17. Ippu-no-kamae (front view) 42
18. Ippu-no-kamae (rear view) 42
19. Goho-no-kamae 44
20. Issei-no-kamae 44
21. Kasumi against approach from the right 45
22. Kasumi against approach from the left 45
23. Kasumi against approach from the rear 45
24. Kakoiuchi 46
25. Tenchi-no-kamae 46
26. Shumoku-no-kamae 46
27. Ippu-no-kamae 46
28. Striking position for kakoiuchi (front) 48
29. Striking position for kakoiuchi (side) 48
30. Vertical "figure 8" 48
31. Issei-no-kamae 49
32. Shumoku-no-kamae 50
33. Ippu-no-kamae 50
34. Horizontal "figure 8" 50
35. Tenchi-no-kamae 51
36. Kobushigarami (placing the chain in horizontal position under opponent's wrist) 52
37. Winding the chain around the wrist 52
38. Pulling the opponent to the ground 52
39. Striking the fallen opponent with kakoiuchi 52
40. Forearm lock 53
41. Kicking the tailbone with the knee 53
42. Placing the leg behind the opponent 53
43. Pushing the opponent to the ground 53
44. Striking the fallen opponent with kakoiuchi with the right hand 53
45. Tenchi-no-kamae 54
46. Shumoku-no-kamae 54
47. Locking the arm in udegatame 55
48. Striking the opponent's ribs with the left hand 55
49. Placing the leg behind the opponent 55
50. Throwing the opponent to the ground 55
51. Striking the opponent with kakoiuchi with the left hand 55
52. Tenchi-no-kamae 56
53. Shumoku-no-kamae 56
54. Defensive position for defense against overhead blow 57
55. Defending with jodan-uke 57
56. Striking the opponent's eyes 57
57. Avoiding the opponent's punch in uchiotoshi 58
58. Throwing the chain around the opponent's wrist 58
59. Pulling the opponent to the ground 58
60. Tenchi-no-kamae 59
61. Shumoku-no-kamae 60
62. Striking out with shohatsu 60
63. Striking the opponent with shohatsu 60
64. Goho-no-kamae 61
65. Tenchi-no-kamae 61
66. Shumoku-no-kamae 61
67. Holding the chain slack 62
68. Blocking diagonally with ukenagashi 62
69. Striking the opponent's eyes 62
70. Goho-no-kamae 63
71. Tenchi-no-kamae 63
72. Shumoku-no-kamae 63
73. Looping the chain around the opponent's neck in makiotoshi 63
74. Carrying the manrikigusari on the belt 64
75. Drawing the manrikigusari from the belt 64
76. Striking the opponent's chin with sukuiuchi 65
77. Striking the opponent across the back with doubled chain 65
78. Goho-no-kamae 66
79. Issei-no-kamae 66
80. Nageuchi ichidan 67
81. Nageuchi nidan 67
82. Throwing the chain around the fleeing opponent's ankle 67
83. Yokonagare 68
84. Samidare-no-uchi 68
85. Kagero-no-uchi 69
86. Yadome 69
87. Kobushi kujiki 70
88. Suneori 70
89. One hand chain seizure 71
90. Two hand chain seizure 72
91. Winding the chain around the opponent's wrists 72
92. Raising the opponent's arms 73
93. Inserting the left shoulder under the opponent's elbows 73
94. Pulling the opponent forward and lifting with the legs 73
95. Throwing the opponent over the shoulder and to the ground 73
96. Winding the chain around the opponent's ankle in defense of a kick 74
97. Countering the opponent's kick with a kick to the vital points 74
98. Catching the opponent's leg in defense of a kick 75
99. Raising the opponent's leg to throw him to the ground 75
100. Hooking the opponent's leg 75
101. Throwing the opponent by reaping his leg 75
102. Kyusho-vital points of the human body (front) 78
103. Kyusho-vital points of the human body (rear) 79
104. Specifications for making a manrikigusari 87
105. Samurai throwing the shaken 90
106. Various kinds of shuriken 93
107. Proper method of holding the shuriken (point up) 94
108. Proper method of holding the shuriken (point down) 94
109. Stance for throwing the shuriken at short distances 95
110. Stance for throwing the shuriken at longer distances 95
111. An outdoor target for throwing the shuriken 98
112. Length of some shuriken shown in inches 100
113. Various kinds of shaken 101
114. Method of attacking the eyes with the shuriken 102
115. Method of attacking the throat with the shuriken 102
Acknowledgments
To the following persons I extend my sincere appreciation for their contributions to the successful compilation of this work.
Mr. YUMIO NAWA and the Yuzankaku Publishing Company, Tokyo, for their kind permission to use excerpts and illustrations from the book, Jutte Hojo-no Kenkyu (The Arresting Rope Study).
Mr. RAY FALK, Globe Photos, Inc., and Argosy Magazine for their kind permission to use photographs from the article "Art of Invisibility" which appeared in the May 1961 issue of Argosy.
Mr. TOM JAWORSKI, for his fine photographs of the techniques that appear herein.
Mr. LUPE MEDINA, for his excellent sketch of the manrikigusari.
Reverend SOYU MATSUOKA, for his excellent translating.
Mrs. ROSE SZCZESNY, for undertaking the task of typing the manuscript.
Mr. HENRY