BUDO TAIJUTSU TECHNIQUES KUSARIFUNDO KAMAE: GOHO NO KAMAE 1. 2. 3. 4.
HOLD THE KUSARIFUNDO WEIGHTS IN BOTH BOTH HANDS GATHER UP THE CHAIN IN BOTH HANDS WITH CLOSED CLOSED FISTS PLACE LEFT HA HAND ND ON TOP OF THE RIGHT HAND RIGHT PALM UP LEFT PALM DOWN
WITH THIS KAMAE YOU CAN STEP BACK 45 DEGREES WITH YOUR LEFT FOOT AND DROP THE WEIGHT FROM YOUR RIGHT HAND IN READINESS TO SWING THE KUSARI IN ANY DIRECTION. ALTERNATIVELY ALTERNATIVELY YOU CAN STEP BACK 45 DEGREES WITH THE RIGHT FOOT AND LIFT UP THE KUSARI AS THOUGH IN HIDARI ICHIMONJI. FROM THERE THE WEIGHT CAN BE WHIPPED OUT WITH THE LEFT OR RIGHT HAND. ANOTHER TECHNIQUES WOULD WOULD BE HOLDING THE KUSARI IN ONE HAND WITH ONE WEIGHT PROTRUDING BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND FINGER FIST CLENCHED TO USE IT LIKE UKE NAGAESHI BLOCKING AND ALSO STRIKING BOSHIKEN TO THE FACE OR RIBS. ISSEI NO KAMAE 1. 2. 3.
IN HIRA WITH ONE WEIGHT HELD HELD IN THE RIGHT HAND WITH WITH THE CHAIN HANGING HANGING DOWN BESIDE THE RIGHT LEG BUT SLIGHTLY BEHIND TO HIDE IT IT CAN ALSO ALSO BE HELD IN BOTH HANDS (TENCHI NO KAMAE) WITH RIGHT HAND HAND TOP OF THE CHEST AND LEFT HAND DOWN BY THE LEFT HIP THE BODY IS SLIGHTLY TWISTED TO THE LEFT LEFT WITH THE RIGHT SHOULDER SHOULDER POINTING FORWARD AND THE RIGHT FOOT FORWARD WITH THE LEFT FOOT BACK.
SHUMOKU NO KAMAE 1. 2.
THE REVERSE REVERSE OF TENCHI TENCHI IS SHUMOKU SHUMOKU NO KAMAE WITH THE LEFT HA HAND ND HELD HELD AT THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND THE RIGHT ARM ARM OUTSTRETCHED TO THE SIDE WITH THE T HE KUSARI OUTSTRETCHED BETWEEN THEM
IPPU NO KAMAE 1.
2.
THE LAST LAST KAMAE KAMAE (IPPU NO KAMAE) IS HELD BEHIND THE BACK WITH RIGHT HAND OVER RIGHT SHOULDER AND LEFT HAND BEHIND THE LEFT BUTTOCK WITH KUSARI CHAIN OUTSTRETCHED BETWEEN. HIDING THE WEAPON BEHIND YOUR BACK
FROM IPPU NO KAMAE ONE CAN SWING THE KUSARI OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, OR DROP THE KUSARI FROM HIS RIGHT HAND AND USE HIS LEFT HAND TO SWING UP, AND ALSO IN A FIGURE EIGHT ROTATION.
KUSARIFUNDO CONTINUED:
YUKICHIGAI 1. 2. 3. 4.
5.
HANGING THE KUSARIFUNDO FROM YOUR OBI (BELT) FOLD THE KUSARI AND FIND THE MIDDLE OF THE CHAIN PUSH THE MIDDLE OF THE CHAIN DOWN INTO THE BELT ON THE SIDE OF YOU BODY SO THE WEIGHTS HANG ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BELT POSITION THE KUSARI SO THE WEIGHTS ARE EQUAL WITH THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE CHAIN SO WHEN NEEDED YOU CAN GRAB THE WEIGHT AT THE FRONT OR REAR FOR ATTACK. IF PULLED FROM THE FRONT STAND IN ISSEI NO KAMAE BEFORE STRIKING.
