are healing techniques that often involve stimulation of specific

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s. Kappo is commonly used in

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such as

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and

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. ''Kappo'' contains two

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: ''katsu'' ( 活 “resuscitation, life”) and ''ho'' ( 法 “method”). More specifically, kappo refers to resuscitation techniques used to revive someone who has been choked to the point of unconsciousness, to lessen the pain of a strike to the groin, to help unlock a seized

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, to stop a bleeding nose, and other common training injuries. These techniques, as practiced by the martial arts of

and

, can involve striking specific points on the body, manual manipulation of the

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to open closed arteries, or manually opening and closing the lungs to allow air to flow in and out. The manual manipulation of breathing, which has some similarities with

rescue breathing Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, a form of artificial ventilation, is the act of assisting or stimulating respiration in which a rescuer presses their mouth against that of the victim and blows air into the person's lungs. Artificial respiration ta ...

and

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, is called ''katsu''. A tradition in some Judo schools involves teaching kappo to all new

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(black belts). This instruction is followed by a session where each of the shodan choke someone, are choked themselves, and resuscitate someone using kappo.

Homophone

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contains many

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s; ''Kappō'' written as 割烹 means “cooking” especially relating to

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References

* Harrison, E.J. ''The Fighting Arts of Japan''. Woodstock, New York: Overlook Press. 1955. Japanese martial arts terminology {{alt-med-stub

Homophone

References

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