Lesson 51 To 75

Lesson Fifty-one

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new movements:

1. Self-Defense Against Holds (Continued)

FIG. 68. Escape from hold on lapel 105

(i) Hold on Lapel. With any hold on the lapel or jacket, remember this rule. Do not tear the hand away from your body.
 
Place both hands on it, and clamp it tightly to your body, so that the opponent cannot now let go even if he wishes to. Then simply bend forwards from the waist as though bowing to him, and he will be forced to the ground with a wrist lock.

(ii) Hair Hold in Front. The assailant is facing you and grips your hair. Here the technique is the same. Do not try to pull his hand away, or even if you succeed he will take some of your hair with it. Place both hands over his hand to clamp it tightly to your head. Then bend forwards as in the last movement.

FIG. 69. Escape from Hair Hold in front

(iii) Hair Held from Behind. The assailant grasps your hair from behind. Here again, clamp his hand to your head with both yours, so that he cannot let go. Bend the head forwards, and turn to face him, ducking your head under his arm. Then simply straighten up, and you will have a reverse wrist lock on his hand.

Practice each of these three movements 25 times. Now do 30 minutes' Randori in the French Style.

FIG. 70. Escape from Hair Hold from behind

French Style Random

A few words should be said about this. As already explained, you are going to throw in turn. Arrange who is to start. Bow to each other before and after. Try to perform a variety of throws as you see openings, and try to go in fast. Part of the object of this style of practice is to enable you to recognize openings quickly, and to speed up your reaction to an opportunity. Another valuable contribution this style of practice will make to your skill is the psychological effect it will have. You will find that, since the opponent does not resist, your throws will always work. In time you will come to expect them to work, and to go for them whole-heartedly. Part of the failure experienced by Judo students in their early days is that they hesitate or go in for their throws half-heartedly. They experience so many failures, or are counter-thrown so often, that they lose faith without realizing it. This style of randori will develop a subconscious faith. Please note, however, that it is quite useless for the opponent to throw himself for you, or you for him. The man whose turn it is to be thrown should move about and offer a variety of opportunities for throws to be done on him, but he should not fall down until actually thrown. Aim to get continuous, varied and fast attack, and to do at least five throws a minute between you even at this stage, working up to ten throws a minute. Get up quickly when you are thrown, and attack again. If thirty minutes straight off is too exhausting, do it in three ten-minute periods. If you have several partners, change partners every ten minutes.

Rest a couple of minutes, and then do fifteen minutes of ordinary Randori.

Finish the evening with more practice at your Pet Throw.

Lesson Fifty-two

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new movements:

FIG. 71. Escape from one-handed hold on throat

 1. Self-Defense Against Holds (Continued)

1. One-Handed Hold on Throat. The opponent is facing you and grasps your throat with one hand. Do not attempt to pull the hand away. Grip the wrist with both your hands, and hold it tightly to your throat. If it is his right hand, turn by taking your right foot back and round in a small circle, at the same time bringing your left armpit over his right elbow. Push down on his elbow with your armpit, and lift on his wrist with your hands, getting his little finger uppermost as you do so. You will then have a variant of the Straight Arm lock on his arm.

FIG. 72. Escape from Two-Handed Hold on throat in front

(ii) Two-Handed Hold on Throat from in Front. The opponent takes a two-handed hold on your throat from in front. Clasp your hands, and spread your elbows so that your forearms form a V-shaped wedge, the ringers uppermost. Use this wedge to drive up between his arms, and you will find that it will break his grip, especially if you reinforce it by thrusting your stomach forwards. If his head is brought forwards in this action, you can put your hands over the back of his head, still clasped, and bring his head down to smash the nose on your knee.

(iii) Two-Handed Hold on Throat from the Rear. The opponent clasps your throat with both hands from behind.

Raise your hands, and catch any one of his fingers on each side, one in each hand. Use these to tear his hands away. Cross his arms, the one over the other, and bring them across your right shoulder. Walk back into him with knees bent, and you will find that you can straighten them and do the Shoulder Throw (Lesson Seven). It is too dangerous to complete the throw in practice, as you will be holding his fingers and he will not be able to Breakfall, but do the movement to the point of throwing.

