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First, some general principles:

1. Train as if your opponent’s weapon is a sword. Therefore, your first move should not be to grab his blade.    
2. A disarm is much easier to do if you first do some damage to the hand holding the weapon, or to the mind controlling that hand.

Grand Tuhon Gaje would emphasize over and over again that you should not “hunt” for a disarm, but recognize the opportunity for a disarm once you get a disabling hit or cut to the opponent’s weapon arm or head. The reason the Disarma set is so large and has so many techniques, is that an opponent’s hand may be at different angles after you strike or cut him and therefore you need different disarms and angles of approach to successfully disarm him.