Eric Baluja
8th June 2000, 19:31
Dear folks,
I received several responses to my query about SMR jo practice in NYC, which I am very, very grateful for.
Of interest, however, was that all of them referred to their practice as "jodo." This has caused me some confusion (not that that's hard to do).
I have always thought of Shinto (Shindo) Muso Ryu jo as a koryu bujutsu, as described in the "Ryu Guide" on koryu.com. I have considered it separate from "jodo," which I took to be a gendai budo, since it's my understanding that the seitei kata were devised within this century and the art comes under the aegis of the ZNKR.
Is this way of thinking wrong? Am I inventing a distinction that is not generally accepted to exist?
As a further illustration of my probably twisted thinking, I always figured that...
SMR jo is to jodo as TSKSR iaijutsu is to ZNKR iaido
...or, similarly,...
SMR jo is to jodo as koryu jujutsu is to Kodokan judo (I realize judo is more of a sport now, BTW; I'm not saying jodo is a sport.)
Am I way off base?
I thank you all in advance for your guidance.
Eric Baluja
I received several responses to my query about SMR jo practice in NYC, which I am very, very grateful for.
Of interest, however, was that all of them referred to their practice as "jodo." This has caused me some confusion (not that that's hard to do).
I have always thought of Shinto (Shindo) Muso Ryu jo as a koryu bujutsu, as described in the "Ryu Guide" on koryu.com. I have considered it separate from "jodo," which I took to be a gendai budo, since it's my understanding that the seitei kata were devised within this century and the art comes under the aegis of the ZNKR.
Is this way of thinking wrong? Am I inventing a distinction that is not generally accepted to exist?
As a further illustration of my probably twisted thinking, I always figured that...
SMR jo is to jodo as TSKSR iaijutsu is to ZNKR iaido
...or, similarly,...
SMR jo is to jodo as koryu jujutsu is to Kodokan judo (I realize judo is more of a sport now, BTW; I'm not saying jodo is a sport.)
Am I way off base?
I thank you all in advance for your guidance.
Eric Baluja