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	Shinto Muso-ryu Jo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It was founded in the early 17th century by Muso Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi, an exponent of Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu.
		Shinto Muso-ryu oral tradition maintains that Gonnosuke once fought Miyamoto Musashi, one of the most famous swordsmen of the time, with a staff (bo) in a training match and was defeated by Musashi’s cross-block (jujidome) technique.
		According to legend, Gonnosuke was dissatisfied with this outcome and retired to Mt. Homan, in what is now Fukuoka Prefecture, in Kyushu, where he engaged in a series of religious austerities, all the while contemplating the reasons for his defeat.
	shinto-muso-ryu.org (580 words)

	Jojutsu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However the art was not used, as one might fancifully imagine, by travelers to ward off aggressive bandits or swordsmen, but was the province of professional warriors.
		Jojutsu is reputed to have been invented by the great swordsman Muso Gonnosuke about 400 years ago, after a bout won by the legendary Miyamoto Musashi.
		According to this tradition, Gonnosuke challenged Musashi using a bo, or long staff, a weapon he was said to wield with great skill.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jojutsu (429 words)

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		As a consequence of Gonnosuke's defeat, the story goes, he withdrew to an Inn and dreamed of a return bout using the limb of a specific tree cut to a specific length.
		After subsequent refinement and development of this art, Gonnosuke became the teacher of the Kuroda clan, and "Jojutsu" (the fighting way with the stick) became one of the most secretive arts of the period.
		Gonnosuke is said to have combined kenjutsu (swordsmanship), the art of the yari (spear) and naginata (halberd) into Shindo Muso Ryu Jojutsu.
	www.aikiconcepts.org /display.asp?id=5 (694 words)

	Muso Shindo-Ryu Jodo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Muso Shindo-Ryu, or The Heavenly Way of Muso's staff was developed by Muso Gonnosuke and was developed specifically for use against the sword.
		Gonnosuke was armed with an odachi (a long sword), a two layer overcoat with sleeves, and a haori with a large rising sun.
		Muso Gonnosuke, profoundly changed by his encounter with Musashi and by a divine vision atop Mount Homan, had created a pre-eminent staff art.
	web.utk.edu /~twoskies/muso.html (767 words)

	Success Forums - View Single Post - Principles of Swordsmanship in self-defense
		The duel was fought in Akashi province, Muso used a new innovation he created called a 'Jo' which is a stick about 4' in length; longer than a sword, shorter than a spear, good to get advantage on both.
		Masashi met Muso, a 6 foot warrior who was wearing a 2 layer overcoat and an haori (vest) with a rising sun crest.
		Muso was accompanied by 6 students and rudely challenged Musashi, who made attempts to decline.
	www.success.org /discuss/showpost.php?p=1570&postcount=4 (363 words)

	jodo
		Gonnosuke was a warrior who had trained in several schools of bujutsu, receiving teaching licenses after having been taught their inner secrets (hiden).
		Gonnosuke was also a Shinto priest and had extensive training and experience in bojutsu, or the use of the long staff (Bo).
		This time Gonnosuke emerged as the victor, gaining renown as the only individual to defeat the great "Sword Saint." As what a reasonable man could describe as a professional courtesy, he returned Musashi's earlier favor and this time it was he who allowed Mushashi to live.
	www.newbudo.com /jodo.htm (1002 words)

	Chendokan Schools of Aikido
		In the early 1600's, a Samurai named Muso Gonnosuke meditated in the mountains after his first and only defeat, at the hands of Japan's greatest swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.
		The result of Muso's meditation was a "divine insight" that led him to develop a shorter staff and a style of fighting with it.
		Muso's impressive success with the Jo is in part the result of the nature of the weapon.
	www.chendokanaikido.com /pages/jo.html (493 words)

	Jikishin-Kai: Shindo Muso-Ryu Jodo
		Shindo Muso Ryu Jo-Jutsu was created by Muso Gonnosuke, after suffering defeat in a duel against the famed swordsman Miyamoto Musashi.
		Gonnosuke also created a system of five secret methods (hiden gyo-i) that incorporated all the techniques of his new jo style.
		Muso Gonnosuke, profoundly changed by his encounter with Musashi and by the divine vision atop Mount Homan, had created a preeminent staff art, the Shindo Muso Ryu jojutsu.
	www.jikishin-kai.com /jodo.htm (1113 words)

