How To Make A Jo Staff And Train With A Jo Staff
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- Опубліковано 22 кві 2020
- Discover the secret to making and using one of the best martial arts weapons for street fight self defense. The Japanese Jo is a shorter martial arts staff that is perfect for training to defend against a violent attack. Get a wooden dowel to make your own Jo staff from amazon.com for under $10 here amzn.to/3bz5DPf Thank you for watching! Please like, subscribe, and leave me comments!
Matt Pasquinilli is head instructor of Quantum Martial Arts at 905 US Highway 1, Unit N Lake Park, Florida 33403 www.quantumstrong.com Located minutes from Singer Island between North Palm Beach, Jupiter and Tequesta in the North, Palm Beach Gardens to the West, and Delray and Boca Raton in the South. - Спорт
Get a wooden dowel to make your own Jo staff from amazon.com for under $10 here amzn.to/3bz5DPf Thank you for watching! Please like, subscribe, and leave me comments!
You trained at Kosho with England sensei in Cincinnati?
It is very generous of you, Matt, to explain how the energy is used to advantage or deflected and thus dissipated. Thank you.
My pleasure. Thanks!
Just saw this video and made the jo the next day. Total cost from Lowes in Feb 2024 was $5.85 including sales tax. Already had sandpaper and mineral oil / baby oil on hand. Love it. Thank you!
Nice, I'm walking to my local Lowe's now!
That’s great. Slow is great at this point for sure. Just keep training and enjoy the journey. Thanks for checking in!
Excellent video really helps me out, as I mentioned in class a few weeks ago I had no MA weapons now I have a Bo Staff, Cane coming Sat and will heading to Lowe’s to prepare myJo Staff. Thank you so much! I am super pleased with my basic spinning and rotating staff behind my back and basic defensive strikes and blocks you have demonstrated. 🙏🦅🥋
Thank you for your useful sharing. All the best wishes to you and your dojo. Hope to see more video coming.
This is a great video with many valuable tips for beginners. And your advice at the end is very important. Nowdays, we have to be active as much as possible and think positively, just like you.
Started watching these videos during the initial lockdown. Helped with shoulder health, weight loss, and overall self-esteem. Happy to get back into it after stopping (new baby). Thanks for the videos and information!
Congratulations on your new baby!!!!
@@pasquinilli thanks! He is 11 months now. When I practice with my jo/bo, he will pick up the nearest stick to mimic.
A very good job with the lessons, Matt. Thanks.
Absolutely wonderful and motivating video! Thank you so much sensei!
It’s my pleasure. Thank you!!
As always....great video....thank you Sir!
Cool. Watching a year later this still stacks up. Cheers Matt.
Great vid.
I make hiking staffs & jo staffs out hardware store tool handles. Usually less than $10. The down side is you have to check for straightness by rolling them on the floor.
These poles are very variable in quality. Do not get a broom handle. They are soft and light. Painter's poles or shovel handles (if you like a heavy pole) are made for tougher service. They have straight grain and denser wood. Some are made from manufactured bamboo they are superb.
US oak is not suitable! It's splintery and brittle. The Japanese have a different species of oak which has good impact properties. Ash and hickory are excellent choices and are available as tool handles in hardware stores.
GRACIAS SR.
God bless you
Beautiful advice
Thanks Matt, I enjoyed that, and I re-watched your others too, thanks Ian from Ontario Canada.
One thing to keep in mind oiling your staff is do not wad up the oily cloth or paper towel and leave it. It can self combust, some people have lost their homes to this. Spread the rags out side with a rock on top til it drys and then you can throw it away. Bruce from the City of Orange in Orange county California.
Thank you for that!!! Excellent advice! Never even crossed my mind but you are so right! Thank you!
There is no need to oil any type of bo or jo. The idea is to leave the item with not finish at all on the wood.
Thank you so much for this video. I didn't know Jos existed and missed practicing during winter when I couldn't practice outside. Now, thanks to you, I'll get myself a Jo and be able to practice all year long. I really appreciate your videos.
Misto nume
Ty Mr. Matt!
Made mine today. Practice with your video tomorrow. Thanks.
That’s really cool Rich! Let me know how it goes!
Another great vid ....... will have a go at making one very soon
Thanks for sharing this video.
