Defeat your opponent without fighting! Learn Shorinji Kempo's vital point attacks!

0:01 It hurts!

0:02 I know, right?

0:05 If you get hit here, you won't be able to resist!

0:08 Shorinji Kempo's vital point attack!

0:13 Master this, and you can make your opponent surrender without fighting!

0:17 What on earth is this?

0:20 Today on "HIYORI EXPRESS", we'll learn about vital points.

0:35 Knowing the vital points makes defeating an opponent easy.

1:05 Practice aiming precisely at the vital points.

1:14 It hurts, doesn't it?

1:16 You can use this in "waza".

1:33 In karate, I believe striking vital points is also considered,

1:38 and we include this within juho.

1:41 If Hiyori-san were being harassed by someone,

1:43 you would calm them down like this while...

1:45 pressing their vital points.

1:53 This is already the beginning of waza.

1:56 This is already "kamae".

2:02 You can handle everything from here.

2:06 We practice the “Let's do this!” kamae, but in daily life, this is kamae.

2:15 The same goes for the "gassho-rei".

2:16 Apologizing like this...

2:22 How to manipulate "kyo-jitsu".

2:24 There's a saying in budo: “There is kamae,

2:26 yet there is no kamae.” In Shorinji Kempo,

2:28 it means “It is kamae for me, but not kamae for my opponent.” This too is kamae.

2:32 You can execute waza from here.

2:36 Or, this too is kamae.

2:38 From here, you can execute techniques.

2:41 This is the concept of “self-defense” in Shorinji Kempo.

2:43 Calming the opponent becomes your kamae,

2:46 and you handle the situation from there.

2:53 This is a thick arm, huh.

3:05 Place your hand here and position your fingers like this.

3:08 Lift this up and then drop it.

3:34 Press down with your finger, lift upward, then drop.

3:36 It's present on both the inner and outer sides.

3:41 How is this different from a regular press?

3:44 When you press, the muscle splits to the left and right.

3:50 This brings your finger closer to the vital point.

3:52 Once more, push your finger upward to lift the muscle aside.

3:55 When you lower your finger, it strikes the vital point.

4:06 Another way is this method.

4:14 Ouch!

4:15 It hurts, doesn't it?

4:16 Does it hurt that much?

4:17 Wow, that's surprising.

4:22 Please teach me.

4:37 Press down, lift up, then drop down.

4:42 Grasp the vital point below firmly.

4:45 Another vital point lies three finger-widths away from here.

4:57 Drop it downward.

5:12 Lower it down?

5:13 Lower the muscles down, lift them up, then drop them down.

5:18 That makes it easier to hit the vital point.

5:20 Since the vital point is within the muscle,

5:23 simply pressing from the surface won't work.

5:26 First, push the muscle above the vital point outward.

5:31 Lift it up, maintain the angle, and lower it down.

5:42 Let's do it together.

6:28 Here is another pressure point.

6:30 Press it like this.

6:33 Lift it up and then drop it down.

6:46 Place a coin here; the pressure point is at its tip.

6:56 Pressing it directly like this has no effect.

7:02 First shift the muscle upward, then drop it down.

7:06 Pressure points exist in various locations throughout the human body.

7:39 Why don't you try it, Hiyori?

7:54 With this karate move, hitting this vital point will be effective.

7:59 However, since it's dangerous, we don't perform the final kime in practice.

8:06 We do demonstrate it, though.

8:12 This is what it means for blocking and attacking to happen simultaneously.

8:31 Hiyori, how was your first experience with Shorinji Kempo?

8:34 Thanks to Inoue sensei's explanation,

8:41 I was able to understand the theory thoroughly.

8:52 I can't actually do it yet, but it made perfect sense to me.

9:03 I found the circular movements and pressure

9:06 points to be very effective for women.

9:09 Since women cannot match men in terms of muscle strength.

9:14 I felt this was something very worth learning.

9:21 Inoue sensei, what did you think of them?

9:23 They picked it up so quickly, it reminded me of Naka sensei.

9:30 Since there are similarities between karate and Shorinji Kempo movements,

9:37 they could do it after just one or two practice sessions.

9:44 Regarding technique, I believe the ultimate goal sought by both

9:48 karate and Shorinji Kempo is the same.

9:52 As Hirokazu Kanazawa sensei says, I believe “harmony” is indeed crucial.

10:01 When practicing together, harmony creates "waza".

10:06 I think they've already achieved that.

10:10 It was a truly wonderful time.

10:15 Hiyori-san, Ito-san, please apply what you learned today to your karate.

10:22 Thank you very much!

10:27 Was it really that painful?

10:32 May I speak first?

10:34 It was truly excruciating.

10:35 The moment he pressed that vital point,

10:39 it felt like my hand had been torn off—an unimaginable pain.

10:46 But at that moment, Inoue sensei said, “It hurts now,

10:51 but it'll heal in about three days.” Those words really stuck with me.

10:58 And they were absolutely right.

10:59 Truly.

11:00 After he pressed that vital point hard,

11:06 I felt pain for about a day or two, but after that, it completely healed.

11:21 I thought that was incredible.

11:23 Honestly, with that kind of pain,

11:25 anyone would think they never want to fight again.

11:28 But in reality, he wasn't actually hurting the opponent,

11:32 and it healed afterward.

11:33 That's the whole point of the “waza,” I suppose.

11:37 The fact he could control it like that really showed his high level of skill.

11:48 It's like something out of a manga.

11:50 Inoue sensei is 65 years old, so an elderly man surrounded by young people,

11:57 instantly pressing their vital points and saying, “It'll heal in three days”.

12:02 And the young people are genuinely surprised

12:04 when they heal exactly three days later.

12:06 It's like that manga.

12:08 He really is just like that.

12:11 I was also surprised three days later, thinking, “Oh,

12:14 it's healed.” And if he used other techniques and said,

12:17 “This will heal in a week.

12:18 This will heal tomorrow,” it would be funny.

12:21 That's definitely possible too, because I experienced it myself.

12:24 The time I spent learning from Inoue sensei flew by.

12:29 That feeling is deeply etched in my heart.

12:34 And I also felt a sense of harmony with Inoue sensei.

12:48 I understand.

12:49 Inoue sensei's image is...

12:56 how should I put it...

12:59 warm colors.

13:01 His aura isn't cool colors, it's warm colors.

13:05 I felt his warmth many times.

13:15 Even though Inoue sensei is in a position to teach others,

13:20 I never sensed him trying to show off

13:24 his skills or teaching us with a condescending attitude.

13:29 Yes, he has absolutely none of that.

13:31 Even though he's incredibly skilled,

13:33 he naturally praised us, saying things like,

13:37 “You're doing great!” I can't forget the look on his face back then.

13:44 It felt like he was practicing alongside us.

13:47 I was just so incredibly happy the whole time.

13:51 Hiyori Kanazawa of Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation.

13:55 She is an authentic karateka who has

13:58 won world championships in both “kumite" and “kata”.

14:01 Her grandfather is the legendary karate master Hirokazu Kanazawa.

14:07 Her father is Nobuaki Kanazawa Kancho, the head of SKIF.

14:12 She is the third generation of a karate family.

14:17 Actual footage of her experience and After-talk.

14:20 It was great to hear such a genuine karateka's thoughts, wasn't it?

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