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Old 05-17-2006, 05:12 PM   #246
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Dojo: Aunkai, Tokyo
Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Re: The "Jo Trick" and Similar Exercises

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Jory Boling wrote:
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Sensei Clark,

I arrived on the scene, too late. My in-laws were already diehard country fans (hats, boots, buckles, line dancing: the whole deal) by the time I met them.

Also, at the recommendation of a Tulsa dojomate, while working in OKC, I visited Shobu Aiki Dojo. It was my first exposure to a different style of aikido. I remember being pleasantly surprised that, even though it was a different approach, from watching Sensei and his students, it was still the aikido that I had seen, before.

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Has anyone training in Japan seen many people demonstrating The "Jo Trick" and Similar Exercises? If so, were they trying to demonstrate their own power or were they trying to teach it?
Akuzawa here in Tokyo does a version of it, except with a 6 foot long staff, which he holds with his pinky

Same principal tho. And yes he teaches you how to develop this body skill.
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