it, soft blocking. Examples are nagashi-uke (流し受け) and osae-uke (押さえ受け). 屈伸 (kusshin, "elasticity"). This is the art of bouncing back, storing energy...

Tai no kusshin undō (体の屈伸運動) (waist scoop and twisting) Koshi no nenten undō (腰の捻転運動) (trunk stretch) Ude o nobasu undō (腕の屈伸運動) (double arm strikes)...

can prolong our years. Those knowing methods for bending and stretching [屈伸] say that only calisthenics can exorcize old age. Those knowing herbal prescriptions...

can prolong our years. Those knowing methods for bending and stretching [屈伸] say that only calisthenics can exorcize old age. Those knowing herbal prescriptions...

！人窮，柰何棄之。」粲、淵所活者百餘人。) Sanguozhi vol. 57. (還，遷會稽太守，召處士謝譚為功曹，譚以疾不詣，粲教曰：「夫應龍以屈伸為神，鳳皇以嘉鳴為貴，何必隱形於天外，潛鱗於重淵者哉？」粲募合人衆，拜昭義中郎將，與呂岱討平山越，入為屯騎校尉、少府，遷太子太傅。) Sanguozhi...

(初，皇后每年拜陵，勞費甚多，謨建議曰：「古者皇后廟見而已，不拜陵也。」由是遂止。) Jin Shu, vol. 77 (太常蔡謨議，以為：「時有否泰，道有屈伸，苟不計強弱而輕動，則亡不終日，何功之有！為今之計，莫若養威以俟時。時之可否系胡之強弱，胡之強弱系石虎之能否。自石勒舉事，虎常為爪牙，百戰百勝，遂定...