O SAME NO KATA 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
7.
WITH THE RIGHT FOOT FORWARD (TOES POINTING AT 45 DEGREES) PLACE YOUR BODYWEIGHT FORWARDS ON THE RIGHT LEG. THE LEFT HAND IS HELD AT WAIST HEIGHT ON THE LEFT SIDE WHISLT THE RIGHT ARM IS EXTENDED OUT OVER THE RIGHT LEG HOLD THE CHAIN AS IF IT WERE AN ELASTIC BAND NOW BRING THE RIGHT HAND BACK TO THE LEFT HAND GATHERING THE CHAIN IN YOUR LEFT HAND THE SAME APPLIES WITH THE LEFT LEG BEING FORWARD. THE THIRD MOVEMENT IS IN REVERSE WHERE THE LEFT HAND SHIFTS FORWARD TO THE EXTENDED RIGHT HAND, SCOOPING UP THE CHAIN AS YOU SHOOT FORWARD. THE SAME APPLIES TO YOUR LEFT SIDE.
IAI NO WAZA KAZUMI (HAZING) 1.
2. 3.
HOLDING THE KUSARIFUNDO IN THE RIGHT HAND WITH ONE WEIGHT PINCHED BY THE LITTLE FINGER AND THE CHAIN GATHERED UP IN THE HAND WITH THE OTHER WEIGHT PROTRUDING BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND FINGER. THROW THE WEIGHT OUT FORWARD RELEASING THE KUSARI SO THAT ONE WEIGHT STRIKES UKE IN THE FACE. ROTATE THE KUSARI IN A FIGURE EIGHT LEFT AND RIGHT.
KAKOIUCHI (VERTICLE DOWNWARD STRIKE, VERTICLES) 1.
2. 3.
4.
FROM IPPU NO KAMAE THE IDEA IS TO SWING THE KUSARIFUNDO OVER YOUR SHOULDER IN A VERTICLE STRIKE, THEN YOU CAN REVERT TO A FIGURE EIGHT ROTATION. THE FIGURE EIGHT ROTATION CAN EVEN BE PERFORMED UP AND DOWN, ONE CIRCLE OVER YOUR HEAD, THE OTHER IN FRONT OF YOUR BODY. WHEN PERFORMING THESE MOVEMENTS ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EMPTY HAND CLOSE TO YOUR BODY IN READINESS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE WHIPPING CHAIN AND WEIGHT. WHILST IN THE FIGURE EIGHT ROTATION MODE THE CHAIN CAN EASILY BE PASSED FROM ONE HAND TO THE OTHER.
TECHNIQUES FOR KAKOIUCHI 1. 2. 3.
KUSARI HIDDEN IN RIGHT HAND UKE ATTACKS WITH A RIGHT CHUDAN OR JODAN TSUKI TORI WHIPS THE KUSARI OVER UKE’S WRIST STRIKING IT WITH THE WEIGHT, THEN SWAPS HANDS IN A FIGURE EIGHT ROTATION AND WHIPS UKE ACROSS THE HEAD WITH THE KUSARI.
SUKUIUCHI (UPWARD SCOOPING STRIKE, HORIZONTALS) 1. 2.
3.
FROM ISSEI NO KAMAE THE KUSARI IS SWUNG UP AND THEN SWUNG IN THE FIGURE EIGHT ROTATION. AS UKE STRIKES WITH A JODAN OR CHUDAN TSUKI YOU SWING THE KUSARI UP UNDER UKE’S ARM ENSNARING HIM AT THE WRIST. LOOP THE CHAIN AROUND HIS WRIST AGAIN TO LOCK IT IN, STEP IN AND THROW UKE TO THE GROUND RELEASING THE KUSARI AS HE HIT’S THE GROUND. THEN STRIKE UKE WITH A DOWNWARD MOTION TO THE FACE, CHEST, STOMACH, GROIN.
UDE GARAMI IPPON (FIST WINDING & THROW/FOREARM LOCK & THROW) 1.
2. 3.
