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There is an article for jigoro kano in judoinfo.com called the japanese art of selfdefense ,that
shows that there are cases in which the principle of non resistance does not apply .

jigoro kano says
"I could multiply these examples, but probably those I have given will suffice to enable you to understand how one may beat an opponent by not resisting him. But there are cases in which this principle does not apply. Suppose for instance, my opponent takes hold of my right wrist and I do not resist him, then there is no means of releasing it from his hold. The best way would be to move my arm so that my whole strength is used to counteract his hand grip, the strength which is of course far inferior to my concentrated strength and therefore gives way to it. In such a case I used my strength against his, contrary to the principle of nonresistance."

"Again my opponent grips me from behind. I cannot release myself by nonresistance and must either throw him, using the strength of my body to break his grip, or slide down obliquely, releasing myself and releasing his grip at the same time. These examples serve to show that the principle of nonresistance is not applicable in all cases."

http://www.judoinfo.com/kano2.htm


now watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmYXH1LCkgc



2:12 to 2:50

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPhG6XA2fL8



5:40 to 6:00

i think u can easily release any grip if u put ur oppenent in a breaking balance position
how come this is a jigoro kano article ?!! 😲

Yes, quick answer is the 8 releases in Aikido. Your videos you posted were very interesting. Kano even looked like he was doing Aikido.

Embedded the videos for ya. 😉

Sean Ashby wrote:Embedded the videos for ya. 😉

Thank you

that was Kano/Yamashita's demo of Koshiki no Kata which displays kuzushi principles from Kito Ryu and is where alot of the distictive flavor of our aikido and judo comes from--