Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Locks

Shioda Shihan 10th Dan Aikido lists 160 techniques in his texts, though it must be said that many of these are just very subtle variations.

He lists 10 variations of ikkyo alone. However 5 of these are individual waza in their own right. The same applies to the first three forms of nikyo.

So it is fair to say there are 100 locks in Jujutsu, just as there are 100 throws.

That makes 200 techniques to learn from standing grappling!