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Jo Duncan wrote:
Pretty much every throw in aikido (~100%) is a kokyu nage
i.e. a "breath powered throw"
So you literally have potentially hundreds of "kokyu nage" that all look different. To help, sometimes they are called by different names but they are still kokyu nage.
Kokyu ho i think just means breathing
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So these are not really techniques, but more philosophy?
I suppose I can see them being used successfully in the ancient world if you were using a sword...perhaps - just not with katate tori.
Peace
dAlen