A Kendokai karate sensei in Ehime was so kind to send me a DVD of Nakamura sensei. Below clip is from the DVD, of Nakamura Sensei's breaking demo filmed in 1990. He would have been 77 years old then. Notice just how quick and crisp his techniques are. It looks like one of the technique he used was "Tora-Guchi", or the "tiger's mouth". The striking area is the space between your thumb and the index finger. The amount of conditioning necessary to pull this off would be astounding. The last punch he executes looks like a short-range punch thrown in kokutsu dachi (back stance), similar to the punch in Heian Godan kata.
Nakamura Sensei's 1990 Demo
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