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Old 11-17-2011, 11:07 AM   #6
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Re: The history of tapping

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Hanna Björk wrote: View Post
But tapping as The Signal is not that universal, you say. Where and when do people use kiai?

If the scale of signals are more varied in koryu, it could have been Kano who simplified the system. If a competing sparring system you need a signal that simply says "let go".
"Maitta!" (参った!) is a common verbal admission of defeat.

I guess I don't know what you are asking for. All I have said is that "tapping out" is one signal among many. I find it hard to believe that no one in Japanese budo ever had the idea to have a signal before Kano. If a signal is necessary in a competing sparing system, what do they do in freestyle or greco-roman wrestling? Sumo? How about fencing or boxing?

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