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[Video of this waza fast and slow, from the side, and ideally, overhead]

Defense against a pursuit punch

• Twist inside, with an inside elbow break.
• Duck under the opponent’s arm, entering a horse stance facing the outside.
• Shrug the opponent backwards with a rear elbow strike for a takedown (a variant of kokyūhō).

Notes

• This takedown is one of the bunkai from Katachi no Chugoku-te Dō)
• For best results, make this a circular technique, where the tip of your elbow traces a semicircle, as shown in the video below:

[better explaining video]