Jo suburi 1-5: a reanalysis

Well I'm on 2 weeks holiday - to spend time with the kids.  I've been getting up early and practising jo in the park. 

I started training in aikijo in 1990 under my instructor, but it has evolved a bit, influenced by some of the tenshin shoden katori shinto ryu that my instructor started in 1996 and also my Chen-Pan Ling internal and shaolin arts.

While I like the austerity of katori shinto ryu, I much prefer the flow of aikijo.  What I've tried to do is take the 2 person fighting concepts from katori shinto ryu and apply them to aikijo.  For this purpose I've spent the last 10 or so years working on 2 person drills that gradually introduce newer and more advanced concepts - a bit like building blocks.

I decided to record some of the basic drills for my students and I have I included these in my Youtube posting blitz.  Take a look at the first ones:

The first 5 suburi based on thrusts (zuki)




These are 2 kumijo - combat drills that correspond with and accompany the first 5 suburi. The drills can be practised solo or with a partner (your partner does the same sequence but starts half way through):

Drill 1




Drill 2




Next: Jo suburi 6-10: a reanalysis

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