FIG. 73. Escape from two-handed hold on throat from rear

Practice each of these movement; 25 times.

Do 30 minutes of French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes of ordinary Randori.

Finish the evening with practice at your Pet Throw. (If you are now completing the movement, aim at  least 150 per evening. Do ten on the opponent; let him do ten on you, then another ten on him, and so on.)

Lesson Fifty-three

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new movements:

1. Self-Defense Against Holds (Continued)

(i) Chancery Hold. The opponent is at your side and has taken your head under his arm, facing in the same direction as yourself. Supposing it is under his left arm. He can put pressure on your throat by pressing his forearm up against the Adam's apple. Take your right arm over his left shoulder, and put the little-finger edge of your hand under his nose. Press his nose upwards and back, at an angle of 45 degrees, and you will be able to force his head back and make him release the hold quite easily. Put your right foot behind his right knee and you will be able to throw him backwards over it.

FIG. 74. Escape from Chancery Hold 

FIG. 75. Escape from Handshake Grip

(ii) Handshake Grip. The opponent takes your hand to shake it, and grips tightly. This is commonly done as a joke, not as a serious form of attack, and in such circumstances a violent escape would be uncalled for. Assume that the opponent is so strong that you cannot move his arm up or down. Relax the wrist of the hand held. (We will suppose it to be the right, since this is the normal handshake.) Take your left foot forwards and make a quarter turn towards his right arm. Duck your head under his arm and straighten up, so that his elbow rests across the back of your neck. Now turn the little-finger edge of his hand to face the ground and press down. You will find that you have a straight-arm lock and can compel him to walk or obey you. He is at your mercy.

Do each movement 25 times.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Do 30 minutes' French Style Randori.

Do 150 of your Pet Throw.

Lesson Fifty-four

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new movements:

FIG. 76. Counter to kick from the front

1. Self-Defense Against Kick From Opponent Facing You

Your opponent attempts to kick you with his left foot. Take your right foot back and make a quarter turn backwards, so that your body is parallel to the direction of the kick. His foot will then go past you. Catch the front of his trousers just above the ankle with your right hand, and pull forwards level with the ground, sharply. You must time this so that it continues the movement of the kick, and you must pull level with the ground, not up. If you do it correctly, you will find that the opponent will completely leave the ground, and the fall is most violent.

FIG. 77. Counter to heel kick

2. Heel Kick

The opponent turns his back on you, and tries to kick you with his right heel. Take your stomach backwards out of danger. Cross your hands, right over left, and block the kick with your crossed hands. As soon as you have blocked, let your right hand slide round on to his foot and grasp it, and let your left encircle his calf. Turn his foot sharply up and to the right, and he will be spun in the air and land on his back.

Do each of these movements 25 times

Do 30 minutes of French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 of your Pet Throws.

Lesson Fifty-five

Reversionary Lesson

Do the Breakfalls twice each (7 Breakfalls).

Do 25 Throws, twice each.

Do 8 Holdings and escapes, once each.

Do 6 Strangleholds on the ground, once each.

Do 6 Strangleholds, standing up, once each.

Do 11 Arm locks, once each.

Do 1 Leg lock, once.

Do 3 repetitions of the 16 Defense Movements against Holds.

Do 3 repetitions of the 2 Defense Movements against Kicks.

Do 30 minutes' French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Lesson Fifty-six

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new movements:

1. Self-Defense Against Blows (Method 1)

The argument sometimes arises whether a Judo man would beat a boxer, and some are too ready to assert that it would be easy. Whilst I agree that an expert might find it so, the average student would need much practice, and even then a lot would depend on how good the boxer was. There are four methods of dealing with blows. In this Lesson we shall consider using kicks against them. The opponent puts up his fists to box you. Clench your hands together, and taking them to your left, sway your body in that direction, out of reach of the opponent's punches. Take your weight on your left leg, and use your right leg to kick him. Your clasped hands taken out help to maintain your own balance, and you will find that your leg is longer than either of his arms, so that you can kick him but he cannot punch you. The four points to aim for are: (i) The knee-caps, kicked with the sole of your foot; (ii) The testicles, kicked with heel or toe; (iii) The solar plexus; and (iv) The chin, if you can reach that high, with the heel.

