Rare instructional DVD from Yoshinkan Aikido Kairyukan, focused on self-defense techniques.
The DVD covers various self-defense scenarios including:
- Defense against frontal blade strikes/slashes
- Defense against sideways blade cuts
- Responses to collar grabs (both with and without follow-up attacks)
- Defense against punches
- Escaping from rear strangulation
- Breaking free from rear bear hugs
- Defending against front kicks
- Countering front hugs/grabs
- Defense against frontal blade thrusts
- Defense against stick attacks
- Defense against reverse-side blade cuts
- Throwing techniques (Sokumen Iriminage)
- Joint locks (Elbow Clamp Hijishime)
- Getting started with practice
Master Higa has trained under me for about eight years and is currently the director of Okinawa Kairyukan. Master Higa himself has recently created a DVD called "Self-Defense Techniques and Practical Ready-to-Go Techniques." The techniques, which are based on the fundamentals of Yoshinkan Aikido, will be useful for many martial arts practitioners and will allow them to see a new side of Aikido. So I would like to offer my recommendation here.
Chief Instructor of Aikido Yoshinkan Headquarters
Representative of NPO Yoshinkan Aikido Ryu
Tsuneo Ando
Language: Japanese
Length: 1 hour & 2 min.
