Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas (Jul 2012)

Kumi-uchi from the Kaze no Ryu perspective

  • Luis Nogueira Serrano

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 2
pp. 123 – 138

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Kumi-uchi, literally “grasp and strike”, is a traditional Japanese fighting art mainly based on non-armed techniques. As such, kumi-uchi is consider to have emerged as a complement to the main samurai martial arts, so as to face those difficult situations in which the samurai lost his most powerful weapons. This paper studies the art of kumi-uchi from the Kaze no Ryu school standpoint. The meaning and extension of kumi-uchi, its main aspects, types, dimension and evolution are analyzed. Similarly, we place kumi-uchi into the Kaze no Ryu martial curriculum and reflect on its importance in martial artists’ education.

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