Complete Bunkai Breakdown of TSD Pyung Ahn Sam Dan (Pinan Sandan)

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Pinan Sandan

Application 1

Basics

Roundhouse kick
Shoulder push
Scooping hands
Inner leg reap
Jumping Back fall
Calf compression
Toehold
Heel Hook

Forms

Opening move in Pinan Sandan

Uke throws a round kick. Tori darts in and pushes leading shoulder back before the kick picks up a lot of momentum, then scoops up the kick. Tori sweeps the remaining leg, dropping uke down. Tori steps over and turns uke on his stomach and applies a leg lock.

Sparring

Roundhouse pick up. Put on pads and have one partner try to catch a couple of kicks while the other defends.

Principles

Bl – 53
Timing
Lock flow

Application 2

Basics

Knee Kicks
Up Elbow
Down Elbow
Clinching
Overhooks
Underhooks
Thai Plumb
Scooping hands
Single leg takedown

Forms

First double block

Uke and tori clinch and fight for underhooks and overhooks. Uke throws a knee and tori shifts his body and scoops up the leg. He performs a single leg takedown with a leg sweep.

Sparring

Start in no-gi clinch. Match ends when thai clinch or bear hug is achieved.

Principles

Types of sparring
Self Defense vs Sport

Application 3

Basics

Clinching
Pushing and pulling
Opening hands
Hip throw
Stomp kick

Forms

Spinning hammerfist

Uke and tori are clinched and are pushing and pulling. Tori breaks a grip with a hand sweep and hidden steps inside with the other hand, grabbing uke around the waist. Tori performs a hip throw and stomps on uke.

Sparring

Grip fighting to hip throw randori

Principles

P-6, H-6, L-8

Application 4

Basics

Handshake
Arm twist bar
Elbow point strike
Four Corner Throw
Reverse punch

Forms

Spinning backfist to step punch

Uke and Tori clinch. Tori grabs uke’s hand and twists it into a bar. He elbows uke in the ribs and applies a four corner throw. Tori can throw a punch before he drops uke.

Sparring

Handshake techniques with resistance

Principles

Variations on applications

Application 5

Basics

Wrestlers Clinch
Guillotine Choke
Pulling guard

Forms

Turn double gather

Uke and tori start in a wrestler’s clinch. Uke pushes forward and tori slips arm over and around the head to get a guillotine choke. Tori jumps up with both legs and pulls guard to increase the power of the submission.

Sparring

Clinching into guillotine with defense

Principles

Basic choking
Blood vs windpipe chokes

Application 6

Basics

Referees position
Basic clinch
Forearm strike
Reverse Guillotine choke
Cross Buttocks throw – Kogoshi
Cross body arm bar

Forms

Pinan Sandan – end of first half

Sparring

Achieving the clinch
Clinch to headlock

Mental Training

Li – 18 – Brachial Plexus Stun
The physiology of knockouts
Laws on use of force
Revival techniques

Application 7

Basics

Referee’s position
Low outside inside kick
Elbow

Form

Second kick elbow and backfist combo

Uke and tori start in referee’s position. When uke steps forward, tori kicks the knee out from the outside in. Then, tori rides the knee down with his foot and elbows uke in the back of the head.

Sparring

Randori with leg kicks.

Principle

Anatomy of the knee

Application 8

Basics

Referee’s position
Straight instep low kick
Reverse guillotine

Forms

Third kick elbow and lunge punch

Uke and tori start in referee’s position. When uke steps forward, tori straight instep kicks the knee and turns uke around. Tori wraps the head in a reverse guillotine.

Sparring

Randori to standing locks

Principles

On Killing by Colonel Grossman.

Application 9

Basics

Instep kick
Floating body drop

Forms

First horse stance turn

Uke and tori are in referee’s position. Tori kicks out uke’s forward knee, steps on the one point and performs the floating body drop throw.

Sparring

Floating body drop with resistance

Principles

The different forms of kazushi

Application 10

Basics

Bearhug from behind
Bearhug defenses
Point elbow strike
Eye poke
Shoulder throw

Forms

Last sequence

Uke bearhugs tori from behind. Tori breaks the grip, drops down and elbows with one arm and finger strikes with the other. Then, tori performs a shoulder throw..

Sparring

Escape from bearhug with resistance

Principles

Surprise
Kiai to regain initiative
 
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