Great video, thank you
Where have you been my whole life? Joking (not joking! =.) I hope you are so busy with your teaching that you haven't had a chance to open a single quart of paint. You are an excellent teacher! I'm a "little old lady' who can no longer do the punishing exercise that is so prevalent in western society. This stuff sets my inner warrior to passion, and inspires me to a much more fun kind of physical fitness.
Haha. Thanks! I threw away some of my painting tools and gave away my ladders so that I would have to focus on the things that matter most to me! I am glad you find a new way to train!
As a former Black belt Multiple Myeloma left me with osteo anf a walking stick. Thanks Matt for these important stepsbto bring about my preservation techniques
My pleasure. Glad I can give some value. Keep training!
thanks Matt
Thank you for sharing all the techniques and slow motion which helps to understand the reasons for what you do. Stay safe everyone
Thank you for your íntruction It’s very helpfull
Great 4 feet poplar wood dowel Jo Basics. I made one... easy to do with your instructions. Looking forward to the opportunity to use/workout with it.
Awesome. Please let me know how it goes and keep training!!
Great vid, thanks Matt! I got myself a Jo too. Cost me one pound from the pound shop.... intended as a broom pole::D It's 4' tall so about perfect. Not the best wood, but okay to practice with. That oak one you have looks really nice! I might invest :)
Your vidio was easy to understand with alot of information that was very well presented. Thank you and stay safe everyone
I love these videos. I now have 2 bo staffs and 2 Jo staffs ( 1 is tapered), and 1 staff that is even smaller than a Jo.
That’s a good collection!
I like the seed analogy. Baby steps. All good advice.
Thanks you for your time and knowledge Sensa Matt from David in the UK
I love the Jo. Right now I carry a Cane Masters cane. Keith was very helpful in designing the perfect medical aid device for me.
I had 2 red oak jo (not sure if the plural is jos or not, doesn’t sound right to me) that I bought 10 years ago. Still got one and I love it. The other is still around but I chopped a bit off to get a Japanese hanbo, which can be easily disguised as a typical walking cane (which is where your cane self defence videos come in handy).
Loving these videos, they’re informative and instructive. Keep up the great work sir!
I'm excited to make this jo and train with it.
Thanks Matt great instructions made one from home depot 48inch dowel it didn't it say type of wood. Broke it 4 days after , ,hitting grass.decided to insert broken 1 inch dowel inside my 1inch PVC sch 40 and works great. Fits ok but slides out. The PVC works good even without the wooden dowel. It's a little heavy. I'm 75 using it for exercise hope to see all your videos
Not yet but I'ooking forward to viewing it , thanks
Nice lessons
You're my official jo/bo staff Sensei. Thank you.
I am honored!
There is no no such thing thing as a "bo staff".
@@KaptainCanuck yes there is?
@@kab00mm_, no. There is either a "b'" or there is a "staff". Uneducated, or ignorant, westerners re just saying, redundantly, the same thing with "bo staff".
@@KaptainCanuck yes, I always wondered why martial artists would say Bo Staff because Bo and Staff are the same thing. It's like saying Staff Staff. In Filipino martial arts, we use the term Staff and staff drills are referred to as Bankaw or Bangkaw.
As a martial arts instructor myself I love teaching and training in many weapons: single stick, double stick, single dagger, double dagger, long and short bladed weapons, staff, Karambit, tactical tomahawk, etc. I can pretty much turn anything into a weapon. So, I took your idea on making 2 weapons: the Jo 48" and the Hanbo 36". I went to the Home Depot and saw that they sell solid Oak dowel rods for cheap.
I sanded down and beveled the edges and stained the oak with transparent oil base stain. I also hand waxed them. I only found the Oak in 36". Nice videos
I have your cane, I am old and stiff, this JO looks amazing! I think I can do this. I'm on my way to lows...
Thanks for the video. I think a dowel rod will be a good security tool for when I go on my runs around my neighborhood. A pit bull almost attacked me I haven’t ran ever since so a Jo staff should give me more peace of mind to have some distance between me and an angry dog
I will save this, and do the drill with you when I have the dowel!
Awesome. Let me know how it goes!
Thanks got some scap square stock an a plane time to make one up cheers 👍👍👍👍👍❤️🏋️
Hey Matt, thanks so much for the awesome tutorials, super stuff, my arms are covered in bruises! I was wondering when you use your bo or jo as a walking stick, how do you keep the ends from getting banged up from contact with the ground and wrecking the nice bevel or do you just accept it happening?
