Uke | Uchi |
Stand with jo in front of the left foot | Stand with jo in front of the left foot |
Lift, grab bottom of jo and slide step tsuki | |
Grab top of jo and use bottom to hold uke's jo down | |
Tsuki | |
High guard then tsuki | |
Deflect thrust outside, then shomen |
As written in Saito's book.
Uke | Uchi |
1. Stand with jo in front of left foot | Prepare to thrust |
2-3. With the left foot, take a large step to the left, and, flowing with the thrust, defend. | Thrust straight forward |
4-5. Thrust to uchi's face | Jodan gaeshi. |
6-9. Move your body to the right and block his low strike. Strike at the opponent's head. | Strike low to the leg. |
OGI Aikido | Bokken | Jo © SAP 17 Dec. 1996