More details: inverted knife thrusts in goju
Some arguments in favour of an angled nukite in seiyuchin I have received many responses to my article " Details, details ". Some of these have offered arguments for why the ura zuki (inverted knife hand strike) should be 45 degrees relative to the front rather than point straight forward. Essentially these arguments attempt to prove that the nukite should follow the angle of the shiko (ie. the red arrow in the adjacent picture) rather than follow the angle of your front knee (which points straight forward - ie. the green arrow). The first reason given is that the nukite could be used to a vulnerable region on the face once the head is pulled down; the region might only be accessible by a “sideways” angle. This can work, but as with the gojukensha saifa, I think this is creating a different beast - or perhaps just making the best of a poor body structure! Furthermore, in my opinion the primary application does not involve a head grab; the "sukui uke" (scooping de...