Jo-Jutsu

“Science of the stick – such a simple thing, but devastating in a trained hand”

Sensei ‘the Jackal’

This section covers:

• Basic handling – thrusts, strikes, blocks, locks & strangles
• Striking combinations

Basic handling

Quarter Strikes x 6

1. Down
2. Right
3. Left
4. Descending down
5. Rising groin
6. Short quarter, short quarter

Strikes x 9

1. Single cross
2. Single round
3. Single down
4. Single rising
5. Circular down
6. Double handed down
7. Double handed cross
8. Double handed round
9. Double handed rising

Thrusts x 20

1. Front
2. Right
3. Left
4. Back
5. Throwing thrust front
6. Throwing thrust right
7. Throwing thrust left
8. Throwing thrust back
9. Descending thrust to ground
10. Single handed strike to ground
11. One handed under Arm thrust to ground
12. Bar thrust
13. One handed underarm front thrust
14. One handed under Arm reverse grip front thrust
15. One handed under Arm reverse grip round house hook
16. One handed underarm rear thrust
17. One handed over shoulder rear thrust
18. Long thrust
19. Double long thrust
20. Drop to knee double long thrust

Blocks x 21

1. Single handed rising block
2. Single handed Reverse rising block
3. Double handed rising
4. Double handed cross grip rising
5. Rising bar block
6. Bar block right
7. Bar block left
8. Descending bar block
9. Over shoulder forearm block right
10. Over shoulder forearm block left
11. Double handed geden
12. Outside Scooping block high left
13. Inside scooping block high left
14. Outside Scooping block low left
15. Inside scooping block low left
16. Outside Scooping block high right
17. Inside scooping block high right
18. Outside Scooping block low right
19. Inside scooping block low right
20. Striking parry right
21. Striking parry left

Locks & strangles x 16

1. Bar lock on arm, jo against chest
2. Bar lock on arm, jo against neck
3. Hadaka jimi with jo
4. Arm up, rear strangle with jo
5. Rear cross hand strangle
6. Rear Head pushing strangle
7. Rear Knee pushing strangle
8. Front cross hand strangle
9. Front head pushing
10. Front knee pushing
11. Bar on wrist
12. On floor fig 4 arm lock
13. On floor across ankles
14. On floor across cervical spine
15. On floor across wrist
16. Short end against nerves

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Striking combinations

Syllabus combinations

1. Cross, circular head combination
2. Downward QS – thrust to throat
3. Rising strike to groin -middle thrust
4. Rising strike to groin – two handed downwards
5. Long thrust – rising qs
6. Downward quarter strike -cross quarter strike
7. Circular head strike – spinning reverse middle thrust
8. Reverse grip descending strike to foot, rising short thrust to throat – reverse grip groin strike
9. 3 QS combination (downward, cross, cross)
10. Cross strike, under arm thrust
11. Forward roll – cross strike to knee – middle thrust – stand descending strike to attackers groin as they lay prone
12. Roundhouse kick to knee –spinning cross to head – short thrust
13. Reverse rising heel kick – reverse thrust –over arm thrust – turning quarter strike

Additional combinations

1. Downwards QS – descending downwards as step – turning thrust
2. Downwards QS – thrust – rising strike to groin
3. Bar thrust to face – QS head, QS groin
4. Cross strike – under arm short thrust – single handed descending
5. Cross strike – roundhouse strike
6. QS –Thrust –QS
7. Downwards wrist – throwing thrust – descending downwards
8. Single handed cross strike – spinning cross strike other hand – double downwards
9. Cross strike – roundhouse – downwards QS

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Unarmed vs Jo

Locks and take downs

Kata

There are 6 kata in the Fudoshin Jo Syllabus:

• Jo Dachi no kata
• Jo Kata Sho
• Jo Kata Ni
• Jo Kata San
• Jo Kata Yon
• Jo Kata Go

View and learn the Jo Kata of the British Fudoshin Association.