Jodo

杖道
Japan

Also known as

杖術 · Jōjutsu

Description

Jōdō (杖道), "way of the jō", is a Japanese martial art using a short staff called a jō, usually about 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) long. The art is similar to bōjutsu and is strongly focused upon defence against the Japanese sword. It is a modern budo whose origin is the koryu art Shintō Musō-ryū jōjutsu, founded by Musō Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi after his duels with Miyamoto Musashi; by shortening the bō to a jō of four shaku two sun one bu, Gonnosuke gained the ability to combine techniques of the long staff, the spear and the sword in one weapon. The older art is also known as jōjutsu (杖術), "art of the jō".

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japanese-martial-arts · jodo · gendai · weapons

Sources

“Jōdō (杖道), meaning "way of the jō", or jōjutsu (杖術), meaning "art of the jō", is a Japanese martial art using a short staff called jō. The art is similar to bōjutsu, and is strongly focused upon defense against the Japanese sword. The jō is a short staff, usually about 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) long.”
— Jōdō - Wikipedia EN. Wikipedia (English) link history info
“杖道（じょうどう）は、古武道の神道夢想流杖術を起源とする現代武道である。”
— 杖道 - Wikipedia (JA). Wikipedia (Japanese) link history info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Jodo. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M2411V8RXE6KEGH2PF8S5E1X - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M2411V8RXE6KEGH2PF8S5E1X, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Jodo}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M2411V8RXE6KEGH2PF8S5E1X}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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