Squeeze the Arm

We warmed up with ukemi and taihenjutsu. Then we did 初心五型 shoshin gokei. And we finished the warmup with 五行の型 gogyō no kata.

I began class with 腕締 ude jime. The name suggests controlling the arm by bracing or tightening it up. But the form is really found in the use of space.

When Hatsumi Sensei covers the grab, he nearly always attacks the fingers. This can take the form of 子殺 ko goroshi. But there are many opportunities for 指の使え型 Yubi no tsukae-gata. Soke said, “Grab your own collar and gently place your thumb here on his hand. Use the finger to 支える sasaeru. You can hook your thumb also in your own collar.”

After you capture the opponent’s balance this way, it is easy to enter in for the 外より掛け soto yori gake, as the Japanese text says. If you use the space well, you don’t need to kick or sweep. the “縒り yori” will take care of it. from here we take the elbow and shoulder to 頭部の方へ押え上げる tōbu no kata e osae ageru, raise it up alongside the head and pin down to control.

During a technique like this, your opponent may resist or bend his arm. You turn that against him by changing to oni kudaki or attacking the face. These evolve from rolling elbow or shoulder controls.

I finished by using the space we created to access weapons. A knife easily slips into the bent elbow joint. Or maybe the opponent tries to grab your rokushakubō. In this case I use gravity to rotate it under his arm while the other end does the soto gake.

Of Note: they kyu up so fast