SUMMARY


Tried the "carpet concept", so we know folding it in half to make a 1500 x 1500 square works for one pair at a time

Like Goldilocks - not too soft and not too hard


Covered NEWAZA


As explained the purpose of the 20mm thick padded Tatami at the Kodokan was for JUDO THROWS

Newaza was done on the same mat but there was never a need for mats that thick for Ground

As we know from Caterham, Newaza on the carpet works not only well but in many ways better

as we know from tonight that carpet probably had underlay - so the doubling up worked

Shuko

- the concept of the Climbing Tools

- hand claws against Sword and Close Range

- boot claws in TIGER the DOKKO applications as seen in nature

NEXT will include the climbing GRAPPLING Hook and related weapons cord/chain with blades

 The BO - in Japan

is not the Core or Primary weapon in STMA or any of our Source schools

Some do propose that the BO is the core weapon in Kukushinden and teach it that way - this will be explained


As we know, the BO and the JO, and to some extent the HANBO, come from the broken spear

Just as we do not go into battle Unarmed, nor do we go into battle with a stick weapon - we go with a blade primarily a SWORD

Whether Samurai in Japan, Greek. Roman, Trojan warriors, or Knights in Europe including right across to England, warriors would put on armour and go into battle with swords drawn

usually they would ride horses - and Horsemanship is an Art in all cultures, riding, using the sword and the bow on horseback - then later the use of guns

Think of the Lone Ranger riding his horse Silver while firing his gun

after this you get modern vehicles and weapons

(from firing a hand gun from a car, to tanks, to flying vehicles like fighter planes and attack helicopters)


So if we look at the BO in our NINJA system, again specifically Kukushin, we learn the BO first, it's Gata and applications

- from there we learn the Gata for the YARI spear, the NAGINATA halberd, and the BISENTO

- attach a knife, double edged, to the Bo and you have a Yari

- attach a kodachi blade to a Bo and you have a Naginata

- attach a heavier machete type blade to the Bo and you have a Bisento

( the NAGIMAKI, a Jo with a Katana blade was probably never a battle weapon, most likely invited in peacetime as a variation - and not a weapon included in our NINJA Tradition )


Going the "other way" we shorten the Bo

- the Jo of course


with the Katana, which would be the battle weapon along with the Spear, we can see the reference, and we practice BO against the Katana


Once the spear breaks, the opponent, with his Sword, expects an easy victory, as you are left with "just" a broken stick - hence the need to separately develop a system for the BO and then the JO

not forgetting the BROKEN END will be pointy and sharp and still a stabbing Spear weapon


the HANBO, while a half Bo, and/or a JO with about a SHAKU cut off, is a close range weapon

it relates to the Sword in length and also the TAIJUTSU

When we look at the Kukishin DAKENTAIJUTSU we see how it relates to the Hanbo


When we look at our KALI we see how the Hanbo is the same length as the Largo Mano and the LARGO stick


With the SERRADA stick we go through the three ranges

Largo
Serrada Medio
Hubud Corto


From the Serrada stick we move out to the Largo stick, still used with one hand

The HANBO and the NINJATO, used with two hands are the next range

The KATANA comes next

Finally we get back out to BO - YARI - NAGINATA - BISENTO long range


After this is the PROJECTILE range

Shuriken - and throwing knives

Crossbow

Longbow


then Modern weapons - handgun, rifle, then the longer ranges

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BO - in Okinawa

as it comes down from China


In China there are versions of the SPEAR and some have the tassles to distract and confuse the opponent's sight

(interestingly this was not taken over to Japan, though this would seem to be an obvious NINJA tactic )

There are also heavier blades on the poles in some Kung Fu systems, more like the Bart Charm Do


