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JOJUTSU

Japanese system of using the jo (long stick), practiced at Waseda University in Tokyo and in lesser known dojo in Japan and abroad. University in Tokyo and in lesser known dojo in Japan and abroad. jojutsu is reputed to havebeen invented by the great swordsman MIonuso Gunnosuke about 400 years ago, aftera bout with wooden ,words won by the legendary Miyamoto Musashi. According to this tradition, Gunnosuke withdrew to a Shinto shrineand after a period of purification, meditation, and training with the staff, created the art of the jo , blending techniques of spear-fighting and swordsmanship with those of other,minor methods of combat. He named his style Shindo-Muso ryu and challenged Musashi J again. This time, Gunnosuke mounted an effective defense and penetrated Musashi's own two-sword strategy. Gunnosuke is reputed to have trained continually until he had perfected the 12 basic blows and blocks that are the technical patrimony of modern jojutsu, and which he later combined into more , than 70 advanced techniques. These basic blows usually are practiced in kata (formal exercises) performed with a wooden sword, bokken, against the jo. These kata include straight (honto-uchi) and reverse (gyaku-uchi) blows to the upper body; response to a block (hiki-otoshi); · switch-hand (kaeshi-tsuki) and reverse (gyakute-tsuki); thrusts straight I (tsuki-hazushi) and round (maki-otoshi) parries; body pressure ,. (kune-tsuke); body push (kure-hanashi); body whirl (tai-atari); middle body parry and counter (do-harai-uchi); and the spinning, evasion " and counter (tai-hazushi-uchi). The modern study of the jo, known as jodo (way of the stick), usually leads to other arts and weapons, such as the heavy club ,(tanjo), the chained sickle (kusari-gama), the fast draw (iai), as well ' as to blows in karate and kempo or throws in judo and aikido. --: Jojutsu, as adapted for modern police purposes, is referred to as kelbo SOho, or police stick art. (Further reading: Asian Fighting ArtsDonn F. Draeger and Robert W. Smith, 1969)


FORMS OF JOJUTSU
JODO Japanese art of stick fighting that grew out of jojutsu (art of the long stick). Banned immediately after World War II, it was revived in the 1950s. A staff about 4 feet 2 inches long. usually made of white oak, its methods were created more than 400 years ago by a great . swordsman, Muso Gunnosuke, and kept secret for centuries by the Kuroda clan of Fukoda. Today the jo is studied as an art rather than self-defense, since carrying the stick is illegal. According to legend the famous swordsman, Muso Gonnosuke was defeated :and went into meditation, during which time the idea of using a short stick came to him. He practiced with the new weapon, then stick came to him. He practiced with the new weapon, then _. challenged Musashi to another match. Using the io, Gunnosuke defeated Musashi who, up to that time, had never been beaten. Gnnosuke went on to refine the JO techniques. The 12 basic blows and blocks of jodo are: normal grip blow (honte uchi); reverse grip blow (gyaku-uchi); back blocking blow .(hiki-otoshi); switch hand thrust (kyashi-zuki); reverse grip thrust (gyakute-zuki); wrapping drop block (maki-otoshi); pressing stick to the body ( kure-tsuke); pushing stick to the body (Kure-hanasn\)', body check (tai-atari); blocking thrust (ts~ke-hazushi); middle body block and counter (doh-harai-uchi); and shifting block and counter tai - hazush i - uch i). , Jodo techniques include striking, poking, blocking, parrying, deflecting, intercepting, and sweeping. There are 12 basic blows and blocks, and these can be mastered in .four to six months. Students learn 70 more advanced techniques, mostly elaborations ',. of the basic moves. Jodo has no free-sparring like judo or karate: student uses the bo while the other wields a sword. Advanced students practice other weapons, such as tenjo jitsu (heavy dub) And kuon-gama (chain). Technical supervision is by the All Japan : Jado Federation. During the Tokugawa period, jojutsu, the forerunner of jodo, was ,employed by the bushi particularly when no lethal results were wanted.

Jujutsu is a Japanese martial art that utilizes a large variety of techniques in defense against an opponent. Jujutsu exponents utilize the following different skill sets (sometimes in combination, sometimes not) to tackle an aggressor: blocking, joint lock techniques, strikes, throws and sweeps, as well as ground fighting/grappling skills.


















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