In feudal Japan the Martial Art of Hojojutsu was taught for the capture and immobilization of prisoners by using a rope. Developed by the armed forces during the period of the "Warring States" (XV sec.), It was subsequently adopted by the city police in the Edo Period (1603-1868) as an aid during thearrest, transportation and detention of a suspect.Rich in illustrations and photographs, this text describes for the first time in the West, the history, philosophy, instruments and practice of the Art of the Rope.235 pages, over 250 illustrations and photographs, the text includes the translated reproduction of a genuine and very rare densho: a secret teaching manual of one of the most renowned Schools of Hojojutsu created in 1797.
Author(s): Christian Russo
Publisher: Yoshin Ryu
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 231
City: Turin
Cover
Acknowledgements
Warning
Index
Foreword
Introduction
The Origin
The archaic period
Bushi - Warriors
Ninja - the Spies
Main rope and fast rope
The Edo period
Torimono - The police of the Tokugawa
Hogu - The tools for arrest
Nawagake-ho - Methods of binding with rope
The arrest
Guilt and shame
The Meiji period
Taiho-jutsu
The Second World War
Reconstruction
Fujita Seiko
Nawa Yumio
Today
Kinbaku - Rope and Eros
The tools
The Rope - Materials
Sizes
Colour and esoteric
Skeins
Nawa-Dogu - The tools
The Schools
Teaching Aids - The Hojo-ningyo
Densho
The rope in Italy
The foundations
Kunrei - Rules
Shintai - Mind and body
Breathing
O-Nawa - The rope
Musubikata - main knots
Hayanawa - The fast rope
Tejo - handcuffs
Yubinawa
The techniques
Senza titolo
Honnawa - The main rope
The techniques
Nawa Sho
The book of the rope
Seigo Ryu Nawa no Sho
Afterword
Bibliography
