Weapons Work

CONTENTS

• Why train with weapons?
• General weapons questions
  • 1. Ken Makiwara
  • 2. Tsuba on bokken
  • 3. uke tachi and uchi tachi
  • 4. Yokomen and kessa strikes
• More weapons questions
  • Importance of training with weapons
  • jo lengths
  • jo's strengthend with brass rings
  • Boken position when sitting in seiza
  • oil for treating weapons
  • Making weapons
  • Ettiquette for passing weapons
• Jo work
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Jo suburi
  • 3. Exercises for improving accuracy with jo or bokken

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