Go ju ittai techniques
Gassho!
In what we tend to call go ju ittai techniques (not sure the term is universally used for them), the attacker comes in with a strike or kick (goho) and the defender turns this into a throw (juho), mostly done by 'hooking' in on the attacking arm or catching the leg. Examples include Uwa uke nage, Shita uke geri kote nage, Tembin nage and others.
An obvious issue with this is that a sensible attack will be thrown from a well-balanced position and quickly retracted, which makes catching the limb very hard, namely for hooking the arm. Obviously in self-defense many attacks won't necessarily be that sensible, but the general problem remains. My question is, how do you deal with that?
- One might just say that the hook will only work with an imperfect attack and in other cases we simply revert to straightforward goho techniques.
- Or one might say that it all depends on the timing.
Any general solutions or observations on this? Any specific tips how to improve the techniques?
Kesshu,
______ Jan.
Jan Lipsius
少林寺拳法
Shorinjikempo
Humboldt University Berlin Branch
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