So, I finally decided to chop. I repotted, wired, and chopped it in the second branch level: (not that I defoliated, it had lost all the leaves)
After a time with some panic included (and some rearranging of the bends in the two branches), it begun to bud, (even in the main trunk), and today it looks like this :
I'm coming to like the bark, and hope for a leaf reduction in the future.....