TOM MUZILA – COMBAT SHOTOKAN KARATE VOL.05

TOM MUZILA – COMBAT SHOTOKAN KARATE VOL.05

Nage Waza (Throwing) & Irimi (Entering)

COMBAT SHOTOKAN KARATE
By Tom Muzila

Vol-5 – This DVD contains instruction on Nage Waza (throwing techniques). These are not judo type throws.  They are throws executed when your opponent throws a punch at you.  There are nine various traditional original throws, using the momentum of the opponent’s punch against you. Also emphasized are the main components of the technique and concept that make each throw effective and realistic.  It also includes the practice and teaching of Irimi (entering techniques), which really emphasize having the right entering mentality. Covered are various realistic and effective attacking techniques to beat your opponent to the attack the moment he decides to attack.  This concept is almost lost today in many modern day fighting methods.

Basic sparring concepts and techniques are first addressed, such as how to take advantage of the first engagement of the fight.  Follow-up techniques and combinations on how to overwhelm your opponent also are addressed, along with close-quarter combat techniques that can network over as basic self-defense principles.  Traditionally, this is sometimes called torite in Japanese, or escaping techniques.  Then toward the end, various techniques are taught and demonstrated on how to throw an opponent off by executing a strike and using the momentum of that strike to help throw him.  In Japanese, this is sometimes referred to as nagawaza. If an individual practices these concepts and principles diligently, he or she will be trained to handle, control, and understand the full engagement of any fight.