Aikido techniques against jo (staff) attacks, JO DORI, by Stefan Stenudd

JODORI (杖取り) is aikido defense techniques against attacks with jo, the Japanese staff. All through, the only attack is choku tsuki, a strike with the attacker's both hands in the same positions. In jodo, there is also kaeshi tsuki, where the front hand is reversed, as well as a number of swings, called uchi. But they are all dealt with in much the same way, so there is little point in showing more than one of them.

Jodori is not easy. Many regular aikido techniques are difficult to apply to it in a trustworthy manner. On the video, I have in some cases modified the aikido techniques to be able to do them without letting go of the jo with one of my hands. You usually want a two-handed grip on the jo – and you want to keep it.

The most important hand of the attacker's jo grip is the inner one, close to the body. Without moving it away from the attacker's body, there is little chance of succeeding with any technique. I usually do it with a combination of leverage (pushing the front end of the jo sideways) and twisting the jo around its axis, sort of unscrewing the attacker's grip. Just pulling is not enough.

Remember that the most important part of jodori is not to throw the attacker in a fancy way, but to get the jo.

Another common way of practicing techniques with the jo is JO NO TEBIKI, where tori holds the jo and uses it to do the techniques as uke grabs it. This is much easier, since uke only gets to hold the jo with one hand.

Uke was Stephan Schröder:    / @stephanschroder7611  

This is a condensed edit of a 2017 video:
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