These measures are drastic. Don't kick hard in practice; just make the movements.

FIG. 78. Kicks employed against a boxer

Try 25 of each of the movements, aiming at accuracy of aim in your kick, but don't of course complete any kick. Stop at the point of gentle contact.

Do 30 minutes of French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 repetitions of your Pet Throw.

Lesson Fifty-seven

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new movements:

1. Self-Defense Against Blows (Method 2)

The second method of dealing with blows is to throw the opponent. For practice it is a good idea if he puts on boxing gloves, as you will then be able to let him hit out at you, and will learn the difficulties better.

FIG. 79. Your defensive posture against a boxer

FIG. 80. Hip Throw used against a punch

He spars up to you. Raise your forearms in front of you, fingers straight. Keep your elbows over your stomach to guard that region, and as the opponent throws punches at you with both hands, chop at the forearms from inside with your hands, so as to divert his punches and to get his arms wide apart. As soon as you can get his arms apart, you will have the chance to move in and throw.

FIG. 81. Shoulder Throw used against a punch

FIG. 82. Knee Wheel used against a swinging punch

If you have blocked a punch by knocking his arm to the side, you might find the Floating Loin Throw (Lesson One) possible, or the Major Hip Throw (Lesson Four), or the Sweeping Hip (Lesson Nine).

If you have blocked a punch by knocking his arm upwards, you might try a Shoulder Throw. (Lesson Seven.)

If you can catch his arm from the inside, when he is trying a swinging punch, and you are well away from him, you might do a Knee Wheel (Lesson Six).

Try each movement 25 times.

I have experimented with amateur boxers, and find that if they are of a fair standard the average Judo man will take about five punches in getting in to throw with a Hip Throw. His success will therefore depend on how hard the boxer can hit, and how much punishment he can absorb himself. Once boxers are down, however, they are largely at your mercy, since they are not taught how to fight on the ground.

Do 30 minutes of French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 of your Pet Throws.

FIG. 83. Knee and Ankle Throw with hands against a boxer

Lesson Fifty-eight

Do each Breakfall twice to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new movements:

1.  Self-Defense Against Blows (Method 3)

The boxer tries to hit your head or body above the belt, so that it is possible to come under his punches and attack his legs in two ways.

(i) The Knee and Ankle Throw with the Hands. Drop on your right knee near his left foot. Put your right hand behind his left ankle, and your left hand on his left knee-cap. Pull on the ankle, and push on the knee, vigorously, and he will be thrown on to his back.

FIG. 84. Knee and Ankle Throw with feet against a boxer

(ii) The Knee and Ankle Throw with Feet. Fall backwards away from his punches, doing a right side Breakfall. Put your right foot behind his left ankle from the inside, and your left foot on his left knee. Pull on the ankle and push on the knee, and he will be thrown on his back, and possibly suffer knee injury as well, if you have been violent. Practise very carefully.

Practice 25 times each. I should say that I consider these the two most satisfactory ways of dealing with a boxer.

Do 30 minutes' French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' of Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 Pet Throws.

Lesson Fifty-nine

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new movements:

1. Self-Defense Against Blows (Method 4)

The fourth method of dealing with blows is to let them pass by you, by ducking, and to attack from the rear.

(i) Stomach Arm lock Used Against a Punch. The opponent leads with a straight left. Sway back and to the right out of range. Catch the outside of his arm at the wrist with your left hand, and pull it past you and down.
Bring the right foot round, so that you turn sideways to the arm, and put your stomach on the elbow joint. Press the little-finger edge of the arm back against your body.

FIG. 85. Stomach Arm lock against a straight left

(ii) Strangle from Rear Against Straight Left. Strike the left arm away with your left from the outside as before, and by pushing on this arm keep the opponent turning. Put your right arm over his right shoulder, and strangle him. Pull him off balance backwards as you do so.

FIG. 86. Strangle from rear against a straight left

Practice with boxing gloves on, 25 repetitions of each move.

Do 30 minutes' of French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' of Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 Pet Throws.

Lesson Sixty

Reversionary Lesson

Do 7 Breakfalls, twice each.

Do 25 Throws, twice each.

Do 8 Holdings and Escapes, once each.

Do 6 Strangleholds, standing, once each.

