Jodo

Jodo, meaning “the way of the jo”, or jojutsu is a Japanese martial art using short staves called jo. The art is similar to bojutsu, and is strongly focused upon defense against the Japanese sword. The jo is a short staff, usually about 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) long, about the average length of a walking stick. However, the art was not used, as one might fancifully imagine, by...