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- From: rtang@sunee.uwaterloo.ca (The One Your Mother Warned You About!)
- Subject: Re: difference between quarterstaff and jo?
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 05:47:38 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.173301.2106@bnr.ca> mholden@bcarh786.bnr.ca (Mark Holden) writes:
- >This brought something to mind (for you Star Trek fans out there). There
- >was one episode of the "Next Generation" where Riker and his father
- >get into a match of "Ambo Jitsu" (spelling?), which his father claimed as the
- >ultimate of the martial arts. They used some futuristic bo or something
- ^^^^^^^^
- Of course they'd say it was the "ultimate", wouldnt sound too exciting
- if they said it was an outmoded ineffective MA, used by ancients, only
- practice now as a curiosity.
-
- But better yet, remember the eps where Lt.Yaar starts up the "Aikido"
- practice program on the holodeck, and a guy in a ninja outfit appears!
- That's classic!
-
- >(blinking lights, made low humming sounds as it was swung, etc), and their
- >eyes were shielded.
- >Does this art have any existence, or is it just some futuristic decendent
- >of current art forms (ie., jo-jitsu)?
- >
- >Mark
-
- No idea, I doubt it though.
-