Also from past carpentry experience - coconut oil is often used for chopping boards as it doesn't go rancid. Also something like beech has good antibacterial qualities and was often used for butcher's blocks and chopping boards too - in case your hardware store stocks beech dowels.
Also, careful with your used oil rags as these can sometimes combust spontaneously!
Trim the end down to fit a rubber cane or crutch tip. I think they're 7/8 inch, but don't cut until you have one to measure. A store that sells medical stuff (canes, gauze, crutches, etc) should have them.
Made a bo from Home Depot pine dowel and finished with teak oil and waterbased Varathane. Used one inch pvc end cap on both ends and sealed the cap/dowel end with silicone sealant to keep water off the end of the dowel. The endcap is for wood protection and can be loaded with shot to add a little mass to the striking ends.
I came here after researching walking sticks and self defense sticks. Because I wanted an idea for a stick that was small in length and diameter but can be used as a walking stick and defense tool but wasnt a cane or a long heavy piece of wood. The jo is PERFECT for what I want. After this video I really want to take a jo class though because Im too old for other martial arts......and I just like sticks. Haha.
Also, I would like to find a cheap-ish jo in hickory but unfinished so I can make it my own.
Oh by the way, the Blood Grove in knives is a misnomer. Its actually called a Fulller and is strickly for weight reduction. Just a friendly FYI.
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback and the info! I love learning something new like that.
Best example is the Roman gladius. The legions probably stabbed more people than anyone else, but no fuller on a gladius.
A great intro thanks, I made my first jo staff and have started practicing. A comment about the boiled linseed oil (BLO), from making canoe paddles, always wear gloves when applying the BLO and it shouldn’t be used on items you will handle, because it isn’t actually boiled any more, now they make it dry properly by adding heavy metal based chemicals that help it plasticise and those heavy metal compounds are quite toxic. You will absorb the heavy metals through your skin. It’s not good, particularly bad for the liver and brain. Take care. Use coconut oil, tallow, walnut oil (beware nut allergy) or bees wax (it starts out a bit grippy/sticky but with some rubbing with a cloth it dries to a nice silky finish).
Excellent advice. I didn’t know that about the heavy metals. I have always had a bad habit of not wearing gloves. Time to switch oil too! Thank you!
@@pasquinilli the oil has to be worried to be near you😈
I made a pair of nunchucks, and i finally got the linseed oil after wanting it for abt a year, and it really makes a difference
I did the same. I bought mines from Lowes.
Hi Matt can you make a video on some different strikes and different ways of holding the Jo for self defense,that haven't been shown in your videos.thanks
Absolutely!
I made it today. Did you see it yet? Search for How To Fight With Your Jo
Lowes, Home Depot, etc etc. You can buy the lighter wood dowels or opt for the heavier ones using better material. Various diameters.
I carry a "collapsible" jo staff of heavy aluminum that was sourced from a discarded workout bar from my wife. I stripped away all the unnecessary foam until it was bare metal. It comes in two halves that is interlocked with a button lock. Very sturdy and hurts like hell. When I don't use that in jo mode, I can break them apart for Filipino Martial arts single or doble baston training.
That’s awesome Georgie!
Gotta say ur videos stick. Awesome
I live in a large village in the UK. someone got attacked in a burglary with a hammer the other day and it sent my children into a panic. thanks to you, your videos and a few broomstick Handel's we can sleep well. we have all been training with our sticks so thanks very much for a good night sleep.
Wow. That is scary but a great story. I’m glad you feel safer. Stay alert and stay ready! Keep training!
Get yourself a short shillelegh from Ireland. The Cudgel is a formative fighting weapon.
I was wondering if giving the staff a light burning (old Chinese technic) would harden the staff just that much more before adding oil? I am unsure of the name of this technic. Perhaps the sound of terraria should make a staff video, lol! Great video Matt!
I think that it would John. If not, at least it would look good! Let me know how it goes!
That's Great stuff.
Gotta wait 'till next mo.
What I'm wondering is do we treat the wood in a frame house because that will change over time.
It will loose a little strength over time ? Hmmm ?! Ya know ?! lol
Physics major 2nd degree, 1st Trade is a Drafter.
Hi Matt I was wondering if you have a video just in your. stick is grabbed from you and used against you
Hi Matt are you still going to make a video about one handed Jo strikes.
I’ll try to get one done today! Thanks for the reminder.
can you do a move right quick with the Jo wrapping around the belly?
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Hello! Correct me if i am wrong, heavier staffs are slower and stronger, more resistent and lighter ones are weaker, faster and a bit less resistent?ty!
