By Bob Roos|2025-03-14T15:01:37+01:0013th July 2018|Categories: Hojojutsu|
Japanese: 早縄 Haya (早): Nawa (縄): Rope A strong, thin rope used to tie at high speed ie "fast rope". This is a style of hojo tying used during Japan's [...]
By Bob Roos|2025-03-14T15:01:43+01:0013th July 2018|Categories: Hojojutsu|
Hojōjutsu Japanese: 捕縄術 Hojo (捕縄): Toru (捕る): Capture (??) Nawa (縄): Rope Jutsu (術 ): rougly means something along the lines of "art; technique". Torinawajutsu Japanse: 捕り縄術 Toru [...]
By Bob Roos|2025-03-14T15:34:56+01:0013th July 2018|Categories: Hojojutsu|
Japanese: 本縄 Hon (本): Main Nawa (縄): Rope A style of hojōjutsu tying used for transporting and/or public display of prisoners. Complex patterns were used to identify the prisoners social [...]
By Bob Roos|2025-03-14T15:45:41+01:0013th July 2018|Categories: Hojojutsu, Ryu|
Japanese: 石抱き / 算盤責 Ishi (石): Stone Daki (抱き): Embrace "Ishidaki" (lit. "stone hugging") is a form of Edo period torture where one places weight on a persons legs while [...]
By Bob Roos|2025-03-14T15:51:37+01:0014th March 2025|Categories: Hojojutsu, Ryu|
Japanese: 算盤 A wooden board with triangular shaped "blocks". Often used for "ishidaki" See also: Ishidaki
