Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Kendokai's "Cross-Technique" , or "Juzi-Waza"

Here's another interesting waza (technique sequence, shorter than kata) from Kendokai Karate. I've seen this performed in a few other Kendokai demo (a lot of the demos featured children, quite skilled and obviously loving their karate practice) videos:



Full title looks like "Juzi-waza"(Kanji for number 10 looks like the cross), off "gedan barai" (downward block), "chudan zuki"(mid-level punch).

First sequence starts off with a powerful gedan barai using the full rotation of the hips, and Lee sensei punches in all directions, front, back, right, left, with his left foot planted. The latter sequence covers the other side (left punch), with the right foot planted. Multi-direction punching is seen in advanced karate kata such as Unshu but I think this waza would be helpful for beginner and intermediate level practitioners as well, as long as the basic techniques are solid.

One other source states that Nakamura Sensei had dispatched a group of knife-wielding assailants (by some account, 18!), and this waza came from that experience.

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