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Old 08-02-2015, 08:29 AM   #6
Peter Boylan
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Re: Kuzushi Is More Than Off-balancing

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John Hillson wrote: View Post
I played with the idea of moving to greatly restrict Uke's options during freestyle with a Jo last night. Very instructive. Not having Uke falling over, but instead unable to strike with any force or leaving an opening. Maybe not what you mean, but I liked it.
That's certainly one way of using kuzushi. If set someone up so they cannot access their power, you've certainly destabilized them. I hadn't been thinking of using it like that, but I like it.

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