Tonto 1

Tonto Form 1 #

This is a Jujitsu knife form with three sections, done on the right side, then repeated left. There are 10 strikes. In the first section, you are stationary and each count is a strike. You move forward with a push step in the second section, and each count has two strikes. Finally, the third section is like the second, but you are moving backward.

You hold the knife with a hammer grip; your free hand guards your front with the palm facing you because you don’t want to expose the inside of your wrist to attack. When you are doing the right side, you have the knife in your right, and your right foot is in front. Left side is the mirror of this.

The strikes are:

  1. Outside down diagonal, shoulder to waist.
  2. Inside down diagonal, as above.
  3. Outside up diagonal, waist to shoulder.
  4. Inside up diagonal.
  5. Turn knife blade horizontal, stab straight to ribs on same side.
  6. Outside cut across belly.
  7. Horizontal stab to ribs on other side.
  8. Inside cut across belly.
  9. Straignt down middle of chest.
  10. Upward stab just above belly. KIUP!

Note: Inside and Outside directions refer to the starting point of the strike or block, which is the Jujitsu convention.