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“The Top Ten principles of Yachigusa Ryu Aiki Bugei - #10 Back Pressure”

From the Yachigusa Ryu Aiki Bugei website:

…Trying to explain the principle of Back Pressure in written words and illustrations is almost impossible. In fact, it’s hard to describe—period—even in the classroom. And in my experience, trying to explain “Back Pressure” often confuses people more than it helps them.

Of all the top ten principles in the Yachigusa martial art system, Back Pressure is most likely the hardest to teach. And it is definitely the hardest one to learn to utilize properly. However, once learned, properly executed Back Pressure will greatly increase a martial art practitioner’s efficiency and effectiveness at projecting others.

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February 27th, 2007 (add comment)

Reader Comments

Zung Nguyen writes:

Thank you, AJ, for posting the link to Moro Sensei’s blog.

I started reading principle #10 and ended up spending all of my free (and non-free) time reading all ten (and more).

Zung

Tobin Threadgill writes:

I’m stunned to see Yachigusa ryu mentioned on AJ……

Brian Kagen writes:

More Opinions here…..

http://www.e-budo.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36607

Zung Nguyen writes:

Is there any official posting of Yanagi Ryu Principles as formulated by Angier Sensei on the WEB?

Any help in this direction would be greatly appreciated.

Zung

Doug Walker writes:

No such thing, Zung. You can find partial “lists and such” like the one highlighted above. But the question is do you trust a second hand explanation from someone who has no authorization to share? Better to follow your own school and work hard to understand the principles inherent in it.