Leaping and Binding

We jumped right in with 括飛 kappi. The Japanese text says 飛び退き、which means we leap away after the second strike. But I also included a tobi leading into the first strike. This makes everything very dynamic and makes for good warmup.

Each 手刀 shutō strikes 雨戸 amado AKA uko. But you must hide the attack within sanshin. If you jump in without the ability to mask the attack, your opponent will surely react in advance.

The first kanji in kappi means to tie up or arrest, even to enclose the opponent. This can be a physical binding or cover. Or, it takes the form of fudo kanashibari arresting his mind.

Next we did a related kata, 梱飛 konpi. The first kanji here means to pack or tie up. We do this first with the position of our feet. Block the opponent’s stride as you enter. Sometimes I will even step on his foot.

Now as I strike uko, my other hand is covering. Both of my opponent’s arms are bound with my position. He cannot block or counterstrike.

I carried this further by trapping my opponent’s right hand. The shutō breaks his balance back. Then I pivot for an omote or take ori.

If I trap the opposite side, my shutō drives him down and away. I can bar the arm or trap with an ura gyaku. He is thrown during my leap out.

I finished by showing how to hide a weapon in these leaping attacks. First the shutō becomes a draw of a knife. Or my hanbo transforms from walking stick to strike high before levering into gedan.

Of Note: dojo occupancy