Tony Peters

I've trained in Saito Sensei's jo/ken style for a year and have for the past 3 years trained when I could (work makes me travel... a lot) in SMR Jodo. They are nothing alike. It was my love of the Jo that lead me away from Aikido and into SMR. Without seeming arrogant I'll try to explain the basic difference. The Aikiweapon techniques are for the most part based on the Taijutsu (hand arts) of aikido. SMR Jodo on the other hand is more closely based on the sword...at least thats how I see it at this point however I am a long long way from becoming anything other than a student of SMR. As Jun said Jodo is much more aggressive. And as he said the jo slides in the hands for the strikes and the tsuki are very very different. The over all feel is different and there is a world of difference between hamni and kamae.