Saturday’s class focused on effective strikes, setting armbars and how easily chokes can be applied in different positions. For the students working on shodan (first black belt), we explained the importance of strikes (atemi). In Hakko Denshin Ryu JuJutsu strikes are used as distractions, allowing time to execute a submission, such as an armbar, choke or wrist lock.
You will often hear us say, “If you can take the mind, you can take the body.”
