Yoshinkan Aikido has some 150 "kihon waza" (lit. "basic techniques"), which are practised repeatedly and designed to teach principles of movement, balance, timing, etc. In addition to set techniques, the style includes "kokyunage" (lit. "breath throws"), or techniques in which "nage" attacks and "uke" makes a non-mandatory, short and decisive response. As students progress, they begin to practice "jiyu waza" (lit. free techniques), which is a time-limited free-form attack and defense. In higher grades, "jiyu-waza" is performed against multiple attackers and/or attackers with weapons. Yoshinkan students do not normally practice the "randori" free-form found in other styles of aikido.