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KARATETECHNIQUES FumioDemuraRevealsHowtoMake 6TypesofKarateMovesWorkProperly byS.D.Seong•PhotosbySaraFogan byS.D.Seong•Photosby SaraFogan

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umioDemuraisoneinstructorwhoinsiststhattraditionalmartialartslike shito-ryu karateareeverybitaseectiveasthey’vealwaysbeen—providedthey’retaughtproperly.Forthebenetothosestudentswhohave nottrainedunderamasterromtheoldschool,the BlackBelt HalloFame member,whowasa kumite (sparring)championinJapanrom 1961to1964,oeredus 1961to1964,oeredustheol theollowingguidelines lowingguidelines onhowand onhowand whentousekarate’ssixmosteectivehandtechniques.

STRAIGHTPUNCH Called tsukiinJapanese,thestraightpunchisthemainstayo karate.Contactismadewiththersttwoknucklesothest. Thetechniquecanbeusedinavarietyosel-deensesituationsandonavarietyotargets. Oneothemoreinterestingapplicationsothestraight punch punch involv involves es using using the motio motion n o your your striki striking ng arm arm to deectanincomingattack,Demurasays.“Halwayintothe punch,yourorearmisusedtoblock.Hi punch,yourorearmisusedtoblock.Hispunchgoesbythe spunchgoesbythe sideoyouraceasyoustrikehischinwithyourst.Theblock andthepunchhappenatthesametime.Incaseitdoesn’t work,yourotherhandcanpunchstraightintohisbody.” Becauseyouriskbeingcounterattackedwheneveryouare withinarm’sreach withinarm’sreachoyouropponen oyouropponentandyourhandsareoctandyourhandsareoccupied,youmustpayattentiontotheangleanddistanceso youcanstayawayromhisreehand,Demurasays.“Theni itgetsmessy,youcan itgetsmessy,youcanpunchasecond punchasecondtime,athird time,athirdtimeor timeor aourthtimeuntilyouknockhimout—aslongasyouare protectingyoursel.” Thekeytomakingthestraightpunchworkispractice,Demurasays.Iyousimplythrowthetechniqueaewtimesin the dojo andthenexpectittosaveyourskinonthestreet, you’re you’re bound bound to get into trouble. trouble. “Especial “Especially ly or beginners beginners,, knowin knowing g the techni technique que is not enough enough,” ,” he says. says. “You “You must must haveexperience,andonceyougetsome,you’llbeableto punchevenharder.”

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UPPERCUT Althoughtheuppercutisoneothe Althoughtheuppercutisoneothe“bigour” “bigour”weapons weaponsoW oWesternboxing,ithas esternboxing,ithas aslightlylessprominentbutnolesseectiveroleinthekaratedojo.Called age tsuki, thetechniqueisaimeda thetechniqueisaimedattheundersideoyouropp ttheundersideoyouropponent’schinornose onent’schinornose andlaunchedassoonashegetswithinrangeanddropshisguardinghands. “Itisespeciallyeectivewhensomeonetriestop “Itisespeciallyeectivewhensomeonetriestopunchyouinthestomach,” unchyouinthestomach,” Demurasays.“Youblockhisarmdownwardusingyourpalmheel.Atthesame time,yourbodydropsdownandyourrighthandrisesuptohisacetostrike. “Iorsomereasontheuppercutdoesn’tworkoryoumissyourtarget,you’ve alreadygotyourhandinpositiontocontinueintoanupwardelbowstrike.You canaimorthenoseorthechest.” ThegoalotheuppercutisnotnecessarilytoKOanassailantorbreakabone withasingleshot,Demurasays.“Ionestrikedoesnotaccomplishthegoal,you havetocontinuewithoutwastinganytime.Don’tstopaterjustonetechnique.”

