“The first and most important step in applying a throwing technique [ideally: any technique] is to first employ kuzushi. Usually, I would explain kuzushi as ‘unbalancing’, but delving a little deeper we find that kuzushi derives from the verb kuzusu, meaning ‘to level, pull down, or demolish’.”
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