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ABOUT THIS BOOK

The aikido practitioner uses the wooden weapons for personal, social, and spiritual development as well as to defeat an enemy and protect loved ones. Aikido techniques that use the wooden weapons illustrate basic and advanced aikido technical tactics as well as sequential and conceptual strategies and skills.

This book focuses on the wooden ken, jo, and tanto. These weapons are usually made of red (less expensive) or white oak because it will not crack, crush, or splinter on impact with other weapons. Your wooden weapon should have a straight tight grain, be properly seasoned, and be without warp.

The ken is traditionally forty-one inches in length and of varied weights, according to individual preference. The jo is traditionally between fifty and one-half inches and fifty-four inches in length, but can be as long as fiftysix inches. It is one-half inch to one inch in diameter and of varied weights, according to individual preference. The practical rule for jo length is from the ground to the armpit.