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- From: mary@Cayman.COM (Mary Malmros)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: difference between quarterstaff and jo?
- Message-ID: <MARY.93Jan21104946@martinique.Cayman.COM>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 15:49:46 GMT
- References: <C1681q.Ln6@math.uwaterloo.ca>
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- In-reply-to: gamiddle@math.uwaterloo.ca's message of 20 Jan 93 21:08:13 GMT
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- In article <C1681q.Ln6@math.uwaterloo.ca> gamiddle@math.uwaterloo.ca (Guy Middleton) writes:
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- Does anybody know how the mediaeval European quarterstaff was used?
- I'd like to see if there is any similarity to jo-jitsu techniques.
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- I believe the European quarterstaff is rather longer than the jo. If
- this is so, there are a number of jo techniques (most particularly
- reverses) that would be impossible to do with a quarterstaff. I
- suppose a bo would be a better analog, but I have no idea if bo
- and quarterstaff techniques are at all similar.
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