Training | Kuki Shinden Ryu

Gyaku Nage Kata

By Stephen K. Hayes on August 26, 2013 in

The Kuki Shinden Ryu taijutsu exercise Gyaku Nage was most likely originally taught as a way to learn to fight an adversary in Japanese samurai armor. That is how my teacher first taught it to me in Japan in the 1970s.

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Step by Step

Begin with free tactical movement from the kosei no kamae.
He executes a right punch.
Counter with a left forearm hit to the inside of his right arm.
Follow with a chin-ken fingertip spear to the lips.
He counters by leaning his head back.
You follow with a right kick to his left knee.
He counters by pulling his left leg further back away from the kick.
He continues with a left punch to your face.
You counter with a right defensive strike to the inside of his left arm.
Grab his left wrist with your right hand and execute a left chin-ken strike to his lips.
He counters with a right defensive strike to the inside of your left arm.
He sends his right back at you as a chin-ken to the face.
You counter with a left defensive strike inside his right arm.
Grab his right wrist with your left hand, throw a right chin-ken claw at his face.
Grab him by the lips with your right hand, and throw him with a right leg osoto gake.

Sword Mastery Series – Happo Giri Kata

By Stephen K. Hayes on August 23, 2013 in

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To-Shin Do Happo Biken Happo Giri is one of the Kuki Shinden Ryu nine secrets of the sword as taught to Toshitsugu Takamatsu in late 1800s. An-shu says, “The principle of ‘cutting the cut’ looks like a simple way to win when your adversary underestimates you, but you need bravery, precision, and well-practiced skill to make it work. We show you the secrets for Happo Giri as part of our dojo’s program for earning 4th Degree Black Belt, as I learned it in Japan from my teacher in the mid-1970s.”

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