Do 6 Strangleholds, on ground, once each.

Do 11 Arm locks, once each.

Do 1 Leg lock, once.

Do 3 repetitions of each of the 16 Defenses against Holds.

Do 3 repetitions of each of the 2 Defenses against Kicks.

Do 3 repetitions of each of the 11 Defenses against Blows.

Do French Style Randori for the rest of the evening.

Lesson Sixty-one

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls).

FIG. 87. Defense against a cosh blow downwards

Learn the following new movements:

1. Self-Defense Against Weapons

Weapons are dangerous, and if you are attacked by an armed assailant your defense may have to be more drastic. We shall learn answers to two weapon attacks in each of the next two lessons and two tonight.

(i) A Cosh or a Knife Striking Downwards. Block with the forearm, and apply the Bent Arm lock (Standing) as described in Lesson Thirty. Combine with the Major Outer Reaping Throw (Lesson Two).

FIG. 88. Defense against cosh swung at side of head

(ii) A Cosh Swung at Side of Head. The opponent swings a cosh at the left side of your head with his right hand. Duck your head under it, and as it passes seize the outside of his right sleeve with your right hand. Keep him turning, and you can apply a stranglehold from the rear with your left arm.

Practice 25 times each movement.

Do 30 minutes' French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 Pet Throws.

Lesson Sixty-two

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new movements:

1. Self-Defense Against Weapons (Continued)

(i) A Knife Stab to the Stomach. This is the usual way for a knife to be used. If the knife is in his right hand, take the right foot back in a quarter circle, turning the body, so that you are parallel to the line of the thrust. Seize the wrist, as the knife passes you, and pull it forwards. Put your stomach against the elbow, and pull the little-finger edge of the hand back against your body, so that you have a Straight Arm lock.

FIG. 89. Stomach Arm lock against a knife stab at stomach

(ii) A Bottle Jabbed in Face. Take the head back out of danger. Seize the wrist holding the bottle with both hands, and deflect its direction upwards, pulling the arm straight. As soon as the arm is straight, take your right foot back and around in a small circle, and bring your left shoulder over his right arm (holding the bottle). Apply a Straight Armlock, by pressing down on his elbow with your left shoulder, and pulling the wrist up with your hands, taking care to get his little finger uppermost.

Figs 90 and 91. Two positions of the defense against a bottle jabbed in the face

Practice each movement 25 times.

Do 30 minutes of French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 Pet Throws.

Lesson Sixty-three

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new movements:

1. Self-Defense Against Weapons {Continued)

(i) A Bicycle Chain Swung at Head. As in the case of the cosh swung at the side of head (Lesson Sixty-one), keep the opponent turning, and apply a stranglehold from the rear.

FIG. 92. Defense against bicycle chain swung at head

(ii) A Gun in Your Back. The opponent has a gun in his right hand, and sticks it in your back, making you put your hands up. Drop the right arm suddenly, and make a right about-turn by taking your left foot forwards and round in a small circle, at the same time knocking the gun-arm across his body with your descending right arm, so that the shot is deflected past you. Catch his wrist or the gun in your right hand. Put your left arm over his right, and bring it back underneath to grasp your own jacket lapel. You can then apply a Straight Arm lock on his right arm to make him drop the gun.

FIG. 93. Defense against a gun in the back

A good way to practice the last escape is to load an air-pistol with matchsticks, not with a pellet, and then try. If you fail, the matchstick will not penetrate your Judo jacket. If you succeed, you will see it fly past you. Let your partner hold you up, on the understanding that he is to pull the trigger the instant you make a move.

From my own experiments in this way with a partner, we found that even though the man with the gun knew what was going to happen, the "bullet" went wide of the mark nine times out of ten. By having the advantage of surprise, you might make it ten times out of ten.

Practice each movement 25 times.

FIG. 94. Defense against a gun in the back

Do 30 minutes' French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 Pet Throws.

Lesson Sixty-four

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls).

Do all the Self-Defense Movements twice each (16 against Holds, 2 against Kicks, 11 against Blows, and 6 against Weapons).

