Bo Staff Katas

[Viontro]

The kata called "Jitte" or "Jutte" has some bo staff-moves in it.

 

http://jka.uchicago.edu/Video/Jitte-new.mpeg

 

Where? I guess your from the catching the Bo school of thought..

 

Well... That is the only kata I know with Bo in it (I have only trained shotokan).

 

I think you grab the opponents bo and attack him in a "pushing" movement, I can´t really remember.

 

What do you mean by "the catching the Bo school of thought"?... What do you think the moves are made for? because Gichin Funakoshi thought it looked funny? Those Bo moves wouldn´t have been there if there wasn´t a Bo, right?

 

Tell me if I understood something wrong - I am not that good at English

[equaninimus]

The older versions of Jitte, such as those in Shito ryu, do not have the "bo" maneuvers in them. Many of the examples given as anti-bo bunkai in shotokan kata are ludicrous. Is there a Tsuruoka dojo on Prince Edward's Island? I think they have incorporated kobudo into a Shotokan-oid curriculum.