START IN GOHO NO KAMAE AND AS UKE STRIKES JODAN OR CHUDAN TSUKI OUTSTRETCH THE KUSARI AND LOOP IT OVER THE TOP OF HIS FOREARM PULLING IT AROUND UKE’S WRIST WITH THE RIGHT HAND. TORI PULLS DOWN SLIGHTLY WITH THE LEFT HAND AND FORWARD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND PUSHING UKE’S ARM UP AND BACK. TORI THEN STEPS IN WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT AND SPINS ANTICLOCKWISE WITH HIS LEFT FOOT (FACING AWAY FROM UKE) THEN PULS WITH BOTH ARMS TO THROW UKE TO THE GROUND.
IT THIS TECHNIQUE IT IS A GOOD IDEA THAT WHEN YOU LOOP UKE’S WRIST AGAIN WITH THE KUSARI OUTSTRETCH AND REST YOUR FOREARM AGAINST HIS. FROM THIS POINT ONCE UKE IS ON THE GROUND YOPU CAN STRIKE USING A OVERARM SWING OF THE KUSARI. UDE GARAMI NIHON 1.
2. 3.
FROM GOHO NO KAMAE AS UKE STRIKES RIGHT JODAN OR CHUDAN TSUKI, OUTSTRETCH THE KUSARI AND BRING IT UP UNDER UKE’S WRIST AND PUSH UKE’S ARM BACK FOLDING IT AT THE ELBOW. WRAP THE KUSARI AROUND THE BACK OF UKE’S NECK WITH THE RIGHT HAND AND PULL TIGHTLY AGAINST UKE’S NECK WITH THE KUSARI. KEEPING BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT HANDS TIGHT AGAINST UKES NECK AND ARM TORI TURNS ANTICLOCKWISE TO THROW UKE DOWN.
FOLLOW UP WITH A FIGURE EIGHT ROTATION MOVEMENT STIKING MULTIPLE TARGETS. UDE GARAMI SANBON 1. 2.
3.
UKE STRIKES WITH A RIGHT JODAN OR CHUDAN TSUKI FROM GOHO NO KAMAE TORI LOOPS THE KUSARI OVER UKE’S WRIST TURNS WITH HIS LEFT FOOT ANTICLOCKWISE OUTSTRETCHING HIS RIGHT ARM AND PULLING HIS LEFT HAND IN TOWARDS HIS OWN CHEST, THUS TIGHTENING THE KUSARI AROUND UKE’S RIGHT WRIST. TORI THEN LIFTS UKE’S RIGHT ARM, STEPS UNDERNEATH TURNING AGAIN ANTICLOCKWISE PULLING UKE DOWN ONTO THE FLOOR.
THIS MOVEMENT CAN ALSO BE DONE ON THE INSIDE BY LOOPING OVER THE TOP OF UKE’S WRIST, PULLINGTIGHTLY WITH TORT’S RIGHT HAND, WHILST KEEPING TORI’S LEFT HAND UP CLOSE TO UKE’S WRIST THROWING UKE TO THE FLOOR BY DROPING DOWN. JODAN UKE 1.
TORI STARTS FROM GOHO NO KAMAE
2. 3. 4.
UKE STRIKES WITH A RIGHT JODAN OR CHUDAN TSUKI TORI OPENS UP AND RAISES THE KUSARI UP UNDER THE STRIKING ARM ON CONTACT TORI OUTSTRETCHES THE KUSARI NICE AND TIGHT, THIS WILL PUSH BACK UKE’S ATTACKING ARM WITH FORCE..
THE SAME APPLIES TO A WEAPON (SWORD), AS UKE STRIKES FROM JODAN TORI BLOCKS WITH THE KUSARI, TIGHTENS THE CHAIN AND BOUNCES THE BLADE AWAY. JODAN UKE NI 1. 2. 3.
UKE STRIKES RIGHT/LEFT JODAN TSUKI TORI BLOCKS UP WITH KUSARI AND TIGHTENS THE CHAIN TO BOUNCE THE ARM AWAY TORI THEN LOOPS THE CHAIN BEHIND UKE’S NECK BRINGING THE WEIGHTS TOGETHER AT THE FRONT OF THE NECK. TORI HOLDS WEIGHT RIGHT OR LEFT HAND DEPENDING. TORI TURNS AND THROWS UKE TO THE FLOOR.
