From the book: 'Hayanawa Kappō Kenpō Kyōhan Zukai Zen' (早縄活法拳法教範圖解全) by Iguchi Matsunosuke (1898). This is the Kitō-ryū (起倒流) technique - ‘Ude Dome’ (腕止メ - to stop the arm). This technique is described as being a "Gen (元 - beginning, original) Kitō-ryū (起倒流) technique (形手 - Katate)". As the Kitō-ryū is finds it's origins in […]