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Old 05-16-2005, 02:56 PM   #10
Michael Holm
Dojo: Toitsu - Ki & Aikido Dojo,Glx.
Location: Copenhagen, Gladsaxe
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 26
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Re: How tall was O'Sensei?

I have heard two sizes for jo:
1. to your own armpit
2. to your own solar plexus

And for the Bo it should fit in your hand, your arm raised straight up in the air
(a bit longer than 180 cm )
But where I got the measures from I do not remember

In my old Danish "dictionary" over Budo (from 1976), by a Karate guy, it says : Jo, a staff less than 150 cm. And Bo, a staff longer then 150 cm.
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