nengi

nengi are twist­ing tech­niques, often exe­cuted against the oponent’s joints. the body axis is skewed against the direc­tion of move­ment. these tech­niques flow best as com­bi­na­tions from other tech­niques and have a wide range of pos­si­ble tar­gets. here i have sim­ply listed the defin­ing char­ac­ter­is­tics and some exam­ples of nen­tai technique.

doko go kai

  1. nen­tai kasho — imag­ine being in a whirlpool. your body is twisted and turned in either direc­tion. grip your oppo­nent and twist him to the ground or use the twist­ing motion to kick from an unex­pected direction.
  2. kihatsu sei­hai — your back, chest, and hips are vul­ner­a­ble. by grab­bing any of these points to pre­vent you from spin­ning, your oppo­nent can pre­vent you from exe­cut­ing any nengi.
  3. kokan sokuhatsu — if you touch your hip to the opponent’s body before twist­ing, you can have cre­ate more lever­age with which to force him to move.
  4. ryotai koy­atsu — you must use your entire body. it is nec­es­sary to com­mit your­self to the exe­cu­tion of nengi. if you do not move deci­sively and with power, your tech­nique will be ineffective.
  5. techi sokketsu — tar­get the head or legs. many nengi work best if thrown at or above the neck or at or below the waist. while it is pos­si­ble it exe­cute a nen­tai tech­nique on the body, it is eas­ier to twist against your opponent’s joints to bring him down.

a few nengi

  • hanget­su­ate
  • ashigarami
  • dog­a­rami
  • kubi­garami
  • nen­taigeri
  • nen­taizuki
  • kaiten sha­jogeri

nen- hokei

  • nen­tai no hokei
  • nenin no hokei

 

3 Responses to nengi
  1. Joakim Johansson

    Hi, I’ve got a ques­tion about those nengi-techniques you’ve listed above. I do know most of them, but I’m unable to fig­ure out the three last ones (nen­taigeri, nen­taizuki and kaiten sha­jogeri). Is there any video or descrip­tion of them any­where?
    A great web­site by the way!

    /Joakim Johansson, Sweden

    • andy

      Hi Joakim. There is no video, of these tech­niques specif­i­cally, thought they show up in jis­sen. I think I can describe them.

      Nenzuki and nen­geri are generic descrip­tions of any punch or kick (respec­tively) that come out of a nen– move­ment. Kaiten shajo is what hap­pens when you do manji or shajo and then fol­low up with a sec­ond one by rolling (kaiten) for­ward in the same direc­tion. We used to call them “dou­ble shajo” in the States.

      Many peo­ple think that nen­tai is only karami and hanget­su­ate, but these are only the clas­si­cal, “formed” tech­niques that appear in Taido Gairon. Oftentimes in jis­sen, you will see points awarded for nen­taigeri that is not hanget­su­ate. Very occa­sion­ally, you will see a punch that is exe­cuted as a com­bi­na­tion after a hor­i­zon­tal twist. That would be nen­zuki. Of the three, kaiten shajo/manji is much more common.

      • Joakim Johansson

        Ah, thanks a lot (espe­cially for the fast reply)! Will keep my eyes open for them, it will also be inter­est­ing to test dur­ing the train­ing tomorrow!

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