Introduction to Chiba Sensei's Weapons System - Jo Basics

[@philharland]

I'm lucky enough to be in a school with Chiba's teaching legacy - this is awesome instruction thank you for sharing

[@orpheushawkins5536]

Great job. Thanks for sharing.

[@jamesfrankiewicz5768]

I really appreciate this series. It has helped grind home some points, and has been reassuring that I've been moving in the right direction on others. For this one, I particularly appreciation the focus on junte uchi otoshi. I've only seen that guard variation once before, at a weapons seminar when I was fortunate enough to pair off with Steven Thoms-sensei (it was apparently his primary variation). Prior to that, I had only seen (or possibly only noticed) the direct, cut-downward variation without the initial guard or the wrapping action. (In hindsight, the guard version seems pretty similar to the initial response in otoshizuki #2, if I'm understanding correctly).

[@DavinderBath]

Hi James, it's great that it's got you thinking. That's a big part of these videos. If I understand your words correctly, the guard is what Chiba Sensei called indirect version of the technique. Making the technique while the attack is still coming is called direct version. Most techniques can be executed direct or indirect. With Kesa basics all techniques except #1, #2 and #4 have a direct and indirect form.