Kill-As-Catch-Can: Wrestling Skills for Streetfighting Book by Ned Beaumont (Preowned) Mitsuyoshi Hayakawa receiving direct instruction in Daito-ryu

receiving direct instruction in Daito-ryu Aiki Budo and Ono-ha Itto-ryu from Takeda Tokimune

Attacking with a towel

he presents eight different submission chains containing more than 60 devastating techniques

9/5/03 Tokyo/Korakuen Hall

Standing still is the most distinctive training of Taikiken

Kill-As-Catch-Can: Wrestling Skills for Streetfighting Book by Ned Beaumont (Preowned) Mitsuyoshi Hayakawa receiving direct instruction in Daito-ryuSure, you know how to punch and kick, but how well can you fight at shorter range? Can you defend yourself when the fight turns to grappling? When both you and your opponent are rolling around and wrestling on the barroom floor, are you confident that you can win the fight? If you doubt your chances at close quarters, then you're not prepared for the reality of streetfighting. That's because, as author Ned Beaumont points out in Kill as Catch Can: