paul browne
26th July 2007, 23:27
Hello,
Can anyone tell me whether in the koryu traditions the weapons of Bo and Jo are ever paired, ie. kata in which one is pitted against the other in order to develop techniques that would enable one to overcome the other.
The basis of this question is this, I practice with a fairly heavy Bo. Yesterday I had it with me at my sons aikido class (I practice in another part of the building during his lesson) and one of his instructors hefted the Bo, commented on it's weight and then compared it to his Jo which he briefly ran through moves with (I should add not in a 'mines better than yours' way).
I did however note that I would never be able to match the speed of changes he made, though I do have two foot of stick extra to play with.
This led to me thinking given the supposed origins of the Jo from Muso Gonosuke having been a Bo specialist who 'shrank' his stick, have there been any developments in either art to take account of the others weapon? and does anyone have a practical comparrison of the advantages/disadvantages of one over the other.
thank you for indulging my slightly hypothetical question.
Paul
Can anyone tell me whether in the koryu traditions the weapons of Bo and Jo are ever paired, ie. kata in which one is pitted against the other in order to develop techniques that would enable one to overcome the other.
The basis of this question is this, I practice with a fairly heavy Bo. Yesterday I had it with me at my sons aikido class (I practice in another part of the building during his lesson) and one of his instructors hefted the Bo, commented on it's weight and then compared it to his Jo which he briefly ran through moves with (I should add not in a 'mines better than yours' way).
I did however note that I would never be able to match the speed of changes he made, though I do have two foot of stick extra to play with.
This led to me thinking given the supposed origins of the Jo from Muso Gonosuke having been a Bo specialist who 'shrank' his stick, have there been any developments in either art to take account of the others weapon? and does anyone have a practical comparrison of the advantages/disadvantages of one over the other.
thank you for indulging my slightly hypothetical question.
Paul