These two weapons are fundamentally different from each other. The sword is applied to piercing and cutting blows, with a stick – crushing. A stick can take over any part of it, and the sword only for a sure grip. Stick you can grab anywhere, the sword, if mishandled can injure the owner. Of course the stick is inferior to the sword, but in the right hands it becomes a dangerous weapon.

Uke is armed with a sword and ready to attack. Tori is armed with a Jo. He holds her by the middle and guides one end into the throat of uke.

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By the time, the uke moves forward and prepares to deliver a slashing blow from above. Tori shifts the body weight to the right and is protected from the impact, sending Jo to the chest of uke. Tory performs Jo movement is almost identical to the movement of bokken technique Ken tai Ken (Lesson 33).

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Next, Tory moves his right leg forward and slightly to the side, but the body weight does not tolerate it and raises the front end of the Jie, so that he looked exactly into the throat of the uke.

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After that, Tory intercepts Jie with his left hand, while the right hand firmly holds the stick. In this case the interception of a stick hands are a little breed. In this case, the tori performs not only a threat for the head of uke, but swing and prepares for his hit to the knee.

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Then tori shifts the body weight to the right foot and in a wide arc performs a blow with a stick in the knee of uke. After completing the blow quickly, tori break uke's leg, at the knee, but as challenges to injure not worth it tori gives uke a chance to take our foot off the line of attack.

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Not "hanging out" after the kick, tori takes the stick up for protection. Jo must go on the Central line of the body. To protect yourself with a stick from a powerful chopping blow with a sword is not possible, so this translation is nothing but a disguised swing.

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Uke mistakenly accepts this position as" weak " and makes chopping blow from above. The tories slightly ahead of uke, makes a sharp turn hips to the left and completely transfers body weight to the right foot. The left leg, released from the load, is pulled to the right. Additionally, the reversal of the hips allows not only to escape from the line of attack, but also to reach a round kick to the head. The impact is performed in a horizontal plane.

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Tori, again, decides to feel sorry for the uke and stops the blow. At the same time he continues to turn to the left and crosses his legs. The end of the Jo slightly lowered and looking exactly into the solar plexus of uke. The uke admits defeat, slowly lowers his sword and backs away from tori.

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See also:

Lesson 33 Gyaku Hanmi katate tori Ikke Ken tai Ken (sword against sword)

Lesson 32 Gyaku Hanmi katate tori Ikke with a stick (Jo)

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