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Japanese Physical Training

his rump. The rump gives the leverage that is effective if the assailant gives a quick twist forward, bringing his victim over his shoulder, and at the same time bending the wrist severely. The throw should land the victim on his back. When the fall has been accomplished the assailant should land with one knee, preferably the left, in his antagonist's solar plexus, and the throat-hold already described should be employed for reducing the victim to submission.

Another trick that may be practised frequently to advantage is the one shown in the next illustration. The assailant, standing at the left, seizes his opponent's left wrist, and jerks the left arm over the back of his neck. At the same time the assailant employs the flat of his right hand to push away the adversary's head. There is opportunity for the man on the defence to use his unemployed right hand in striking a heavy blow. But it will be seen that the assailant has his right leg in front of the left of his intended victim; and in the attitude in which the two men stand it is easy for the assailant to make a throw before