Isopropyl alchohol wors good & fast on a lot of commercial adhesives.
Hi Matt have done any videos on Han Bo short staff training
I have made a bunch in the last few months. Here is a very recent one ua-cam.com/video/wCpi4bsHh0U/v-deo.html
When Sensei's wife gets mad at the toilet seat being left up.
Thanks for the demos.guess won't use my trekking poles anymore as felon has been hassling this woman with a neuromuscular disease. This looks so much better than aluminum cane. Unfortunately I NEED assistive and not so badass anymore
Well, we do what we can with what we have. And badass is a gram of mind, not a physical attribute. Keep training and know that your badassery is in your heart and in your head, and not that aluminum cane!
@@pasquinilli ,true. Just glad also walk with dogs. One of which growls at the scent of the felon, the other is only 40lbs but I think will bite. He is demanding I get rid of dogs, not gonna happen. Off to get the dowel, will use coconut oil as linseed went bad yrs ago
Where can I get a Jo staff I like the one that's in the background that looks like it's going to be little bit heavier and stronger I need mine to be a little bit taller 5'6" 5'7" then that way I can cut it to where I need it to be for a hiking stick or a walking cane that way it can still be self-defense but that's the same time I can use it when I'm walking my legs are not all that great and I'll have ideas too maybe pain or I can wood staining and then put camouflage tennis racket strap around it to make it look cool and go from there can we get this on eBay the one in the background and yes I am very picky
How do you feed the string through the hole in the tennis ball. I'm doing your JoDo excercises to strengthen my shoulders from rotator cuff surgeries.
Make a hole with a cork screw or leather punch or i used to use a ten penny nail. There should be a hole on two opposing sides. Then feed your string through one side and squeeze some of the air out of the ball to make it more flat and fish the string through the other side. You might have to use your whole punching tool to help get the string from inside the ball out to the second side. Then wrap the string around the whole ball once or twice before you tie the knot. I’ll make you a video. Thanks!
@@pasquinilli Thanks brother. HOOAH.
Hooah!
In the live of today (April 25th) you mention Morgan (TWD). Can't mention him and not talk about "The Art of Peace"... 🕊 I think I have the url of a pdf version of that document, would you like me to post it here?
What’s the standard length of the Jo
Can I use a cut down pitch fork shaft how long does have to be for me I am 5 foot two
That’s perfect. Use the whole length after you cut off the fork
Do you teach Akido? I kinda want to learn
No I don’t. I love Aikido though and have taken many lessons on it. It is very aesthetic and esoteric but I don’t feel it is necessarily the best for practical self defense. It is fun to do and learn though!
That 36 inch oak dowel make a good hanbow .
I’ll bet! Nice weight and strong!
ya might need to deburr that metal with a Dremel. Putting a slight Radius or Chamfer on it.
I like bo staff more, because it is heavier and it give me more power and control
Yes! Bo is a great tool!
What type of wood to use
Oak or hickory or other hard wood
Is beech wood good?
I do not have oil so i used a stone hard moisture. Is it ok?
Yes. That is great. Stone hard moisture is good too!
@@pasquinilli can i use sunflower oil?
@@pasquinillisunflower oil or olive oil? Any of em works?
What is the ideal length for a personal jo ?
It should come up to the arm pit.
Tea Tree oil is good for removing adhesive glue.
Really? Great tip. Thanks!
@@pasquinilli I have used it and it works. I had an Eton weather radio that is supposed to use a crank, solar power or a USB port for charging. I was trying to use the sun to charge it and being in the sun all day for a while made the outer coating on the radio get sticky like is left when gooey tape is removed. nothing I did could get it off. I was searching the internet for help. i saw a comment telling how effective Tea Tree oil was to remove this and I tried it. It works. Just apply it, let it soak for several minutes and then take some paper towels and apply some elbow grease and it will come off. My radio has stayed in good shape. I don't put it in the sun anymore.
Somehow I did not realize it could recharge the battery using the USB port. I am not very good with electronics.
It is relatively safe to post this kind of content as it requires serious practice to become effective!
It does take practice for sure!
The bird does not sing because it is happy, it is happy because it sings...
Love it
The perch is mightier than the sword.
Matt: we need that federal check to become a master in martial arts.
Hahaha. No one is coming to save us. Time to make a plan to save ourselves.
@@pasquinilli We want Jupiter Beach money, now that's money.