UCHI OTOSHI (STRIKING DROP) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
TORI IN HIRA WITH KUSARI IN LEFT HAND UKE STRIKES WITH A RIGHT JODAN OR CHUDAN TSUKI TORI USING A RIGHT UKE NAYASHI WHILST STEPPING OUT TO HIS LEFT TORI THEN THROWS ONE END OF HIS KUSARI OVER UKE’S RIGHT WRIST ALLOWING IT TO WRAP AROUND, THEN LOCK IT OFF. NOW TORI CAN EITHER DROP UKE TO THE GROUND BY DROPPING HIS OWN WEIGHT AND PULLING WITH HIS LEFT HAND OR, TORI CAN SWING ABOUT ANTICLOCKWISE WITH HIS LEFT FOOT PULLING WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO THROW UKE OFF BALANCE IN OMOTE STYLE.
SHOHATSU (HORIZONTAL STRIKE) 1. 2. 3. 4.
HOLDING THE KUSARI IN THE RIGHT HAND WITH THE STRIKING WEIGHT HELD BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND FINGER, STAND IN HIRA UKE STRIKES WITH A RIGHT JODAN OR CHUDAN TSUKI. TORI STEPS BACK 45 DEGREES WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT AND BLOCKS UKE NAYASHI. TORI NOW STEPS FORWARD WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT AND SWINGS THE KUSARI FROM RIGHT TO LEFT HITTING UKE’S LEFT SIDE, THEN SWITCHES TO HIS LEFT HAND SWINGING LEFT TO RIGHT STRIKING UKE’S RIBS UNDER HIS STRIKING ARM.
SHOHATSU CAN ALSO BE USED TO STRIKE THE HEAD. MAKI OTOSHI (WINDING DROP) 1. 2. 3.
4.
START IN GOHO UKE STRIKES WITH A RIGHT JODAN OR CHUDAN TSUKI TORI STEPS OUT TO HIS LEFT AND BLOCKS UKE’S STRIKE, THEN STEPPING FORWARD WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT TORI WRAPS THE KUSARI AROUND THE FRONT OF UKE’S NECK WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND CROSSES OVER THE CHAIN AT THE BACK TORI THEN STEPS IN WITH HIS LEFT FOOT TURNING CLOCKWISE WHILST PULLING UKE TO THE GROUND.
WRAP THE KUSARI EITHER AROUND THE NECK OR FACE IN THIS TECHNIQUE… NAGE UCHI IPPON (THROWING STRIKE) 1.
TORI IN HIRA KUSARI IN RIGHT HAND WEIGHT PROTRUDING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND FINGERS
2.
WHEN UKE IS ABOUT TO STRIKE, TORI SHIFTS INTO CHI NO KATA SWINGING HIS RIGHT ARM FORWARD AND RELEASING ONE END OF THE KUSARI TO STRIKE UKE IN THE FACE.
NAGE UCHI NIHON (THROWING STRIKE) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
AS IN STEP ONE OF NAGE UCHI IPPON UKE STRIKES WITH A RIGHT JODAN TSUKI TORI SHIFTS OUT TO HIS RIGHT WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT AT THE SAME TIME AS RAISING HIS RIGHT HAND TORI NOW THROWS ONE END OF THE KUSARI AT UKES FOOT, ANKLE, SHIN OR KNEE STRIKING IT ALTERNATIVELY TORI COULD LEAN IN A LITTLE AND THROW THE KUSARI AROUND UKE’S ANKLE OF HIS LEADING LEG SO IT LOCKS IN PLACE THEN PULLS BACK PUTTING UKE OFF BALANCE.
NAGE UCHI SANBON (THROWING STRIKE) 1. 2.
FROM GOHO TORI RAISES BOTH HANDS TO CHEST HEIGHT AND THROWS BOTH ENDS OF THE KUSARI FORWARD AT UKE’S FACE OR NECK. THROW THE WEIGHTS SO THEY SPREAD OUT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, THAT WAY WHEN IT HITS UKE IN THE FACE IT SHOULD ALSO WRAP AROUND THE HEAD.
