To-Shin Do Kou-Ryaku teaches principles of 5th degree black belt movement based on the historical Gyokko Ryu technique Kou-Ryaku. Unarmed defense against a sword attack that teaches us how to use timing and our body frame to lock up and defeat an attacker. An-shu Stephen K. Hayes, An-shu Rumiko Hayes, James Kentoshi Norris and Shane Raitoshi Stevens share secrets for bringing to life these techniques, tactics, and strategies from An-shu Stephen K. Hayes’ visionary martial art of To-Shin Do®.
To-Shin Do Gyokko Ryu Kou-Ryaku
- How to use energy and positioning to gain control
- How to lock up the attacker using your body
- How to catch an arm using timing
- How to use gravity to create a throw
- How to lock an attacker to your body to defeat strength
- How to create dropping throw “Te Makura”
- How to reverse the attacker’s sword back on them
- How to lock up an arm in the middle of a knife attack
- How to use arm lock up to defeat ground pin and punch