What Is Bojutsu Training Like?
Bojutsu is the use of the six-foot stick in the martial
arts. Training with this historical training tool involves postures, strikes,
and formal kata to teach the lessons.
In our taijutsu training the bo (stick) is also used to
teach distance.
In the martial arts, as the body moves, there are certain “laws”
in play- distance, timing, balance, and rhythm, and regarding distance the
stick is used to help understand this and see it as the stick is a fixed
length. Timing is also taught, the stick as a way to see and learn the timing
of footwork-using it in-time with the stick and distance.
Practicing this through the study of postures, strikes,
ukemi, and kata- which teach the strategy and methods of the stick as used by
the samurai.
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