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Tim Griffiths · 06-22-2009, 02:29 AM

In short, jo awase are kata where the two partners make the same movement, while kumijo are paired practice where the movements may be very different (i.e. the common version of the 31-jo kata paired with a series of tsuki attacks).
In my rough Japanese, "awase" = 'matched', "kumi" = 'paired'

Train well,

Tim

06-22-2009, 02:29 AM	#3
Tim Griffiths Dojo: Nes Ziona Aikikai Location: Suzhou, China Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 188 Offline	Re: weapons training In short, jo awase are kata where the two partners make the same movement, while kumijo are paired practice where the movements may be very different (i.e. the common version of the 31-jo kata paired with a series of tsuki attacks). In my rough Japanese, "awase" = 'matched', "kumi" = 'paired' Train well, Tim
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