Stanley Wallace no doubt!
Mad, didn't know musō gonnosuke was a monk
He wasn’t! I was wrong. Had to go back and read that part again. Thanks!
I just made a jo stick from Walmart for about $7. My spins are so damn slow I wonder if I'm wasting my time. How long did it take for it to flow?
Don’t give up! It will come. You have to sleep on it. So you train a little every day and in about three weeks you’ll surprise yourself.
@pasquinilli Thank you, sir. It's only been 3-4 days and feels really awkward so far. I will apply FAPS: Form, accuracy, power, speed, in that order. Kinda like slow is smooth and smooth is fast.
@@pasquinilli It's been three weeks and I have improved quite a bit. I am having some back issues so I'm going even slower now, but slower is smoother.
Tokyo police officers still carry and use them. They even have a holder on their Police Bicycles specially made for their Jo Staff.
Chamfer or Round. You can turn it.
hi there!Does baby oil work?
Yes but it’s a little smelly. Like a baby bum. Hahaha. But works!
@@pasquinilli uhhh
Do it. It works.
@@pasquinilli i did, i don't see any results prolly i will soon but now it's been 20 minutes
11:00 Tutorial
Sorry that poplar rod won't stand to much at all easily snap on arm leg piece of wood. Buy a proper hardwood hazel or chicory 👍🇬🇧💪🙏
Linseed oil on a rag will spontaneously combust
Yes. That is true. So always lay flat to dry out and be sure it is not anywhere near a flame source like a gas furnace or gas water heater or anything else that can cause a spark. Good advice. Thanks!
Thanks for the video. I have to laugh though, in Bo and Hanbo training, there is really no emphasis on twirling the stick. It's a great opportunity to drop the stick especially if it made contact with brush or small branches of a tree. I can tell this gentleman has never had formal training in Japan. The only time twirling is good is for show, so leave it to the marching band leaders. A trained Bo staff fighter makes the minimal moves. A wind-up or unneeded twirl gives the opponent a chance to attack when the stick in the arc behind your body. You just showed him when to strike. It is analogous to using a short unannounced jab vs a full round-house swing which one can anticipate. If you are going to show any Japanese martial arts, please learn to pronounce the words correctly...you'll have more credibility. As far as making your own Jo, popler is not dense enough. Go to the section of the box store that sells shovel, axe, and wheelbarrow replacement handles. If you are lucky, they will have a 1 inch hickory handle. Cut it down to 91.5 cm or about 3 feet and you will have an authentic weight Jo. (around 16 to 20 ounces). I too like the oiled finish vs varnish of his commercial stick which was an American interpretation. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for all your feedback. No I haven’t trained Jo or Bo in Japan. The spinning is not Kobudo or appropriate for Jodo or similar styles. That’s correct. I spin first for fun and second for conditioning and strength. I particularly love finger rolls for exercising extensors and flexors in the hand wrist and up to the elbow. It helps a lot with tendinitis and I get a lot of feedback from older followers that it helps to reverse “trigger finger” and other arthritic problems in the hands. Spinning isn’t for fighting though. I practice a blended style of Japanese (or Okinawan), Korean, and Chinese styles. And lately I have been trying to add some spins from Indian (or Tamil) Silambam. I would never advocate spinning as a self defense or combat move - unless it is a fantasy weapon like a double bladed lightsaber and you are being attacked in your imagination or on a movie set. Anyway, everything you say is true. I really don’t care too much about the pronunciation though. I have been in martial arts far too long and seen way too many people who hide behind theory, history, linguistics, etc.. who would have better spent their time training. It’s just the way I am though. It’s not right or wrong, just different. Thanks again for your comment!
@@pasquinilli :
The bo is an Okinawan kubodo item which the Japanese took and created their bojustus from. Note to people SE Asian romanization follows English capitalization: proper nouns of people. places, etc are title case,. otherwise they are not. Jo, bo, karate, etc are non of those so stop title casing every East Asian word!!!
Poplar is weak wood. May get another wood. They break on me. I can live with oak. The best is the root of tree, but you have to find the root. I have made 3. Finish with tung oil.
Oh Ohio boy to huh?up in Youngstown we tried our hands at age 12.someone always left the woods crying.No lesson to learn exept dont get whacked.Be a kid.
Yeah, the moves look cool, but when a bullet comes your stick would be like a chopstick !
I’m pretty good catching bullets with chopsticks