kusanku Sho, Pinan Yondan, etc. This is a classical use of the "augmented block" from these above kata as a "kamae." Otsuka (1998) shows how to overwhelm the opponent from this position.
Diagram #44: Possible Implications from IR Seiunchin. After the downward punch, as the opponent comes in, trap his attack and swing your backfist from the bottom, up, over, and smash the opponent from above.
Diagram #45: Possible Implications from Sanchin, Gojuryu Seisan, Oyadomari no Passai, etc. The double hand middle level thrust (open hand, closed fist) is found in the above kata and others. This diagram is an example of the strategy of pre-emptive striking, by the way.
Diagram #46: Possible Implications from Seiunchin. The scooping or ridgehand block as a deflection while the nukite goes to the groin. Ouch!
Diagram #47: Possible Implications from Kusanku. The turn into the knifehand strike.
Diagram #48: Possible Implications from Chinto, Nepai. The upper level cross block in Chinto, where the right hand circles over head. Or in Nepai, there is also a technique like this which uses a knife-hand (Luohan Fist version) or a hammerfist (Whooping Crane version). The bad guy comes in arms outstretched for a frontal bear hug or something, and the good guy drops his hand down on top.
Well, that about does it. I'd be very interested in hearing other ideas on applications to these diagrams as well, as these are but some surface examples of what could be going on here...
Thanks for listening, over and out (for now).
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