From https://www.rojodojo.com A preview of my Bujinkan video exploring the Bujinkan idea of 触る コントロール Sawaru kontorōru, touch control. We began with an attacker kicking. We do a gedan uke, then “discover” a point of control. In this case it became an omote gyaku.
We don’t get attached or decide ahead of time what the point of contact will be. Sometimes it’s a finger, sometimes an elbow, or maybe even a foot. Then we can pivot off of that point.
I showed how this form of control can initiate with a 蹴砕 keri kudaki. Using a kick for control requires great balance to be able to place it anywhere in the kukan. Here I used that placement to capture the opponent’s space and his balance. This is the essence of hichō.
Next I demonstrated how to fall out of the kick into an 大内刈 Ōuchi gari. This was a three part kick. First the keri kudaki, but my kick does not drop. It slides to attack gedan, but it still does not drop. It continues to trace around the opponent’s stance until it can reap the leg.
If staying tight on the inside is not safe, I can drop by sliding down the outside of his body. This turns and collapses his knee. The movement is fluid and the points of control skip like stones from one point to the next.
We finished with an idea related to 包む tsutsumu. I showed how to use the contact with one finger as a guide to line up a strike. Think of wrapping up a gift until the last fold is held in place by one finger. In Japan they will often use only one piece of tape for gift wrapping this way.
When we wrap the opponent up this way we nullify his attack. It is like throwing a net over the aggression. Then we can disarm him easily.
Of Note: 先輩