Learn the following new material:

1. Attacks From Different Positions

We are back with our Judo studies this week. You know 25 throws, and whilst you will undoubtedly be concentrating on your favorite in Randori, it is wise to attempt the others as well, because as you progress you will be extending your repertoire. Whatever the relative positions of you and your opponent, there is a throw appropriate for the situation, and if you know what to do in any situation you are better equipped than if you have to wait until he is in position for your Pet Throw. Consider the following positions and throws:

(i) You are standing at the opponent's left side, on the same line as him, and facing in the same direction. If his weight is evenly spaced between his feet, you can break his balance forwards, and try the Leg Wheel (Lesson Sixteen). If his weight can be brought over his left foot, you can try the Major Wheel (Lesson Twenty-seven).

(ii) From the above position, step forwards with your left foot in front of his left, about 12 inches. From this new position you can break his balance forwards, and try the Body Drop (Lesson Eighteen).

(iii) You are directly in front of the opponent, with your back to him, and your body close to his. From here, you can do the Floating Loin Throw (Lesson One), the Shoulder Throw (Lesson Seven), or the Binding Throw (Lesson Thirty-six).

(iv) You are in front of the opponent, facing to his right, with your right side against him. From here you can do the Major Hip Throw (Lesson Four), the Sweeping Hip Throw (Lesson Nine), the Spring Hip Throw (Lesson Twenty-two), the Inner Thigh Throw (Lesson Twenty-four).

(v) You are facing the opponent and away from him. If he will lean forwards, you can do the Stomach Throw (Lesson Seventeen), the Hip Wheel (Lesson Thirty-two), or the Shoulder Wheel (Lesson Thirty-seven).

(vi) You are in the same position and he leans back. You can then do the Major Inner Reaping (Lesson Eight).

(vii) You are in the same position and he is upright, with stiff arms. You can do the Resisting Hip Throw (Lesson Nine).

(viii) You have your right side to him, and he steps forwards, with his right foot. You can do the Minor Inner Reaping (Lesson Fifteen).

(ix) You are facing him, somewhat close to him. If he steps forwards, you can do the Advancing Ankle Throw (Lesson Five). If he will move sideways and bring his feet together, you can do the Sweeping Ankle Throw (Lesson Twenty-one).

(x) You are facing the opponent, well away from him, and slightly to his left. From here try to lead him to advance his right foot, so that you can do the Drawing Ankle Throw (Lesson Three), the Knee Wheel (Lesson Six), or the Floating Drop (Lesson Thirty-eight).

(xi) You are close to his right side, facing him. From here break his balance backwards and try the Major Outer Reaping (Lesson Two), or the Major Outer Hook (Lesson Thirty-three).

(xii) The opponent has his side to you. Try the Stomach Hip Throw (Lesson Forty-two), or the Side Wheel (Lesson Thirty-nine).

Try all these positions and throws. Then, reverse them and try them all on the opposite side. Now, when you do the French Style of Randori, try fitting in as many as you can remember, every time, and when you learn a new throw, think about the opportunity of fitting that into the scheme. You will soon reach a stage where you won't have to wait for opportunities for your Pet Throw; you will be able to do some throw wherever you are in relation to the opponent. One master made it a rule never to repeat the same throw in a practice. Try five minutes of the French Style Randori without repeating a throw.

Do 30 minutes of French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 Pet Throws.

Lesson Sixty-five

Reversionary Lesson

Do 7 Breakfalls, twice each.

Do 25 Throws, twice each.

Do 8 Holdings and Escapes, once each.

Do 6 Strangleholds, standing, once each.

Do 6 Strangleholds, on ground, once each.

Do 11 Arm locks, once each.

Do the Leg lock, once.

Do all the Self-Defense movements you know, twice each (16 movements against Holds, 2 movements against Kicks, 11 movements against Blows, and 6 movements against Weapons).

Do French Style Randori for the rest of the evening.

Lesson Sixty-six

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new material:

1. How To Block Shoulder Throws

We are now going to learn, first how to stop throws being done on you, and later some Counter Throws. For this Lesson we shall be concerned simply with blocking the attempt to throw you.

As the opponent comes in for a Shoulder Throw (Lesson Seven), drop your left hand on to his right hip and walk backwards. If his hold on your right arm is not strong enough you may be able to bring it around his throat and strangle him from the rear.

