This fourth part of the Pangai Noon Uechi karate series begins with the
advanced kata Sanseru and continues with karate weapons training. Although
principally an unarmed art, karate also encompasses the use as weapons of
implements that once formed part of the daily lives of Okinawans.
Wielded by a skilled practitioner they add a new dimension to karate
techniques. The staff can be used to strike, thrust, and ward off an armed
assailant; the oar’s blade delivers a powerful, focused blow, and can also be
used to throw sand in the face of an enemy to distract or blind him; the metal
sai is employed offensively by striking and thrusting, and defensively by
blocking and trapping. As the author shows, even the hair ornament or jiffa,
worn by all Okinawan men until the latter part of the 19th century, can be used
as a device to augment the power of karate techniques.
This Program Includes: Sanseru; Seijun No Bo; Akacchu Eku; Matsugawa no Sai;
Jiffa.
Running time 30 minutes.
System: NTSC
Ref # T043
