Understanding how to use the Shuko or Tekagi

We discuss the use of the Shuko or Tekagi or "cat claws".

Video from @Ninedirections on shuko use, not to catch, but to step aside
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Video from @ SellswordArts showing that stepping aside is less easy than assumed
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References for images:

Adams, A. 1992. Ninja: Geschichte, Philosophie und Kultur der Schattenkrieger. Falken-Verlag, Niederhausen, 192 pp.

Hayes, S. K. 1981. The Ninja and their Secret Fighting Art. Tuttle Publishing, Tokyo, 191 pp. (ebook version without page numbers).

Hatsumi, M. 1988. The Grandmaster's Book of Ninja Training. Contemporary Books, Lincolnwood (Chicago), Illinois, 99 pp.

Hatsumi, M. 2004. The Way of the Ninja: Secret Techniques. Kodansha International, Tokyo, 209 pp.

Kühn, C. & Peters, T.J. 2011. Bujinkan Budo Densho Togakure Ryu Taijutsu no kata. Tengu-Publishing (Verlag Wolfgang Ettig), Schmitten, 135 pp.


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