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Kappo
Søsoi-katsu
Inductive Method
1 -2. The patient should be sitting before you, one leg crossed. Bend
your right knee and place the kneecap against his spine, letting your
right heel come up offthe mat. Spread your hngers and place your
hands on his lower chest, hooking your ltngers under his lower ribs.
Pull back as if opening the ribs to either side, put your weight on the
shoulders to bend his body back, and press lorward with your right
knee, letting your heel come down on the mat. This will draw air into
his lungs. When his ribs have been opened as far as they will go,
release them. Air will be exhaled from his lungs. Repeat the process
slowly and regularly, at a rate of 10 to 15 times a minute, until he
begins breathing by himself. Ilyou see a slight effort to breathe on his
part, take care to reinforce his movements, not to oppose them.
During practice and tournament competition, a judoka is sometimes
choked into unconsciousness, and his breathing stops. He may be suffocated
by congestion, anemia, brain compression or defective oxidation in
the bloodstream caused by pressure on the carotid arteries, trachea or vagus
nerves. If kappo (resuscitation techniques) are applied promptly, there is no
cause for alarm.
Kappo developed as a part ofjujutsu in the eighteenth century alongside
sappo, the art of attacking the body's vital points. Both were treated as secret
arts. Instruction was oral, and students were forbidden to pass their knowledge
on to others without their master's permission.
Numerous methods of kappo have been devised, including tanden-katsu
(lower abdomen method), jinzo-katsu (kidney method), dekishi or sushikatsu
(treatment for drowning victims) and ishi-katsz (handing treatment).
The four techniques given below are the ones most often resorted to.
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