Although the bo staff is a versatile and commonly found weapon, let’s face it – it’s a big stick. You can paint it, and sprinkle it with kanji-adorned mystisism, but it’s still a big stick.
We’ve put together a collection of bo staff technique videos for you to check out.
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As a martial artist, you never really appreciate what true pain is until you see someone dislocate a shoulder or pop a knee in the middle of a class. I’ve had the unfortunate opportunity to hear that loud “pop” followed by a blood-curdling scream twice in my martial arts career and neither of them has discouraged me from going back.
Pain and risk of injury go with the territory in any kind of contact sport so if you’re going to participate you should learn to expect and overcome pain if you want to be successful.
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Meditation plays an important part in martial arts across the entire world. It’s often overlooked as the thrill of combat always seems more important, but for who take the time to incorporate some form of stillness and introspection into their path of learning claim it makes their training complete.
Martial arts, including Jujitsu, Aikido, Karate and more, use meditation for a few reasons…
Designed by Takayuki Kubota, the Japanese Kubotan became highly popular in the mid-1970s when it was introduced to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The LAPD eventually began teaching female officers its proper use along with lessons in jujitsu and other martial arts.
We got an email the other day from one of our Twitter followers who’s son is competing in the upcoming Ishin Ryu Jujitsu competition. It’s no ordinary Jujitsu tournement either; it’s the annual Infant and Juniors Grappling, Take down and Hold contest.
The Jutte is a weapon from the Japanese Edo period, used by law enforcement offers of the era. The weapon is said to have “the power of ten hands.” It is a baton that features a one-pronged tine.
Although the bo staff is a versatile and commonly found weapon, let’s face it – it’s a big stick. You can paint it, and sprinkle it with kanji-adorned mystisism, but it’s still a big stick.
We’ve put together a collection of bo staff technique videos for you to check out.
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The Yawara is a Japanese weapon used in a number of martial arts. Essentially one or somtimes two small, thick sticks they can be palmed and used to throw opponents, applied to pressure points or even break bones. Yawara is also a form of martial arts, and the name is used interchangeably with Jujitsu.
It is believed that this style of fighting developed from a sheathed knife fighting technique called tantojutsu.
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The jo staff is a wooden staff used in many forms of Japanese martial arts kobudo, such as jujitsu. The form of martial arts that uses a jo staff is called jojutsu, or jodo. The jo staff is a little more than four feet in length made entirely out of wood.
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The purpose of the Japanese Sai weapon was debated about for a long time. Some people thought the weapon was intended for just that purpose, to be a weapon.
But other people theorised that the Sai was made as an agricultural too to measure crops, to bale hay, to hold rolling carts in place or to plant rice.
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