	Cool Spaghetti! Yo.
		Muso Gonnosuke is another example of a warrior genius in the same mould as Musashi.
		Gonnosuke met Musashi in 1605, suppposedly in Akashi in Harima province.
		Gonnosuke pulled out a four-shaku (a shaku is roughly equivalent to an English foot) wooden sword from a brocade bag.
	www.geocities.com /georgemccall/duels.html (1920 words)

	Muso Gonnosuke and the Shinto Muso-ryu Jo
		Muso Gonnosuke and the Shinto Muso-ryu Jo Muso Gonnosuke and the Shinto Muso-ryu Jo by Wayne Muromoto
		Gonnosuke's jo, if measured by the width of his outstretched hands held out to his sides, must have been a bit longer than the standard jo used nowadays.
		Muso Gonnosuke, profoundly changed by his encounter with Musashi and by the divine vision atop Mount Homan, had created a preeminent staff art, the Shinto (or Shindo) Muso-ryu jojutsu.
	www.koryubooks.com /library/wmuromoto1.html (3211 words)

	Jo: The Combat Weapon of Japan and Okinawa
		This master, Gonnosuke Muso, had trained in Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu and Kashima Shin Ryu, and was involved in a Musha Shugyo, a warrior's journey of austere training.
		Muso is reported to have stood helpless with the shattered weapon in his hand.
		Muso then asked Musashi for a rematch and with the versatility of this weapon defeated the swordsmaster in equal combat.
	kempo.4mg.com /articles/jo.htm (1531 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Muso Gonnosuke was a master of the Bo staff (a six-foot pole) and famous throughout Japan.
		At one point Muso Gonnosuke struck downwards with his bo staff which was immediately caught in the cross block of Musashi's two swords (fighting with two swords had become Musashi's hallmark).
		Muso Gonnosuke left the field happy to be alive yet annoyed that he had lost for the first time in his life.
	www.finding.freeserve.co.uk /stick_vs_sword.htm (615 words)

	Shingen Academy of Martial Arts : Jodo
		Gonnosuke knew he had met his match when he found he could not escape from Musashi's Jujidome technique.
		Gonnosuke went on to develop techniques for his stick based on his previous experience with a variety of older weapons.
		Muso Gonnosuke's growing reputation brought him to the attention of the Kuroda Clan in Fukuoka, and he was retained to instruct Jojutsu to the warriors under its control.
	www.shingen.com.au /jodo.html (578 words)

	jodo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Legend has it that Muso Gonnosuke invented the first set of forms for using a jo (a wooden staff of approximately 4-foot length) in order to defeat the famous swordsman Miamoto Musashi.
		Musashi had beaten Gonnosuke in a sword duel and uncharacteristically spared his life, enabling the latter to return sometime later and repay the compliment, courtesy of his jo technique.
		"Muso" means "dream", as Gonnosuke had the techniques revealed to him in one, after meditating.
	www.hagakureiaidojo.co.uk /jodo.htm (154 words)

	Journal of Non-lethal Combatives: ZNKR Jodo history, Taylor
		Muso was accompanied by six students and rather rudely challenged Musashi who tried to decline the challenge.
		Muso took employment with this lord and remained in the fief's employ until his death.
		"Muso Gonnosuke and the Shinto Muso-ryu Jo," Furyu, 1:2 (1994), 14-19.
	ejmas.com /jnc/jncart_taylor_0900.htm (3279 words)

	Jodo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This koryu or old tradition, which includes a variety of weapons (jo, ken, kodachi, nito, tanjo, jutte, tessen, kusarigami,...) was founded around the end of the 16th century by Muso Gonnosuke (Katsuyoshi), a student of Katori Shinto Ryu and Jikishinkage Ryu.
		Unfortunately for this interesting story, two of the oldest accounts of the meeting between Muso Gonnosuke and Miyamoto Musashi have Gonnosuke attacking with a wooden sword, not a staff, and Musashi defending himself, not with two swords, but with a short twig he was carving into a toy bow at the time.
		Gonnosuke is said to have combined swordsmanship and the art of the yari and naginata into Shindo Muso Ryu Jojutsu.
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Pagoda/8187/Jodo.htm (2180 words)

	jojutsu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The jo staff is usually about 3 to 5 feet long, about the average length of a walking stick (providing an effective self-defense for travelers?) Jojutsu is reputed to have been invented by the great swordsman Muso Gonnosuke about 400 years ago, after a bout with wooden swords won by the legendary Miyamoto Musashi.
		According to this tradition Gonnosuke withdrew to a Shinto shrine and after a period of purification, meditation, and training with the staff, created the art of the jo, blending techniques of spearfighting and swordsmanship with those of other, minor methods of combat.
		The modern study of the jo, known as jodo (way of the stick), usually leads to other arts and weapons, such as the short staff (tanjo), the chained sickle (kusarigama), as well as the police truncheon (jutte).
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /jojutsu.html (254 words)

