Tokimune Takeda regarded one of the unique characteristics of the art to be its preference for controlling a downed attacker's joints with one's knee to leave one's hands free to access weapons or to deal with the threat of other attackers.
Takeda Tokimune påpegede, at en af kunstens unikke egenskaber er tilbøjeligheden til at kontrollere en nedtaget angribers led med knæet, så man har hænderne fri til at gribe et våben eller til at håndtere eventuelle andre angribere.