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As you dodge a straight punch, you go in this way.

You can use the weight of your head.

Sorry!

It looks very painful!

This is an application of Yamazuki in Kata of Karate.

But is this really practical?

We asked Sensei Katsunori Kikuno. He is a professional fighter and is exploring martial arts.

We discovered that he also used the same technique.

Today, we'll show you the explanations of Yamazuki from various angles.

Also, Naka sensei and Kikuno sensei will talk about the Kamae of Bujutsu.

Let's get excited though the kuro-obi world!

There is a punch called Yamazuki. Do you have that it in any Kata? -Yes.

In which Kata? -It’s in Bassai dai.

It's one of the most lie-like tricks, and everyone thinks it's not practical.

I forced you to use it in a movie ”Kuro-obi" though.

Can you use the physical manipulation of Yamazuki for something else?

Well... For example,

someone pulls your shoulder from behind.

You don't resist it.

You make use of the pulling force.

This is very effective and dangerous.

Or when your hairs are pulled, you just go in.

I see. You take advantage of the pulling force.

You can also add the weight of your head.

The weight of your head? -Yes.

This weight can be used like this.

Sorry!

I was thinking nothing.

You'd better not switch off.

You can often see it in the matches using gloves

such as boxing or Mixed martial arts.

They punch while dodging the opponent's attack in this way.

Some fighters have a good sense of hitting.

I think we don’t see it in the competitions of traditional karate.

No. We don't punch like this in competitions.

But you can see it in other fightings such as boxing etc.

Dodging and punching.

I see.

It means that you can use Yamazuki depending on your own ingenuity.

So sometimes I study ideas from someone punching like that.

Six months later, we also asked Kikuno sensei.

You've knocked down your opponent with this punch before.

In that moment, were you looking at your opponent or it's just your sense?

I was not looking at the target. Just my feeling. -That's what I thought.

When my opponent is right in front, I move my head sideway.

In that moment, I have the feeling of the target here.

That was perfect. -Yes. It was wonderful.

That's the one I talked about Yamazuki before.

Centrifugal force was also there.

I match the punch to this movement of the center of gravity.

Another thing is, because I move my head this way, the opponent can’t see my punch.

Some tricks are included.

It's a psychological warfare also.

The opponent will be unknowingly moved by the psychological and physiological reactions.

It's all same in Bujutsu, don't you think? -Yes.

It's difficult to understand from the appearance of the movements but it contains a lot of essences.

In the state like this, you have a tension here.

Both of you look very cool as a picture of fighting.

In this state, there is a tension and you're also tensed.

So you cannot use your whole weight.

This state is good for attacking because the vector is this way.

However, in this case, if Naka sensei moves sideways, this alone will halve my strength.

Also, if Naka sensei steps in, I will lose my balance.

You'll be very strong for a certain situation but you are not really free to move.

So you need to make a state that you can do anything,

like this.

Because you have no tension, you can use your whole weight and your body is united.

If you keep this state,

your movement won’t be detected by the opponent's sensor.

I see.

Yes. You won't be able to block it.

It’s different from normal movements like this.

It's like 'What is this?'. -Yes.

You would accept his move.

You can usually react like this but this way is different.

You would realize when the punch reached here.

That’s interesting.

In the state of relax, your body is united and strong.

You are free to move.

Also you haven't provided any information.

Nothing like "I'm going to punch with this hand" so the opponent can't expect anything.

On contrary, you can detect the opponent's information.

In this state, you can't.

But in this way, you can read the opponent's mind.

You will win the information warfare because you haven't given anything.

That's the way to surpass power and speed.

Information warfare is important.

This is how amazing his fights are.

What about Naka sensei? Can you please show your way to erase the information? -OK.

In this way, he can see me.

So I change it to this way.

I already feel uncomfortable. I feel pressure.

Is it that simple?

When Naka sensei is with strong Kamae, I just pay attention to this.

This is easy for me to understand his intentions.

I change it like this.

Now, with this, I feel he has many choices.

It's scary because I can't see what he thinks.

OK. Now, both of you are free.

Could you please face each other? -Yes.

You don't like this rather than Kamae like this, right? -Yes.

Not like this.

This way.

It's all about which one is relax more.

As I said earlier, it's not a good picture for filming a fighting.

It'll be like two people are just standing.

But I understood the point now because of your explanations.

We often say it should be like 'Hi! How are you?'.

As he said earlier, the feeling of picking a rice sticking on child's face will be also effective.

Awesome...

It's amazing that he does it in his matches.

I agree.

The matches make me confused

because you have rules

and the purpose is to win.

Fighting one-on-one with your opponent leads to tension.

The ring announcer makes you excited too. -Yes.

I always look at his face before his matches. He looks like he's fighting himself.

It's like "I need to relax".

Usually, it'll be like "I'm ready to fight!".

I see him trying to relax.

I also involuntarily synchronize with him.

Some people say that martial arts such as Aikido etc cannot be used in competitions,

but that is a matter of course.

The prerequisite of Bujutsu is different from beating the opponent.

It's like 'survive'.

Your opponent may not be only one.

You don't like even fighting.

Bujutsu is the skills that respond to what comes.

No wonder it's difficult to use them in one-on-one battles.

They have completely different prerequisites. -Yes.

That makes sense.

Based on that, I repeat to think about how to utilize Bujutsu to competitions.