The first principle is to collapse and fall away with an aggressor’s pushing motion. To access this content, you must purchase To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Master Access, Monthly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Master Access, Yearly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Advanced Access, Monthly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Advanced Access, Yearly, To-Shin Do […]
6 Principles of Modern Zan-to no Kata Interpretation
A cryptic teaching of the Togakure Ryu, the Zan-To Tonko no Kata, or So-To Tonko no Kata, makes use of techniques for escaping capture. Taught to Japan’s original intelligence operatives, these principles are for confusing an attacker and making an escape, not for triumphing in battlefield combat. In the modern 2020s, obscuring your face from those who would later try to identify you, seemingly blundering into successful defensive technique, and leaving your attacker blinded and confused are the goals of the Zan-To Tonko no Kata.
Lessons
Principle 2
The second principle is to collapse and fall forward with an aggressor’s pulling motion. To access this content, you must purchase To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Master Access, Monthly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Master Access, Yearly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Advanced Access, Monthly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Advanced Access, Yearly, To-Shin Do […]
Principle 3
Third principle is to “cam” elliptically circle outward away from the aggressor’s center and move back in for leverage. To access this content, you must purchase To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Master Access, Monthly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Master Access, Yearly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Advanced Access, Monthly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – […]
Principle 4
Principle four is to “cam” elliptically circle into the aggressor’s center and move away for leverage. To access this content, you must purchase To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Master Access, Monthly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Master Access, Yearly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Advanced Access, Monthly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Advanced Access, Yearly, […]
Principle 5
The fifth principle is to prompt a distracting attack and then capture the defending limb. To access this content, you must purchase To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Master Access, Monthly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Master Access, Yearly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Advanced Access, Monthly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Advanced Access, Yearly, To-Shin […]
Principle 6
Sixth principle is to use “receiving body” uke-mi to escape an attack To access this content, you must purchase To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Master Access, Monthly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Master Access, Yearly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Advanced Access, Monthly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription – Advanced Access, Yearly, To-Shin Do Training Subscription […]
Review
Looking at the kanji for Zan-To Tonko no Kata, we see that Zan means “to hide or conceal”. Zan is made up of the kanji for Ana, or hole, and So, or mouse, meaning “mouse in a hole”, translated as hiding or concealing. To access this content, you must purchase To-Shin Do Training Subscription – […]
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