I
was watching a video about some of the Hiden (Secrets) of Aikijutsu shown by
Fredrick J, Lovret.
What
I saw in there was use of a grab defense with the index finger held out
straight during a counter grab. This was something I had read about written by
Dennis Palumbo in his books on training in Hakkou Ryu Jutsu in Japan.
The
index finger is held out straight, because the pad of the palm at the index
finger is used to press against a point on the opponent’s wrist, and that
enables the counter-grab to work and take the opponent down.
Palumbo
Sensei also described how being trained on that point in Japan was continually
worked. Which led to a bout of diareah. Upon which time the other students then
told him that was a common side effect during that training. I never
experienced that myself. So I take that part of the story under advisement.
Not
long after that I was visiting my friend and mentor, Ernest Rothrock, and we
discussed this and spent some time on that movement comparing it to the way the
eagle claw is applied against the same grab. Each got an effece. The eagle claw
grip using the fingers like pliers digging into the wrist when it was used. The
other hand formation using the pressure from the pad of the straight index
finger to make it work.
Our
conclusion, for the skilled practitioner both work. First he shows how this is
used with the straight hand wrist grab.
Then
he shows how this is applied against a cross hand wrist grab.
Always time for more work.
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