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Wastelander
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Pinan Sandan Shoulder Lock Defense

Hello everyone,

This week's Waza Wednesday takes a look at the sequence following the nukite-tsuki (spear hand thrust) in Pinan Sandan, where you turn with your hand behind your back, execute a turning hammerfist, step in with a punch, then then step up with a "pulling your pants up" type of movement. This sequence can be a little strange for people, but this is a simple way of looking at it from the perspective of escaping from someone's attempt to twist your arm behind your back.

Iain Abernethy
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I like it! Here’s my take on the sequence which is very similar:

jmc
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I was fortunate enough to be there!  smiley

dhogsette
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These are great applications. Interestingly, Matsubayashi Ryu performs this portion of Pinan Sandan a bit differently. Instead of the arm moving low after the shuto strike, the hand moves upward, over the head. You can see it here: 

I don't have a video for my interpretation of this portion (my apologies), but here is a description of one possible bunkai application that I focus on:

Defense against a cross wrist grab:

  • Cross wrist grabs are often used to pull your lead arm down and across your body, exposing your head for strikes
  • Reverse the grab and pull the arm upward as in the kata, and step through, rotating around as in the kata
  • This gets you to the outside and exposes his back or side--punch any exposed target and back away defensively
  • Or, after the punch, you can clear the arm as you step in and punch (blow before the throw), then execute a hip toss, stomp or strike, and back away defensively.

Sorry for jumping in a bit late, but I hope this presents an interesting and viable alternate possibility. 

Best,

David 

Iain Abernethy
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dhogsette wrote:
Instead of the arm moving low after the shuto strike, the hand moves upward, over the head.

My take on the bunkai of the kata “overlaps” here. You can also use the turn – as I would do it – as a kind of “winding throw” as shown here:

The way your version brings the arm up reminds me of the “kubi-wa” or “neck ring” throw. That can be viewed as a variation on the above i.e. instead of turning with the arms across the chest, we bring the arm around the neck. That would be pretty much the same as the first version on the throw shown here:

dhogsette wrote:
Cross wrist grabs are often used to pull your lead arm down and across your body, exposing your head for strikes

Reverse the grab and pull the arm upward as in the kata, and step through, rotating around as in the kata

This gets you to the outside and exposes his back or side--punch any exposed target and back away defensively

Or, after the punch, you can clear the arm as you step in and punch (blow before the throw), then execute a hip toss, stomp or strike, and back away defensively.

I think I follow you there and that’s a solid variation too. Thanks for sharing!

All the best,

Iain

dhogsette
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I remember the first throw from the Texas seminar, but I didn't connect it to the Matsubayashi version of the turn. I REALLY like that kubi-wa throw, and I also like your addition of the hand to the face to push him off your arm if/when he reflexively grabs it. Makes a lot of sense. Thanks for that!!

Best,

David