Re: Kokyu nage - Kokyu Ho
Not a philosophy, the easiest way to understand why to use it I think is to imagine more familiar exercises; in lifting weights you breath out when you lift, boxers exhale when they punch, kendoka kiai and so on.
It's to provide a "link" if you like from top body through abdomen (that's why 'we' usually breath into the belly (one-point, seika tan den, hara... whatever) through the legs, to the ground.
A kokyu nage is a technique, it's just that it is a formless one that is usually taught through a couple of forms like irimi nage, sayu, ushiro tekubi tori nage etc etc.
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