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Ability to finish them. the striking is important, but a lot of the technique is not about striking. it's about submission techniques. some of that is to do with kyusho, attacking nerve points. in particular is extremely skilled at dealing with, you know, bigger, stronger opponents. >> human engineering. very important. point, point, point, point, point. and then this point. >> the demonstration of hokama sensei's open-hand kyusho technique becomes a little too real for my taste. human engineering with a terrifying logic, attacks the weak point. all i know how to do in this situation, by the w...

Ability to finish them. the striking is important, but a lot of the technique is not about striking. it's about submission techniques. some of that is to do with kyusho, attacking nerve points. in particular is extremely skilled at dealing with, you know, bigger, stronger opponents. >> human engineering. very important. point, point, point, point, point. and then this point. >> the demonstration of hokama sensei's open-hand kyusho technique becomes too real for my taste. human engineering with a terrifying logic, attacks the weak point. all i know how to do this situation, by the way, is poke ...

>> wow. wow. so okinawa's most famous export, perhaps, is karate. >> uh-huh. >> when most of us think of karate, we think of striking. exclusively. is that an accurate representation of what you're doing? >> from the basis of okinawan karate, it was used primarily as defensive art. in other words, being able to, you know, control and subdue the opponent. usually if you could in a humane way, but then if you had to finish them, then you had the ability to finish them. the striking is important, but a lot of the technique is not about striking. it's about submission techniques. some of that is t...