With WING CHUN we have the simple KWANE pole

another interesting point is there is no Spear in WC, Yari like or otherwise, nor did the put the BCD blade onto the Pole

nor is there an "intermediate" longer Sword, like the Tai Chi sword, nor anything like a Katana, longer double handed sword

again, nobody knows why this is


We do not source Chinese Pole or Spear in STMA other than the WING CHUN KWANE


So on OKINAWA the Weapons relate to KARATE, as written above

The BO is first and Core weapon here

Okinawa is referred to by it's original name RYUKU

so we have RYUKU Kobudo and then RYUKYU KEMPO which become KARATE

each of the three port town has its own Kempo - refined into a TE system

SHURI

NAHA

TOMARI


We use the BO as the first weapon

there is no GATA in the Japanese way, there is KUMI

KUMI BO is Bo v Bo

we the add the next four weapons

TONFA

NUNCHAKU

KAMA

SAI

and we develop the KUMI for these weapons against the Bo

specific KUMI eg Nuncha v Nuncha are added later and many are just exercises

We can also us the KUMI against the Bokken eg Tonfa or Nunch against Bokken


In Karate the Unarmed drills are KUMITE as in KUMI-TE

 

With the Japanese weapons they were designed as weapons, surgical tools for dissecting and killing a person in combat

That line in Kill Bill where Hanzo describes the Sword he made, with the English subtitle translation as "something that kills people"

This specifically applies to the KATANA of course

The other weapons Yari, Naginata, Bisento, Kodachi, Tanto, Kusurikama, where all designed the same way

Even the staff weapons, Bo, Jo, Hanbo and Tanbo, were developed not just as a "broken spear" but proper red oak built and measured weapons


This applies of course to the "Samurai" kobodo, starting with the Katana


The NINJA approach, as we discussed, was different as the weapons, starting with the NINJATO sword were viewed as tools, simply made, and disposable

Shuriken were simply made and designed to literally be thrown away

The Shoge and Shuko were climbing tools that doubled as weapons

The Kunai was adapted from a digging tool and used in Onshinjutsu



When we get to the Middle countries

Filipino Kali

Thai with Krabi Krabong

Silat in Malaysia

we see weapons such as the Machete

Swords and short spears

Knives


that are tools adapted as weapons



In Okinawa the KARATE Weapons were developed from farm tool

The BO is just a simple pole

Nunchaku are rice flails

Tonfa was a handle

Kama are farm sickles

Sai was a tool


these are tools adapted to be Weapons when needed


CHINA is a bit different as they have a rich culture of proper developed weapons and systems for using them

our main interest in China is the Wing Chun weapons

the sophisticated BART CHARM DAO, the "butterfly swords"

and the more basic and direct KWANE, the "Dragon pole" , not at complex as the Shaolin pole or spear systems




So for the UNARMED Combat


KARATE flows from the KOBUDO weapons

KENJUTSU and KOBUDO flow into JUJUTSU

NINJA schools take the movement from mainly the SWORD, the BO at distance and the HANBO relates to TAIJUTSU

KRABI is the basis for Unarmed Combat in THAI

KALI in Unarmed range, Panantukan - and relates to KENPO

SILAT weapons into Unarmed

WC can be seen best in the DAO, and the KWANE at the long range

 Over the Summer we covered Okinawan Kobudo weapons as they relate to Karate, and Ninpo Boken as it relates to Taijutsu

NINPO BIKEN

Ninja Sword against Samurai Katana - on Grass and in Class


Ninjato v Katana gata and application

Block, cut, trap - 3 ranges



SWORD v SWORD

NINJATO for shorter range, closer applications

circling and closing
angle cuts
block and cut
SEN initiative
stepping and angles


ITTO NAGE throwing sword from Stage 5, get up and Shuriken



SHURIKEN

Concepts and application
Two throwing positions and methods
Partner practice


METSUBUSHI concepts




KOPPO

Kamae and Sabaki
Bone striking and breaking


Based on sword stance and movement
Double punch attacks with step ken kudaki
Musha dori variations




BO

Bo is part of JapKob, Japanese Kobudo, including a scroll in the Kukishinden

- it also contains the foundations for the later study of Yari, Naginata, Bisento

- it is primary weapon in Ok Kob, Okinawan Ryukyu Kobudo, along with Tonfa, Kama, Sai and Nuncha





TONFA

Age uke upper block
Stepping drill



NUNCHAKU

kihon drills
Kumi application against BO

Look at nunchaku versions

foam/cord "sparring"
foam/chain Kihon
Wood/chain Kata
Wood Chain Bunkai-Ojo application
Rattan - faster, lighter, called Tayok in FMA