Kou Ryaku: Unarmed Against Sword DVD with Stephen Hayes

To-Shin Do Kou-Ryaku teaches principles of 5th degree black belt movement based on the historical Gyokko Ryu ninja unarmed defense against a sword attack that teaches how to use timing and body frame to lock up and defeat an attacker. An-shu Stephen K. Hayes, An-shu Rumiko Hayes, James Kentoshi Norris and Shane Raitoshi Stevens share secrets for bringing to life these techniques, tactics, and strategies from An-shu Stephen K. Hayes’ visionary martial art of To-Shin Do®.
To-Shin Do Gyokko Ryu Kou-Ryaku

• How to use energy and positioning to gain control
• How to lock up the attacker using your body
• How to catch an arm using timing
• How to use gravity to create a throw
• How to lock an attacker to your body to defeat strength
• How to create dropping throw “Te Makura”
• How to reverse the attacker’s sword back on them
• How to lock up an arm in the middle of a knife attack
• How to use arm lock up to defeat ground pin and punch