2. How To Block Drawing Ankle And Similar Throws

He is going to throw with his left foot. Try to bring your own close enough to it to enable you to step over with your right.

Practice the above movements 25 times each.

Do 30 minutes French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 Pet Throws.

Lesson Sixty-seven

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new material:

1. How To Block Major Outer Reaping Throws

Drop your left shoulder forwards, so that he cannot take his right arm up and over to pin you on your heel.

2. How To Block Stomach Throws

Stay upright, thrust your stomach forwards, and push aside the foot he raises with either hand.

Practice these movements 25 times each.

Do 30 minutes' French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 Pet Throws.

Lesson Sixty-eight

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new material:

1. Counter-Throws

We shall now study counter-throws. Let the opponent move in to attempt the first throw, and counter him as described. Perform each Throw and Counter 25 times, and let your partner do the same to you.

(i) Drawing Ankle Throw against your right foot countered with same throw against his right foot. As the opponent tries the Drawing Ankle Throw (Lesson Three) against your right foot, put your weight firmly on that foot, and bring your body over it. You will then find that by turning on the heel or ball of the foot, you can perform exactly the same throw on him on the opposite side.

(ii) Drawing Ankle Throw countered by Floating Drop. The technique is the same as above. Put your weight on the foot attacked, and do the Floating Drop (Lesson Thirty-eight) on his opposite side.
(iii) Drawing Ankle Throw countered by Knee Wheel. The technique is the same as above, but this time counter with the Knee Wheel (Lesson Six).

(iv) Advancing Ankle Sweep countered with same throw. The opponent tries the Advancing Ankle Sweep (Lesson Five). Try to step over the foot he uses to sweep, and do the same throw on him, e.g. he tries to sweep your left ankle with his right. Step over and sweep his right with your left.

(v) Hip Throw countered with Stomach Hip Throw. As he moves in to do any of the Hip Throws, pick him up and do the Stomach Hip Throw (Lesson Forty-two) on him.

(vi) Hip Throw countered by another Hip Throw. Block his Hip Throw as described in Lesson Forty-one. He will abandon it and attempt to move out. As he does so, take your left foot in front of his body, your left arm round his waist, and you will be able to do the same Hip Throw on his opposite side.

(vii) Hip Throw countered by a Side Wheel. He has actually lifted you off the ground in a Hip Throw. Quickly bring your right leg around and between his legs. Throw yourself to the ground, and you will be able to do the Side Wheel (Lesson Thirty-nine).

Do 30 minutes' French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 Pet Throws.

Lesson Sixty-nine

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new material:

1. Counter-Throws (Continued)

(i) Counter to Stomach Throw with Major Inner Reaping.

As he raises his right foot for the Stomach Throw (Lesson Seventeen), pick it up in your left hand, move in with your left foot, and perform the Major Inner Reaping (Lesson Eight) on his left leg, with your right.

(ii) Counter to Major Outer Reaping with same throw.  He attempts the Major Outer Reaping (Lesson Two) against your right leg. Drop your left shoulder forwards, as described in Lesson Sixty-seven, and raise his left arm, by lifting your right. You can then do the same throw against his right leg.

(iii) Counter to Spring Hip Throw with Drawing Ankle Throw. He attacks with the Spring Hip Throw (Lesson Twenty-two), raising his right leg across yours. With your left hand catch his right foot, which he has raised, and lift it. You will then unbalance him over his left ankle and by putting your right foot against it you can do the Drawing Ankle Throw on his left (Lesson Three). This counter is rather violent. Be careful.

(iv) Counter to the Shoulder Wheel. He attempts the Shoulder Wheel (Lesson Thirty-seven). Instantly clasp him around the body from over the back of his head, with your hands meeting in front of his chest. Step round in front of him, and fall backwards, and you can throw him over your left or right shoulder. This particular throw is a Sacrifice Throw we have not yet learnt, called the Rice Bale Throw. (We shall study it more fully in Lesson Ninety-six.)

Practice all these movements 25 times each.

Try, as you progress, to think up new combinations and counters yourself. The ones you learn by experiment will have an element of surprise in them which will make them more valuable to you than the orthodox counter-throws, which are expected by an opponent with any experience.

Do 30 minutes' French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 Pet Throws.