TACHI AI / YOKO NAGARE (CHECKING) 1. 2.
IN TACHI AI HOLD THE KUSARIFUNDO OUTSTRETCHED OUT IN FRONT OF YOU ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF YOUR SOLAR PLEXUS. WHEN ABOUT TO ATTACK UKE THROW THE WEIGHT TO BEGIN SWINGING ALLOW THE FLOWING MOTION OF THE KUSARI.
SAMIDARE NO UCHI (BODY SHIFTING HORIZONTAL STRIKE) 1. 2. 3. 4.
TORI STARTS BY STANDING IN HIRA HOLDING THE KUSARI IN HIS RIGHT HAND UKE STRIKES OUT WITH A RIGHT JODAN TSUKI TORI SHIFTS BACK SLIGHTLY WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT OUT OF RANGE AND DROPS ONE END OF THE KUSARI IN ISSEI NO KAMAE TORI NOW SWINGS THE KUSARI UP AND FORWARD HAZING UKE WHILST TORI THEN STRIKE FORWARD WITH A KICK IN THE FORM OF KU NO KATA.
KAGERO NO UCHI (BODY SHIFTING VERTICAL STRIKE) 1. 2. 3.
TORI STANDING IN IPPU NO KAMAE UKE COMES IN TO ATTACK. TORI SHIFTS AND SWINGS THE KUSARIFUNDO OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER STRIKING DOWN ACROSS TO HIS LEFT TO HAZE UKE AND AT THE SAME TIME ATTACKS WITH HIS RIGHT KICK IN THE FORM OF KU NO KATA.
YADOME (STOP THE ARROW SHIELD) 1.
FROM GOHO TORI STARTS TO SPIN THE KUSARIFUNDO IN A CIRCULAR MOTION RAISING IT TO THE MIDDLE OF TORI’S CHEST. THIS CAN BE A GREAT DETERANT AGAINST ATTACKER AS YOU CAN MOVE IN ALL DIRECTIONS FROM HERE.
HENKA / KEN KUJIKI (FIST CRUSHING) 1. 2.
HOLDING THE KUSARI IN THE RIGHT HAND WITH ONE WEIGHT PROTRUDING THROUGH THE FIST AND SECOND FINGER. TORI AWAITS UKE’S ATTACK. TORI STRIKES UKE’S ON COMING TSUKI WITH EITHER A FUDOKEN OR TETSUIKEN
(HAMMER FIST) WITH THE OTHER WEIGHT PROTRUDING OUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE HAND. SUNEORI /KERI KUDAKI (SHIN STRIKE) 1. 2. 3.
WITH THE KUSARI GATHERED UP IN THE RIGHT HAND AND WEIGHTS PROTRUDING, TORI AWAITS UKE’S ATTACK. UKE ATTACKS WITH A KICK TO WHICH TORI AUTOMATICALLY RESPONDS WITH A STRIKE TO UKE’S SHIN OF THE KICKING LEG. STRIKE WITH FUDO KEN OR TETSUI KEN.
YOU CAN EVEN STRIKE TO THE ANKLES OR KNEES IN THIS TECHNIQUE. KAESHI DORI / KATATE (SINGLE HAND) 1. 2.
UKE GRABS KUSARI BY EITHER A WEIGHT OR THE CHAIN. TORI WITH THE REMAINING WEIGHT RETALIATES BY STRIKING UKE’S HAND, WRIST, ELBOW, OR EVEN THE FACE WITH THE WEIGHT IN HIS HAND.
KAESHI DORI / RYOTE (TWO HAND) 1. 2. 3.
TORI HOLDS THE KUSARI IN TACHI AI UKE GRABS THE CHAIN WITH BOTH HANDS WITH THIS TORI LIFTS THE KUSARI AND TWISTS IT OVER HIS HEAD BY STEPING AROUND ANTICLOCKWISE WHILST UKE IS HOLDING ON, THIS ALLOWS TORI TO THROW UKE TO THE GROUND. THIS IS THE END OF KUSARIFUNDO KAMAE AND TECHNIQUES
