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  ashi waza koshi waza te waza sutemi waza
• Transportation Transport grip
  Kansetzu waza Jime waza
• Katame Control technique
  supine position lateral position prone position
• Kubotan small stick
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• Hanbo defence with stick
  Strikes kicks grips
• Tonfa/MUS Multi use stick
  basics Defence Freeing Fixation

		Defense with the Kubotan Basics Keywords: Kind of grip, Movement, Direction, Kyusho

Grip techniques

Hammer grip

Here is only one side used. There are hammer fist punches amplified on hard parts of the body. It is also able to pinch extremities of the aggressor by tilting the wrist and thus use the Kubotan as an abutment for lever techniques.

Center grip

Here, you can act with both ends of the Kubotan. If the Kubotan, however, carried as a key ring, the use of both ends is limited. There is also the risk of "slippage".

Clamp grip

This handle is a special feature, since here the holding fist is opened. The handle can be applied to both one-handed as well as with both hands. It used as an approach for leverage techniques, but can also be applied with the thumb for pinching of skin.

Pliers grip

The plier grip is similar to the clamp grip, but is generally performed with only one hand. Sensitive skin areas of the aggressor (e.g. inner sides of the upper arms and legs) can be pinched as with a pliers.

Usage

Attack and destination points for the Kubotan are primarily sensitive areas or Kyusho points on the attacker's body. At respective defense techniques, one should remember that clothing will diminish the power of shocks and impacts, also the exact location of a point is difficult to find with existing clothes.

Strike reinforcement

The striking techniques, by using the Kubotan a much higher impact energy is generated. Physically weaker persons are thus in the position corresponding to perform well powerful defensive strikes.

Drucktechniken

Pressing techniques focus primarily on Kyusho points and are mostly used in solving techniques when the freedom of movement of the defender is limited, but can also be used in place of striking techniques, if the proportionality does not allow to attack a stroke technique.

Lever techniques

Lever techniques are used when the aggressor is to be fixed or transported. Here the a Kubotan serves as an abutment for the lever. As targets for levering techniques fingers and wrist offer.

Pinching

Here rather soft parts of the body are attacked (lip, ear, skin areas, etc.). The pinching techniques offer also good as a solving technique e.g. freeing of clinches.

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