| Shinseido Informal Pairs Exercises | |
| 1 |
Lateral evasion: Free style lateral evasion of successive random advancing linear attacks |
| 2 |
Basic sticking hands: Basic free style (follower has eyes closed) |
| 3 |
Basic pushing hands: (free style redirection of slow random focused hand attacks) |
| 4 |
Ducking and swaying: (to basic linear thrusting hand attacks and sweeping round hand attacks). Use hands to reinforce move where possible (inc. wave form) |
| 5 |
Transient bridging: Intercept single successive random formal/informal hand & foot attacks (use hand and foot bridging) |
| 6 |
Releasing: Appropriate hierarchical (peaceful - reactive) releasing, disengaging and breakaway strategies to various holds (hanashi waza) + counter holding |
| 7 |
Linear and circular force: Unbending arm and snake principle – working out how to effect successive holds or releases – use one arm only |
| 8 |
Switching hand: Demonstrate the switching hand principle against single random linear and circular attacks |
| 9 |
Bow hand techniques: To successive single random attacks |
| 10 |
Simultaneous bridge and strike |
| 11 |
Unbalancing exercise |
| 12 |
Transient bridging with counters: Add three or more hand and foot counter active strikes to 5 |
| 13 |
Maintained bridging: As response to successive random close quarters hand assaults – smothering techniques |
| 14 |
Intercepting two consecutive hand or foot attacks |
| 15 |
Breakaway from a corner (linear and evasive strategies + use of wall as weapon). |
| 16 |
Compromise sparring: Wakai gumite (controlled reciprocating free style sparring) |
| 17 |
Two onto one Compromise sparring: Ninin Wakai gumite |
| 18 |
Counter holding: Intercept attack (strikes or holds) - distract / weaken - effect counter hold |
| 19 |
Touch response holding: Counter holding strategies using the touch response principle from eyes closed |
| 20 |
Wrist to wrist: Random attacker - to logical accepted finish |
| 21 |
Takedowns: Demonstrate simple takedowns - include the 17 takedown procedure |
| 22 |
Groundwork strategies: Include falling, getting back on your feet, defence, and releasing from floor pins |
| 23 |
Attacking an attack with an attack: Straight thrust to head; straight thrust to abdomen / descending strike to head; round strike to head |
| 24 |
1 - 2 - 3 sparring: Attack then counter the defender’s counter |
| 25 |
Spontaneous neutralisation: Attacker does two attacks - defender tries to neutralise as soon as possible - speed response - simultaneous and evasion |
| 26 | Physical intervention: Physical intervention between two or more antagonists |