Don’t Think, Listen to the Body!: Introduction to the Hino Method and Theory of human body and movement control

Introduction
Chapter 1: The State of the Body in Maximum Efficiency
Section 1: The Necessity of Jukozo (Flexible Structure)
	1-1 The right posture: Where is the most important part of the body?
	1-2 “The mechanism of the body” as a natural function of a human being
	1-3 The body survives throughout ages thanks to jukozo
	1-4 The amount of “play” determines jukozo
	1-5 The latest advancement in architecture is jukozo. In ancient Japan, however, it already existed.
	1-6 To think jukozo is to think the organic connections of the entire body.
	1-7 Thinking is also jukozo. The more flexible one’s thinking is, the better one handles uncertainty.
	1-8 How to use jukozo
Section 2: The Kyokotsu Control Changes the System of Physical Movement
	2-1 The mechanism of the body
	2-2 The praxis of the Kyokotsu control and Hino Theory
	2-3 “Observation” and “switch” for the state of consciousness
	2-4 The important is the spine. That’s why you should not think about “the spine”!
	2-5 How to use the whole-body weight as power
	2-6 The discovery of “the Kyokotsu manipulation”—Athletes do not use muscle power, either!
	2-7 No connection when it’s loose!
Section 3: Move the Elbow! Not the Hand!
	3-1 The biggest challenge of releasing tension
	3-2 “The elbow movement” to increase the freedom of the upper body
	3-3 The elbow control “Lesson 1 for elbow strike”
	3-4 “Elbow Strike lesson 2”
	3-5 The elbow control for precise Rendo
	3-6 The importance of “the elbow”
	3-7 The effectiveness of “atemi” on armor
	3-8 Thrusting as the straight-line movement of the elbow
	3-9 Elbow strike from above
	3-10 The skillful elbow control of Hatsumi Masaaki (Bujinkan Grand Master)
	3-11 The elbow strike from above with a stick
	3-12 Testing the power generation using a stick 1
	3-13 Testing the power generation with a stick 2
Chapter 2: How to Generate Power 1—“Spiral”
Section 1: Rendo System of Tenshikei
	1-1 Hakkei is conduction of power
	1-2 Tenshikei is the entrance point to feel the power transfer.
	1-4 The phenomenon of Tenshikei
	1-5 The elements of Tenshikei
	1-6 The late Shioda Soke’s application of Tenshikei
	1-7 Hakkei is the instantaneous Rendo of the body
	1-8 Arms and legs are the end-part organs of the body
	1-9 The basics of using arms and legs with the entire body—the abdominal muscles and the back muscles
	1-10 In reality, the abdominal and back muscles move arms and legs
	1-11 The unwinding of a twist generates power
	1-12 Testing the movement with a partner
	1-13 A precise line of sensation is needed to actualize a technique
Section 2: Create “the Body Ruler”!
	2-1: The importance of the sensation line of Rendo
	2-2 Sensation changes the quality of movement
	2-3 Checking Rendo in sports
	2-4 Transforming untwisting into thrusting–“Twisting from the upper body”
	2-5 Testing untwisting
	2-6 To create the ruler with the body
	2-7 “Technique” takes time
	2-8 Universalization of technique
	2-9 Hakkei in drumming—“Cutting metal with wood”
	2-10 Obtaining the power of concentration by drum training
	2-11 Establishing the body ruler
	2-12 The more accurate ruler of the body for martial arts
	2-13 Untwisting and the repetition of thrusting
	2-14 Untwisting is the beginning to know the bodily mechanisms
	2-15 Experiment of the shoulder connectivity
	2-16 One’s consciousness breaks the balance of the body
Section 3: The Sensation of “Hara,” the Whole-body Connection Point
	3-1 “Sensitivity” needs “development”
	3-2 Sensitivity and its challenges
	3-3 Untwisting is the sensation of generating power
	3-4 The abdominal twist initiated by the lower body
	3-5 Testing in partner practice
Chapter 3: How to Generate Power 2 – Weight Shift
Section 1: Rendo and Loosening of the Knee
	1-1 A condition for weight shift: “With the tips of your toes somewhat floating, tread firmly with your heels” (Miyamoto).
	1-2 The image of weight shift
	1-3 “With the tips of your toes somewhat floating, tread firmly with your heels”
	1-4 The importance of the back foot
	1-5 The key is the stance of legs
	1-6 The application of the footwork
Section 2: The Footwork to Use Weight Shift
	2-1 There is no “suri-ashi (sliding feet)” in the daily activities of human beings
	2-2 The meaning of “suri-ashi”
	2-3 Foot-maneuver in practice
	2-4 Foot-maneuver and the position of the feet
	2-5 Foot-maneuver can become a penetrating kick
	2-6 From the body ruler’s point of view
	2-7 Technique based in the fundamental principles
Section 3: Breaking the Balance and Facing Each Other
	3-1 To know the starting of a movement
	3-2 Martial arts are “facing one another”
	3-3 Let’s face one another
	3-4 The bodily movement of “the starting of a movement”
	3-5 Breaking the balance in the world of sports
	3-6 The danger of the stiff knee
	3-7 Practice to break the balance
Chapter 4: Getting Out of Consciousness —to the Other Side of “Preconceptions”
Section 1: Overcoming “Consciousness”
	1-1 Know “the incapable self”
	1-2 After all, a bodily movement is a manifestation of the unconscious.
Section 2: The Mystery of Kokoro
	2-1 Budo is the discipline of Kokoro with bodily movement as a medium.
	2-2 Get out of “consciousness”
Epilogue
Bibliography
Special Thanks