As the year of training has unfolded and Soke has developed the theme for the year, I have heard that the main points that have appeared within Soke’s movement is to take these areas or affect these parts of the body.
If one thinks about it, these areas are natural vulnerable areas and one can impact someone’s movement greatly if you are able to connect to these kyusho.
If the eyes are taken, then the effect is obvious (I.e. By directly hurting them) but I also feel that by effecting and utilizing the visual characteristics of people and understanding how we process information we can use this too. This could be used by creating the impression you are closer than the person thinks/sees you are or further away for example.
The ribs are a place which can obviously hurt if struck correctly. Accessing these can be tricky so correct timing, angling and distancing needs to be employed. If you take posture (by using the eyes or fingers, for example) then these can be more readily accessed.
The fingers are naturally vulnerable too – often if someone is attacking you these will be the nearest thing to hand to utilize and they are a great leveller if taken at the right moment. Sven at the weekend demonstrated that taking any point should be done in a way that was mobile – I.e. You don’t grab firmly and keep hold on this point – you adjust and move so the person cannot resist too readily and compensate.
