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[edit] Kokyu nage

Kokyu-nage, or "breath throws" are a seemingly very broad and ambiguous class of throws. They range from virtually no-touch techniques to what can appear to be "body slams." Some techniques, such as those termed iriminage and hiji-ate nage in many styles, are referred to as types of kokyunage by other styles.

[edit] Common Traits

A few theories exist on what makes a kokyu-nage a kokyu-nage, and do not necessarily contradict one another:

• Techniques that should be done in a flowing fashion, "in one breath."
• Techniques where uke's energy continues uninterrupted.
• Kokyu as timing or the flow of energy: thus, not depending upon joint manipulations but upon subtler timing and control of uke's attention.
• Techniques where uke seems to be thrown with nothing more than "a breath."