***unfortunately I could not find a photo, this was the best I could find ***
A long time ago I was
shown a restraining technique to make someone move where you wanted them to
move. It involved sweeping their arm down between their legs, then reaching
behind them to grab that arm and then lift it up. The placement of their arm
would press into their groin area causing them to raise on their toes, to
lessen the pressure against their groin. They they would toe walk wherever you
directed them to go by the pressure of their arm pressing into their groin.
While an interesting
locking technique in itself, often seen used in knife self defense demo’s over the years, where the hand
holding the knife would be the arm swept down, etc. for the demonstration.
Then one evening I was
visiting a school, and trying to decide what would be an interesting movement
to share. I never directly tried to teach Isshinryu in such settings.
Personally that was something I preferred to do within my program, but I had a
lot of interesting other things to draw from.
So I described that I
would show them a come along technique to move someone where you wished.
I remember this, because
one of the instructors, a young woman, thought that would not happen.
So I chose to use her for the demonstration. She stepped forward with a punch.
I pressed that arm down to
between her legs.
As I was doing that I shifted further forward to grasp her arm from behind her. Grabbing her arm, I lifted it upward.
The rising pressure of her
arm pressed against her groin.
That pressure caused her
to rise on her toes,
And continue to try to get
away,
Causing her to flip over.
And I had not applied a
great deal of pressure raising her arm upward.
Just that slight rising
pressure was more than enough
to make her move away from
that force.
Of course after that
everyone fell into line.
A plausible use would be
stepping forward on the exterior line of defense, against a punch.
Using the movement in
Seiunchin kata where the right arm sweeps up and deflects the punch upward.
Commonly called the
Seiunchin kata archers block.
At the same time the left
arm strikes down and out into their lower abdomen.
Using that abdomen strike
as a stop-hit the right hand just swoops their striking arm
Down between their legs.
Then slide forward so you
left hand can grasp their attacking punching arm.
Grab that arm and lift if
up.
Their arm then presses
against their groin.
They are now under your
control.
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