[3.3.1] Wansu Section-3 Bunkai: Counter to a Lapel Grab

[Source:] [Isshin-ryu Black-belt]

Rating: Basic

Part-1 Attacker Grabs Lapel:

Part-2 Defender: Trap Attacker’s Arm and Obi-Fling Takedown

• Strike the inside of the attacker’s grasping arm and drive the (RH) elbow over and around the grasping arm. Tie off the attacker’s clothing. (Grapevine)
• Strike the attacker with a spear-finger or punch to the attacker’s solar plexus.

Note: If you have not conditioned your fingers use a punch.

Note: The crane stance could indicate that this throw is your choice. (Suggestion Tai-otoshi)

• Throw the attacker.

Note: What looks like a punch is the rotating completion of the throw.