Gankiryu -

In self-defense, a mugger relies on your focus . If you stare at the knife, you will follow the knife (and get stabbed). If you stare at the mugger’s eyes, you trigger their aggression. But if you use Gankiryū—soft focus, peripheral vision—you see the accomplice, the exit, and the loose brick on the ground.

By softening your focus to the periphery, you can see everything : the slight twitch of their right foot, the tension in their left shoulder, the flicker of their eyelashes. You are not reacting to their attack; you are perceiving their intention before the movement begins. gankiryu

At its simplest level, Gankiryū is the study of Metsuke (目付け)—the use of the eyes in combat. But that is like saying the ocean is "a little bit of water." In self-defense, a mugger relies on your focus

You might be thinking, "This is great for a samurai in 1603, but I’m just going to a board meeting." At its simplest level, Gankiryū is the study

Following its festival run, the original short film was released on Blu-ray alongside other delisted or rare kaiju shorts.