Jō
Wooden staff used in some Japanese martial arts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the wooden staff used in Japanese martial arts. For the unit of area derived from the size of a tatami mat, see Tatami. For other uses, see Jo (disambiguation).
A jō (杖:じょう) is an approximately 1.27-metre (4.2 ft) wooden staff, used in some Japanese martial arts. The martial art of wielding the jō is called jōjutsu or jōdō. Also, aiki-jō is a set of techniques in aikido which uses the jō to illustrate aikido's principles with a weapon. The jō staff is shorter than the bō. Today, the jō is still used by some Japanese police forces.
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