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”
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INITIATION and TESTING
____________________________ I regret not recording where I grabbed this photograph. I believe it was from Life magazine in the late 1970s, taken by Marialba Russo [1] from her study in virility, ritual, and the human need to prove transformation. ____________________________ The latent anthropologist in me laments the lack of rites of passage celebrating importantContinue reading “INITIATION and TESTING”
BACK TO BASICS
Janus again as a featured image to symbolize the start of a new year and for 2018 I will embark on a new experiment. For the past two years, I have been focusing of teaching concepts rather than techniques (re-visit the beginning) in order to train the trainers. For this New Year I will systematicallyContinue reading “BACK TO BASICS”
Protective Arts 