One Minute Bunkai: Bo Jutsu #1

One Minute Bunkai:  This is the first Bo Jutsu bunkai of this series. The Bo was the master weapon in Okinawan, bigger, longer, badder that the Sai or anything else. It was the equivalent of the Big Gun in any arsenal today. It is capable of incredible destruction of anything it touches. Here we have a movement in a clockwise motion that is usually interpreted as a downward block, in this clip we show it as a trapping or hooking action which follows the same exact path as the kata but it twists and controls the opponent at the point where his lead hand meets his bo. Be aware that the initial strike to the center of his bo between the hands is not a “miss“ of his hands, it is done intentionally to “miss the hands“ because in this example we are not wanting to crush/destroy and/or separate fingers from hand. We are demonstrating a control and disarm scenario, like a police officer would use to subdue a criminal in a civil situation. If it was war or a life and death situation you could hit