Thanks so much. This video was extremely helpful. More Jo instructional videos please. Suburi, kata, technique, foot work etc. Its hard to find detailed and nuanced videos about the jo.Thanks again.
Nice! Would really like a video series showing Jo patterns only. Sometime we choose a single tool and would like to see all possible uses, transcending different schools where weapon is used
In my opinion, once you get the fundamental understanding of moving the weapon with your hips, most all other weapons are governed by the same principles to 1° or another
so, you're holding your weapon with three fingers while striking as hard as you can, the trajectories are really easily predictibles, and you have no guard or stance whatsoever... worst, you overstrike, and what if i just evade your strike ? i have a full second before the next one.... and if if block, the fact you overstrike give me the control of your weapon meh. Even for juggling, it's not good advices...It doesn't even look like the first ten seconds demonstrations, where your holding your weapon firmly. You're trained, and don't apply your lesson, sure you'll be fine. But a newbie ? he will think star wars fights are highly accurate, and forget to use minimal movement, and precises strikes.
This was only an exercise used to develop the “feel” of learning the complex skills of advanced weapons training. It would be similar to Bruce Lee showing someone how to dance in order to learn and add natural movement to their martial arts training. From that perspective it would be pointless to judge dancing for its fighting effectiveness. The Jo movements shown in this video were shown for the sole purpose of learning how to “feel” the dynamics of transferring hip movement into a weapon. Once you can master the “skills” needed to perform this exercise you can apply these skills to any weapon techniques you choose. I chose this Jo movement only because it is the easiest way to feel the Jo movement and connect its movement to the hips. In the beginning of the video I was holding the Jo the ends of my fingers because this forces you to only move the weapon with the hips because you couldn’t influence the weapon movement with your fingers or wrist or forearm power.
Thanks so much. This video was extremely helpful. More Jo instructional videos please. Suburi, kata, technique, foot work etc. Its hard to find detailed and nuanced videos about the jo.Thanks again.
Excellent sensei. Quite impressed.
Nice! Would really like a video series showing Jo patterns only. Sometime we choose a single tool and would like to see all possible uses, transcending different schools where weapon is used
Anything specific or just the basic strikes?
Just for you
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Excellent points. Thanks for the video!
どうもありがとうございます先生。
Q: To what degree are the beginning moves and strikes by short Jo staff apply to kenjutsu? It looks like they are quite similar from what I’m seeing.
In my opinion, once you get the fundamental understanding of moving the weapon with your hips, most all other weapons are governed by the same principles to 1° or another
so, you're holding your weapon with three fingers while striking as hard as you can, the trajectories are really easily predictibles, and you have no guard or stance whatsoever...
worst, you overstrike, and what if i just evade your strike ? i have a full second before the next one....
and if if block, the fact you overstrike give me the control of your weapon
meh. Even for juggling, it's not good advices...It doesn't even look like the first ten seconds demonstrations, where your holding your weapon firmly.
You're trained, and don't apply your lesson, sure you'll be fine.
But a newbie ? he will think star wars fights are highly accurate, and forget to use minimal movement, and precises strikes.
This was only an exercise used to develop the “feel” of learning the complex skills of advanced weapons training. It would be similar to Bruce Lee showing someone how to dance in order to learn and add natural movement to their martial arts training. From that perspective it would be pointless to judge dancing for its fighting effectiveness.
The Jo movements shown in this video were shown for the sole purpose of learning how to “feel” the dynamics of transferring hip movement into a weapon. Once you can master the “skills” needed to perform this exercise you can apply these skills to any weapon techniques you choose. I chose this Jo movement only because it is the easiest way to feel the Jo movement and connect its movement to the hips.
In the beginning of the video I was holding the Jo the ends of my fingers because this forces you to only move the weapon with the hips because you couldn’t influence the weapon movement with your fingers or wrist or forearm power.