Practical Kata Bunkai: “Topple a Folding Screen“ Throw

This video is on the first of the nine throws Gichin Funakoshi shows in Karate-Do Kyohan. The name Funakoshi gives to the throw is “Byobuaoshi“; which translates as “folding screen topple“ or “to topple a folding screen“. In the wider world of martial arts, the throw is more commonly known as “Osotogari“ or “major outer reaping throw“. In Karate-Do Kyohan, Funakoshi shows a palm heel strike to the jaw as the way in which the opponent’s balance is broken. Seizing the thr