KNIFEHAND Thekniehandiscalled shutouchiinJapanese.Yourstrikinghandmustbe rigidandtenseorittoimpartmaximumdamagewhenyouchopitintoa vulnerabl vulnerablepartoyouroppo epartoyouropponent’ nent’sbody.Ittraces sbody.Ittracesa a circularpath circularpathto to itstarget, itstarget, whichisrequentlythethroatarea. “Itheattackertriestopunchyou,youcangrabhispunchinghandandthen strikehisthroat,”Demurasays.Thekniehandistheperectweaponorthistype osituation,headds,becauseitshorizontalorientationallowsittobereadilyinsertedintothenarrowopeningthatleadstotheneck.Incontrast,itwouldbediculttosuccessullythrowapunchintothesamespacebecauseothepresence othechin. The The eect eect onthe assail assailant ant is nothin nothing g short short odevastat odevastating,Demur ing,Demura a says.“Becausethethroatisoneareayoucannotmakestronger,the kniehandcancrushthewindpipe.Sometimesthethroatswells andbreathingbecomesdifcult.” Isomethinggoeswrong—itheattackerraiseshisarmtostop yourkniehand, yourkniehand, orexam or example ple— — youhavemany you havemany options,Demura options,Demura says.Oneistoopenyour says.Oneistoopenyourngersandg ngersandgo oorhiseyes.A orhiseyes.Anotheristo notheristo grabhishairandholdhimwhileyoudeliveraollow-upstrikeor takehimdown. 3

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INSIDERIDGEHAND Called herabasamiinJapanese,theinsideridgehandemploystheportionoyourhandthatliesbetweenyourthumbandindexngerto strikeandgrabtheassailant’sthroat. Oneothebesttimestousetheinsideridgehand,whichisalso calledthe“tiger calledthe“tiger’smouth, ’smouth,”isinresponsetoarontkick,Demurasays.“ ”isinresponsetoarontkick,Demurasays.“As As soonastheattackerkicks,yo soonastheattackerkicks,youstepback ustepbackandblockhisoot.Iyou andblockhisoot.Iyoucan, can, youshouldholdhislegasyouslamyourotherhandintohisthroatin onecontinuous onecontinuousmovemen movement.Then,asyousqueez t.Then,asyousqueeze,hewon’tbeableto e,hewon’tbeableto breathe.” Itheassailantmanagestosurvivethestrikeorescaperomitsgrasp, youcansimplyraisehistrappedleg.“Whenyougohigher,hisweight movesbackwardandheloseshisooting,”Demurasays.“Itiseasyto knockhimdown.”

FINGERTIPJAB Japanesemartialartistshavenamedit nukite, whileintheWestitis reerredtoassimplythengertipjab.Nomatterwhatyoucallit,itisa devastatingsel-deensetechniquethatbelongsinthearsenaloevery martialartist.Justmakecertainyouneveruseitwhencircumstances areanythinglessthandire,Demurasays. Atypeotwo-ngerspearhandstrike,thenukitetargetsthesotareasothebody—suchastheeyesandthroat.Asaclose-rangetechnique,itcanbeusedtoorceanassailanttoreleaseyou.Forexample, ihegrabsyourlapelswithbot ihegrabsyourlapelswithbothhands,youcanrai hhands,youcanraiseyourhand seyourhandsas sas thoughyouaregivingup,thenchopdownwardtobucklehisarmsand bringhiminclose.Whileonehandcontrolshisorearm,yousimply thrustthersttwongersoyourreehandintohiseyes. “Thenukiteisgreatorthelittleguy,”Demurasays.“Iyourattackerisa tackerisa bigmanandyoupunchhiminthestomac bigmanandyoupunchhiminthestomach,itmight h,itmight notwork.Butiyoustrikehiseyesorthroatusingyourngertips, itisveryeective.Yourstwon’tworktogotohiseyesbecause it’stoobig,butthengertipsareperect.Whenyouhithiseyes,he won’tbeabletoseeora won’tbeabletoseeorawhile.Youwill while.Youwillhaveamomen haveamomenttogetout ttogetout othesituation.”

