One
of my favorite aikido strikes is a finger tip flow strike into the throat. I
learned this from Tristan Sutrisno. Of
course this is dangerous, especially if done with a nukite strike to the throat. The Aiki version is quite different.
The
attacker moves forward, with a punch or whatever. When they begin to move, you
in turn move into their strike. From the inside you execute a flow strike into
their throat. This is
where your hand flows out, but instead of you striking into them, you allow
their neck to strike into your fingers. This
causes them to throw themselves away from your hand, dramatically. The
pain, or more so the threat of pain, makes their body try to get away, they may
fly as far as 20 feet backwards doing so.
A flow strike because I’m not using
karate striking but flowing the fingertips forward and their incoming throat
impales itself on my fingers. You get the most interesting results such as when
they fly back 20 feet
One night I had
three new students who had joined the program. After class one of them was
impressing his friends, threatening them in a fashion, as he had rather
extensive training prior to joining my program. He had legitimate brown belts
in 3 styles (but as life kept him moving on, he had not been able to go further
in those systems). And he was very gymnastic in his abilities.
So there he was,
moving on his friends and they were backing away.
I suggested to
him that this was not appropriate for our group. And then that there was a
simple solution. Then I asked him to attack me.
As I am far from
gymnastic I think he felt I was joking. He
backed up then began his jumping spinning crescent kick attacks.
I just stepped
into his attack and performed a flow strike with my fingertips to his throat
with no power. He in turn was jumping and spinning forward. My fingers caressed
his throat and he flew 20 feet backward slamming into the wall.
I proved my
point, gained three students who believed what I said. And he was not hurt in
the process, a bit dented perhaps, but that he did to himself.
He later became
a very good black belt with my program.
Make No Mistake –
if I had used a karate Nukite strike the result would have been very different.
As the goal of such a strike would be to crush the larynx or other damage.
Proper training
makes all the difference.
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