Weapons
Weapons are used in Aikido, building on the fundamental techniques practised and learned without weapons.
Defenses against weapons are taught, both when the defender also has a weapon, and when they are "empty handed". These include:- - Tanto (knife)
- Bokken (sword, pictured below)
- Jo (staff)
Class extending their bokkens
Be very aware of the bokken!
Bokken technique, ending in capture of the bokken and throwing the attacker
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