| Shito Ryu's Five Principles of Defense Quicktime Movies |
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| RAKA Hard blocking. Striking an attack with sudden maximum power. |
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| 3.25 MB Quicktime file | |||||||||||||||||||||
| RYUSUI Soft blocking. Redirecting an attack with a circular or deflecting parry. |
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| 3.37 MB Quicktime file | |||||||||||||||||||||
| KUSHIN Springing, shifting the body with the knees in blocking and counter attacking. |
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| 3.49 MB Quicktime file | |||||||||||||||||||||
| TENI Taisabaki (footwork). Blocking by moving out of the path of the opponent's attack. |
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| 3.63 MB Quicktime file | |||||||||||||||||||||
| HANGEKI Defense as attack. Counter attacking at the precise instant the opponent attacks. |
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| 3.72 MB Quicktime file | |||||||||||||||||||||
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