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PALMHEEL Thepalmheel— teisho inJapanese—isparticularlyappropriateoruse bymartialartistsw bymartialartistswhoarenotaccustomed hoarenotaccustomedtothestress tothestressesthatpu esthatpunching nching inevitablyplacesonthewrist.Bestoall,itpacksthesamewallopasa punchwhilesacricingonlyaewinchesorange. “Forsensitiveareaslikethechinandnose,thepalmheelworksbetter thanothertechniques,”Demurasays.“It’shardtomisswithit,andthere’s alowerriskoinjuringyoursel.Iyoupunchanattacker’sace,youmight missandhithisteeth,andthatwillprobablycutyourknuckles.” Ina ronta rontal l attack attack,, your your oppon opponent ent may grabyourjack grabyourjacketwithboth etwithboth hands,Demurasays.“Youshouldgrabhim,too—hisbelt,hisshirt,his pantsorwhatever—withyourlethand. pantsorwhatever—withyourlethand.Asyour Asyourrighthandcomesupberighthandcomesupbetweenhisarms,itpushesonearmhigherandoutotheway.Atthesame time,youpullhim time,youpullhimcloseruntilhe closeruntilhe isalmosttouchingyourbody. isalmosttouchingyourbody.Then Thenyour your righthandgoesuptohisnoseorchinandpusheshisheadback.Itis more more painu painul l becaus because e you are preve preventi nting ng him rom rom moving moving backw backward ard withtheorceothepalmheel.” Iyouneedtoadministerabitoextrapunishment, youcanuseyournger youcanuseyourngerstogouge stogougehiseyesandscra hiseyesandscratch tch his ace,headds. ace,headds. “Andi “Andi you needevenmore needevenmore,youcan ,youcan alwayscontinuewithotherstrikes.Itheghtgoesone way,youhavetoberead way,youhavetobereadytodothis.Iitgoesano ytodothis.Iitgoesanother ther wayandyoualltotheground,youhavetobereadyto doa diere dierenttechni nttechnique que.. That’s That’s why you have have toknow somanytechniques—soyouarealwaysabletoprotect yoursel.”

ELBOWSMASH Altho Althoug ugh h techn technica ically lly not a hand hand techni technique que,, the elbow elbow smash smash (hijiuchiinJapanese)isamongkarate’smostefectivesel-deense moves.Itcanbedeliveredbyswingingyouroldedarmvertically upward,verticallydownward,horizontallyacrossyourbodytothe insideorhorizontallytotheoutside. “Theelbowisoneostrongest “Theelbowisoneostrongestbonesintheh bonesinthehumanbody,”F umanbody,”Fumio umio Demurasays. Demurasays.“Whenyouhit “Whenyouhitsomeone someonewithit,there withit,there’salotodam’salotodamage.Youcanuseittostrikethechest,stomach,aceorbackothe head—placeswhereothertechniqueswon’twork.” Thebestwaytoampliytheefectivepowerotheelbowsmash, Demurasays,istorestrainyouropponentwithyourreehandsohe can’tmoveinthedirectionoyourstrike. —SDS

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FumioDemura(right)aceshisopponent hisopponent(1).Theop (1).Theopponentad ponentadvancesand vancesandpunches punches(2), (2), StraightPunch: FumioDemura(right)aces andDemurastepsback andDemurastepsbackandusesthe andusesthepreliminarymotiono preliminarymotionohisarmtoexecu hisarmtoexecuteahalwayblo teahalwayblock(3).He ck(3).He nishesthetechniquebydrivinghisstintotheotherman’schin(4).

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Theassailant(let)initiateshisrontkick(1),an kick(1),andFumioDemura dFumioDemuradefectsthe defectsthelegto legto InsideRidgehand: Theassailant(let)initiateshisront theoutside(2).Thek theoutside(2).Thekarateinstructortrapsth arateinstructortrapsthelimbas elimbashemovesorwardandread hemovesorwardandreadieshiscoun ieshiscounterattack terattack (3).Demuranishestheseq (3).Demuranishesthesequencebyslam uencebyslamminghisopenh minghisopenhandintothea andintotheassailant’sthroat ssailant’sthroat(4). (4).

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Theopponent(let)beginshispunch,andFumioDemurareadieshisdeense(1). Astheopponentthrustshisfstorward,Demurashitshisbodyandblocksitwithhislethand (2).Hemaintainshisgripontheotherman’swrist(3)ashechopsintohisneck(4).

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Uppercut: FumioDemura(right) FumioDemura(right)and andhispartnersquare hispartnersquareo(1). o(1).Asthep Asthepartnerp artnerpunches,D unches,Demura emura

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PalmHeel: TheopponentgrabsFumioDemura’slapels(1).Inresponse,Demuragrabsthe

opponentsbeltwithhislethandandlitstheopponent’sletarmwithhisright(2).Thekarate masterthenextendshisrightarm,slamminghispalmheelintotheopponent’schin(3).Inecessary, Demuracantransitionintoane Demuracantransitionintoaneyeg yegougeoracerak ougeoracerake(4). e(4). 10

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FingertipJab: Inresponsetoa Inresponsetoatwo-handed two-handedgrab, grab,FumioDemur FumioDemuraraiseshishand araiseshishandsina sinapparent pparent submission(1).Hethenthruststhemdownwardtobuckletheopponent’sarms(2).Whileholdingthe otherman’sletarm(3),Demurajabshisfngertipsintohiseyes(4).

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