🥷🏿 Makoto-An Dojo Muto Dori 無刀捕 (攻勢の構 Kosei no Kamae) 短刀 Tanto

Makoto-An Dojo Muto Dori 無刀捕 (攻勢の構 Kosei no Kamae) 短刀 Tanto. This is a movement exercise using a twisting stance to get off of centerline.

In the video the young student is struggling a bit with the twist but it is a video of somebody training not a video of somebody doing something perfectly.

While a knife or I should say training knife is being used I would not consider nor would I teach this as a so-called self-defense maneuver to be done in an actual knife fight.

In a real knife fight your best bet is to run, if you can’t run grab the closest force multiplier and do your best to fend off the attack until you can run.

If you cannot find a force multiplier and you were stuck in the worst case scenario of empty hands versus a knife then your best bet is to gain control of the knife arm and take balance.

We will show videos of what we would actually suggest for a knife attack in the future.

The Tanto was used here for training purposes. The follow ups after the twisting evasion are just some possibilities given what was available.

We fully understand that this movement is subtle and many people may have a very difficult time understanding it and would need face to face training to help them see and understand.