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[edit] Kaiten-nage
(meaning 'rotary throw')
[edit] Description #1
From shomen uchi attack or tsuki (uke attacking with right hand):
- Step slightly back and to the left cutting down ukes hand with your left te-katana (sword hand). Uke should be unbalanced forward, exposing their neck.
- Continue the verticle circular motion of their extended right arm with your left hand, taking care not to put them back on their feet, but yet keeping their arm extended.
- Meanwhile your raised right te-katana cuts towards the back of their neck, but instead of striking hard, cup the back of the neck with your right hand. At the same time as the head 'strike', your left hand should be swapping from a cutting hand to a grabbing hand within the circular motion i.e. keep your thumb open and turn your hand palm up so it grasps their wrist. At the end of this motion you should have their head in your right hand and their right wrist in your left hand, their arm vertical and extended above their bent over body. Your grab on their wrist should be firm and such that your thumb is upwards. As you do the vertical circle with the arm you should face the same direction as uke (turning hips slightly clock-wise).
- The whole motion is slightly curved so ukes head (and top half of their body) is directed slightly towards their right and forwards. Mean-while the extended arm is directed diagonally towards up and over ukes left shoulder.
[edit] Points
- If you push the head under ukes own body too much uke will tend to fall flatter on their back, so this is not advised.
- As with all techniques, uke is directed slightly off their line of attack to enable the unbalancing. In this case uke is unbalanced forward and slightly to their own right.
- Uke rolls by touching the floor with their ungrabbed hand and rolling over that shoulder (thus stepping forwards with the left leg during the technique).
- The key to an effective kaiten-nage is the initial unbalancing.
[edit] Relationship to sword movement
This initial cutting down and stepping off centre line movement is identical to the movement you would make in partnered bokken practice when someone attacks and you hold down their bokken. Your hips should be lowerered and there should be a feeling of drawing them forward, and though you move backwards, you are ready to strike forwards.
[edit] Other self-defence applications
- Whilst uke is bent forwards and their arm is held and extended out to the side (ukes elbow rolled forward) strike the shoulder joint very hard with your fist. This will dislocate the shoulder.
- Alternatively (or additionally!) strike uke on the back of the neck with your right te-katana (sword hand) instead of cupping their head. The ideal points (for knock-out as oppossed to killing) are just below the two lumps at the very back of the head parrallel with the middle of the ear (feel for them yourself). The strike should be driven towards the centre of the head.
- Hold uke in an arm bar and use the knee to the face or sternum. If uke has locked out and regained their balance (though still bent over), their locked right arm can be levered diagnoally towards their left shoulder to force them over.
