Masaaki Hatsumi Budo Taijutsu | Basic stances to Zero training 1995

In this personal footage Masaaki Hatsumi explains natural body movement behind his Budo Taijutsu, and how the basic stances must develop into natural flows in order to 'lose form'
"Human beings are the only creatures that need to be taught to move naturally" Masaaki Hatsumi

[@strongemotion]

This is an incredibly important video. It demonstrates long ago how Hatsumi has been telling students the important parts of Taijutsu have to do with controlling your opponents structure quickly and subtly.

[@GilesHartop]

To strike someone in the neck with spinal rotation in a small motion creates tremendous force man masters talked about this it’s possible to injure some with this force

[@Haasenpad]

1997 was the year this dojo opened, i was there taking my sakki test at the first unofficial training...

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Apologies the editor must have put the date wrong, that clip is in fact 1997

[@tombslasher]

This contact of arms is in Kung fu like arts like wing Chung.

[@johnmohammed2582]

He could have broken his neck with all that spine twist