This week's Waza Wednesday looks at a sequence of movements found in the Kusanku kata, just before the one-legged turn. The technique utilizes kobo ittai (attack and defense at the same time) to enter into head control in order to apply a lock, or take the opponent down and strike them. We show the technique used against a haymaker, but as always, the attack is less important than positioning, points of contact, and direction of energy.

Waza Wednesday--the day Sensei Richard Poage shares a karate or kobudo technique with the world. Sensei Poage is a Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan practitioner under Sensei Eddie Bethea, and specializes in kata bunkai (analysis). He teaches at Peaceful Warrior Martial Arts & Healing Center in Scottsdale, AZ, and is available to book for seminars.

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*DISCLAIMER: Do not attempt any of these techniques without a properly trained instructor. Peaceful Warrior Martial Arts & Healing Center, its owners, and its staff, are not responsible for any harm or injury resulting from attempting these techniques.

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