{"id":3227,"date":"2018-11-18T12:21:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T17:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shutokarate.us\/?p=3227"},"modified":"2018-11-18T13:44:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T18:44:33","slug":"training-with-the-jo-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shutokarate.us\/2018\/11\/18\/training-with-the-jo-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Jo training begins"},"content":{"rendered":"
We started our training with the Jo last Saturday (November 17). We will continue each Saturday at or near the end of the children’s class. Eventually we will probably have entire classes dedicated to Jo practice. The younger children are using 7\/8″ dowel rods cut to 45″ length. See the previous post “A short explanation of the Japanese Jo<\/a>” for my rationale for deciding to start Jo instruction.<\/p>\n Here are the safety rules<\/strong> we go over each time until they have it memorized:<\/p>\n Obviously a couple of these will be modified after we move into pairs practice.<\/p>\n We are beginning with many weeks of basic handling and striking\/blocking techniques before we ever get to pairs practice. I want everyone to be completely familiar and comfortable with handling their staff before pointing it towards someone else.<\/p>\n\n