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Summary: Learn how to take down your opponent by bending their wrist in the martial arts form of Ninjutsu in this free self defense video.
Anthony Lucas has been involved in Budo since the mid 1980s. After stumbling upon the book, Ninja Assassins by Brian Adams, Anthony established a contact with Stephen Hayes. Mr. Lucas...read more
"On behalf of Expert Village my name is Anthony Lucas of the Bujinkan Kot Dojo of the New York City. Today I'm going to show advanced techniques of Ninjutsu. Okay, the next technique from the Kukashinru Showdon era is called Usetsu. Okay, it's, Mada is going to grab her left hand on my shirt and as she comes to punch, I'm going to step off line. I'm going to block or I should say strike her punching arm, from here I'm going to grab her grabbing hand and I'm going to turn her wrist. As I turn her wrist, I'm going to step in and bring here elbow up and then from there I'm just going to drop and she's just going to fall to the floor, okay. So looking at it from this angle, same thing, Madam grabs with the left hand, she punches, I step off, block, I twist her wrist, bend her elbow up and come to the floor. So, what looks like in real time, in real time, she comes, she comes, I block, bring her elbow up and just drop to the floor."
eHow Article: Wrist Bending Technique in Ninjutsu