Lesson Seventy

Reversionary Lesson

Do 7 Breakfalls, twice each.

Do 25 Throws, twice each.

Do 8 Holdings and Escapes, once each.

Do 6 Strangleholds, standing, once each.

Do 6 Strangleholds on ground, once each.

Do 11 Arm locks, once each.

Do 1 Leg lock, once.

Do all Self-Defense Movements twice each (16 against Holds, 2 against Kicks, 11 against Blows, and 6 against Weapons). Do the 11 Counter-Throws, twice each. Finish off the evening with French Style Randori.

Lesson Seventy-one

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new material:

1. Continuous Attacks

Once an opponent is experienced, opportunities for throws will seldom occur as a result of his own movements. He will take care not to present opportunities. Herein lies the danger of your specializing too much in one throw. You must have a Pet Throw to begin with, but as soon as you are becoming proficient in it, you must also have a number of other throws that are quite good as well. The ideal is to be good in them all, but that will take many years. Aim at that in the end, however.

PLATE 5 The Major Outer Reaping Throw

In this Lesson and the next three, we shall learn some combinations of throws. You feint for the first throw, so as to get him to resist, and you will find that by resisting he puts himself in position for you to do the second. (i) Try the Drawing Ankle Throw (Lesson Three) on his left ankle, and as he resists, change to the same throw on his right ankle.

(ii) Try the Major Inner Reaping (Lesson Eight), and as he resists, by pushing forwards, do the Stomach Throw (Lesson Seventeen).

Practice these movements 25 times each.

PLATE 6 The Shoulder Throw

Do 30 minutes' French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 Pet Throws.

Lesson Seventy-two

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new material:

1. Continuous Attacks (Continued)

(i) Try the Minor Inner Reaping on his left foot (Lesson Fifteen) and as he resists it by pulling back, do the Major Inner Reaping (Lesson Eight) on his right leg.

(ii) Try the Minor Inner Reaping against his right foot (Lesson Fifteen). Let him escape by stepping back over your foot. Instantly do the Shoulder Throw (Lesson Seven). Try these movements on both sides, 25 times each.

Do 30 minutes' French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 Pet Throws.

Lesson Seventy-three

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new material:

1. Continuous Attacks (Continued)

(i) Try the Body Drop (Lesson Eighteen), and if he resists, hop round to the position where you can do the Major Outer Reaping (Lesson Two).

(ii) Try the Knee Wheel on his left knee (Lesson Six), and as he resists move in for the Major Inner Reaping (Lesson Eight) on his right leg.

(iii) Try the Sweeping Ankle Throw against his right foot (Lesson Twenty-one), and change it to the Sweeping Hip Throw (Lesson Nine) against his left side. Or vice versa, of course. This particular combination is most popular with Hip Throw specialists, and is consequently well known.

Try these three movements, on both sides, 25 times each.

Do 30 minutes of French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' ordinary Randori.

Do 150 Pet Throws.

Lesson Seventy-four

Do the Breakfalls twice each to warm up (7 Breakfalls). Learn the following new material:

1. Continuous Attacks (Continued)

(i) Try the Major Hip Throw (Lesson Four), and as he resists by pulling back, change to the Major Inner Reaping (Lesson Eight).

(ii) Try the Shoulder Throw (Lesson Seven), and change to the Binding Throw (Lesson Thirty-six).

Do each of these movements 25 times on both sides.

Try to think up some more combinations of your own. These are all well known in Judo circles, and will not have the element of surprise that would be found in those you find out for yourself.

Do 30 minutes' French Style Randori.

Do 15 minutes' Ordinary Randori.

Do 150 Pet Throws.

Lesson Seventy-five

Reversionary Lesson

Do the 7 Breakfalls, twice each.

Do 25 Throws, twice each.

Do 8 Holdings and Escapes, once each.

Do 6 Strangleholds, standing, once each.

Do 6 Strangleholds, on the ground, once each.

Do 11 Arm locks, once each.

Do 1 Leg lock, once.

Do all Self-Defense Movements, twice each 116 against Holds,

2 against Kicks, 11 against Blows, 6 against Weapons). Do 11 Counter-Throws, twice each. Do 9 Continuous Attacking Movements, twice each. Do French Style Randori for the rest of the evening.

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