Black Belt Weapons | Jo (Shinto Muso-Ryu Jojutsu Kata) Tutorial

Black Belt Weapons | Jo (Shinto Muso-Ryu Jojutsu Kata) Tutorial The only person to beat Miyamoto Musashi in a duel was Muso Gonnosuke and in doing so gave birth to a martial arts system of Shinto Muso-Ryu Jojutsu which would elevate the wooden staff to one of the preeminent weapons of martial arts. The first duel with Musashi occurred in Keicho 10 (1605) which Gonnosuke lost and legend goes as follows: There was a martial artist named Miyamoto Musashi. He engaged in duels from the age of 16 and was in about 60 matches. In the sixth month, in Akashi, Harima province, he met Muso Gonnosuke, who was a six foot tall strapping warrior. Gonnosuke was armed with a long sword, a two layer overcoat with sleeves, and a haori with a large hi no maru (rising sun). On his lapels were written: "The best martial artist in the land" (heiho tenka ichi), and "Nihon Kaizan Muso Gonnosuke." ...Gonnosuke was surrounded by about six deshi followers who accompanied him on a journey to Kyushu. He boasted to Musashi that no one was his equal. In his travels, he had apparently encountered Musashi's father, Shinmen Munisai, a master of the jutte (truncheon). "I have seen your father's techniques, but I haven't seen yours," he said, goading Musashi. Musashi was irritated. He was in the middle of carving a willow branch and replied, "If you saw my father's techniques, I am no different." Gonnosuke pressed the issue, badgering Musashi to show his martial arts off for the benefit of Gonnosuke's students. "My heiho is not for display," Musashi snapped. "No matter how you attack me, I'll stop it. That's all there is to my heiho. Do what you will, with any technique." Gonnosuke pulled out a wooden sword from a brocade bag. He attacked Musashi without any formalities. Musashi stood up from his crouch. With what seemed to be very little effort, he forced Gonnosuke back across the tatami mat room with his willow branch and, pressing him against a wall, struck him lightly between the eyebrows. Gonnosuke lost the first duel. Mortified, he withdrew to Homangu, part of the Kamado Shinto shrine atop Mount Homan, in Chikuzen province, Kyushu. For 37 days he meditated and performed rites of austerity. On the last night, while praying in front of an altar, he collapsed and had a divine vision. The cryptic vision compelled Gonnosuke to whittle a short staff about 128 cm in length. This was longer than the standard tachi long sword of that period, but shorter than the long rokushaku bo. By taking advantage of the short staff's ability to shift rapidly in the hands of a skilled artist, Gonnosuke was able to beat Musashi in a second duel. It is unclear how Gonnosuke defeated him. Gonnosuke managed to defeat Musashi without causing him great harm. Gonnosuke became the martial arts instructor to the Kuroda clan, located in northern Kyushu. Muso Gonnosuke, profoundly changed by his encounter with Musashi and by the divine vision atop Mount Homan, had created a preeminent staff art, the Shinto Muso-ryu jojutsu. The Heavenly Way of Muso's staff. Help support my continued effort and keep more videos coming by leaving a COMMENT -- LIKE -- SUBSCRIBE -- RATE -- SHARE. Best of 2012 Black Belt Fights: http://youtu.be/WRMrIcwYXbE Black Belt Weapons: http://youtu.be/dQKNtF32BfU Martial Ballet Forms: http://youtu.be/eaPWc0-Fgmo Taeguk & Palgwe Poomsae: http://youtu.be/S4UxQAAEhGU Black Belt Self-Defense: http://youtu.be/qD6Ts7rytoU Black Belt KO!!!!! http://youtu.be/sheK2-gok_w