This is super interesting. For those who don't understand what's going on here, this is nearly-extinct Japanese martial art of Hojojutsu. Japan didn't have nearly as much iron as the rest of the world during the Edo period, so constables and police didn't have cuffs or shackles - only rope. So an entire martial art was created around tying people up. Not only that, but different binds were used for different types of people, depending on their social status and whether they had actually been convicted of a crime, or just accused. If it looks like bondage to you, that's because it _did_ inspire modern-day Japanese rope bondage. But it's important to remember that the martial art came first! And it's a super interesting and sophisticated part of Japanese martial arts history and I'm really glad that someone's keeping it alive!
This is how you tie someone up, not like in movies. As a person that doesn't want to ever take a life, but practices real martial arts, I would love to learn this technique.
@alexanderlaskin and in a prisoner of war, or regular prisoner, situation (for example), the people being tied would be kept steady by other soldiers/guards
When I was quite young, someone taught me how to tie someone up with the least amount of cord ( a few inches only), and that is by tieing thumb to thumb, around the narrow part of the second joint - a tight cable-tie might do the job !
@SwimandEatCake There are many very effective techniques (painful holds, for example) that allow skillful person to hold his/her opponent in position for successful tying up, especially if using hojo techniques.
