Introduction to Chiba Sensei's Weapons System - Jo Basics

We present the basic framework for Chiba Sensei's Jo work. How to hold, how to attack, rotation of the body, rotation of arms and weapon, etc. We look at the transition of some of the Jo basics from the early 1980s to late 2000s.
In total, we present six carefully chosen Jo basics. The aim is not to replicate the full set of Chiba Sensei's 36 Jo Basics as Chiba Sensei published an excellent DVD for those: www.livingwellaikidostore.com...
Chiba Sensei's Jo work is electrifying. It feels dangerous at first encounter, the focus is directly on the opponent and it takes time to learn how to take safe ukemi.
Despite the appearance of confrontation to the untrained eye, the secret lies in relaxation, connecting physically and mentally with the opponent and moving from the tanden (hara, center) at all times.
The principles of Fire and Water or Contraction and Relaxation exist at all times.
Davinder Bath Shihan is a long-term disciple (from 1987 to 2012) of TK Chiba Shihan.
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[@philharland]

I'm lucky enough to be in a school with Chiba's teaching legacy - this is awesome instruction thank you for sharing

[@orpheushawkins5536]

Great job. Thanks for sharing.

[@jamesfrankiewicz5768]

I really appreciate this series. It has helped grind home some points, and has been reassuring that I've been moving in the right direction on others. For this one, I particularly appreciation the focus on junte uchi otoshi. I've only seen that guard variation once before, at a weapons seminar when I was fortunate enough to pair off with Steven Thoms-sensei (it was apparently his primary variation). Prior to that, I had only seen (or possibly only noticed) the direct, cut-downward variation without the initial guard or the wrapping action. (In hindsight, the guard version seems pretty similar to the initial response in otoshizuki #2, if I'm understanding correctly).

[@DavinderBath]

Hi James, it's great that it's got you thinking. That's a big part of these videos.
If I understand your words correctly, the guard is what Chiba Sensei called indirect version of the technique. Making the technique while the attack is still coming is called direct version.
Most techniques can be executed direct or indirect. With Kesa basics all techniques except #1, #2 and #4 have a direct and indirect form.