A much belated post on Mulligan sensei’s returned to Portland for a workshop weekend March 5 & 6, 2022. It was a welcome return to seminar training! On Saturday, he covered two basic forms of entry (ashi sabaki) as a precursor to the disarm class on Sunday. My subsequent classes were an homage to MulliganContinue reading “MULLIGAN SENSEI WORKSHOP 2022”
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JO TORI
The jō 杖 (“wooden staff”) is a walking stick usually about four feet in length. It is unclear precisely how it became incorporated within Aikido. While some of the jō movements come from spear-fighting (yarijutsu 槍術), and others from staff-fighting (jō-jutsu 杖術 and bō-jutsu 棒術), many of them are most similar to the use of a bayonet (jūken-jutsu). Jō tori is takingContinue reading “JO TORI”
JO NAGE
Jō Nage is using the jō to throw an opponent. But it is not an offensive technique. Throwing with a jō is weapon retention. Furthermore, I have shown that the use of the jō in Aikido is more closely related to bayonet than it is to staff work. Review 8 Count Kumijo Because weapon workContinue reading “JO NAGE”
Protective Arts 