	Martial Arts Weapons: Jojutsu - Jojutsu: The "Art of the Stick"
		Gonnosuke had mastered the use of many different weapons, in particular he was very skilled with the staff, he had studied the Bo in depth, first with Katori Ryu and then with Kashima Ryu.
		It was Muso's belief that the shorter stick would allow him to get closer to the opponent and to more accurately strike vital points of the body, his system was based on twelve basic techniques, and he named this new art Jojutsu.
		Muso Gonnosuke later founded a style of Jojutsu called Shindo Muso Ryu Jojutsu around 1603, within time there was reportedly around seventy seven Ryu's (schools) either devoted to, or including the Jo in their style.
	www.fighttimes.com /articles/martial-arts-weapons/jojutsu.htm (991 words)

	British Kendo Association (BKA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gonnosuke studied the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu school of Iaido under Sakurai Ohsumi No Kami Yoshikatsu, then he studied the Kashima Jikishinkage Ryu, like other Samurai of his time he engaged in various duels throughout Japan to test his skills, until he faced Miyamoto Musashi (the author of the book of five rings).
		After this Gonnosuke was summoned to the Kuroda clan (Fukuoka) where he became revered as a teacher.
		The founder of Shinto Muso Ryu Jodo became known as Muso Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi.
	www.kendo.org.uk /jodo.shtml (636 words)

	Swords and Cues - Swords, Armor, Historical Weapons, Medieval Clothing, Knives, Pool Cues - Musashi Miyamoto Katana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gonnosuke was armed with an odachi (a long sword), a two layer overcoat with sleeves, and a haori with a large hi no maru (rising sun).
		On his lapels were written: "The best martial artist in the land" (heiho tenka ichi), and "Nihon Kaizan Muso Gonnosuke."...Gonnosuke was surrounded by about six deshi followers who accompanied him on a journey to Kyushu.
		Do what you will, with any technique." Gonnosuke pulled out a four-shaku (a shaku is roughly equivalent to an English foot) wooden sword from a brocade bag.
	tyankee.powerfulhosting.com /prod.itml/icOid/825 (419 words)

	Shindo Muso Ryu Jo-Do (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Muso Sensei became an extremely competent fighter, well versed in the employment of numerous weapons, although he was particularly fond of the bo staff.
		Muso Sensei's rigorous efforts combined with the divine message from the dream led him to fashion a weapon similar to bo, but shorter, lighter, and with a smaller diameter.
		Muso Sensei devised a series of techniques with the Jo, borrowing from those associated with the sword, spear and naginata.
	www.chintokan.com /budo_jo.htm (664 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gonnosuke had already trained and gained mastery in several of the most formidable sword schools of the day.
		Isshin Ryu Kusarigama-jutsu (sickle and chain) was incorporated because Gonnosuke was an expert with the kusarigama, a weapon said to be originated by Nen Ami Gion around 1408.
		A portrait of the famous Kenshi, Miyamoto, Musashi defeated by Shindo Muso Ryu Jojutsu founder Muso, Gonnosuke.
	www.jodo.com /history.htm (987 words)

	Jodo - United States, New York, Jojutsu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Legend tells us that Jojutsu was formed almost 400 years ago, as a result of a duel between the famous swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, and the founder of Jojutsu, Muso Gonnosuke.
		Gonnosuke was a swordsman of the Shinto ryu, and was participating in 'musha shugyo.' This involved traveling around Japan studying various martial arts and engaging in duels in an effort to improve his technique.
		Shindo Muso ryu and seitei jodo are what we continue to study at the Kobukan dojo today.
	www.kobujodokai-usa.org /jodo.html (369 words)

	Black Belt Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The jo is a mid-length stick purportedly created after Muso Gonnosuke had a vision that directed him to shorten his 6-foot-long staff.
		Muso retreated to a mountaintop in Kyushu, where he trained furiously and meditated on his art and his loss.
		In shindo muso ryu, one trainee is armed with a stick and the other wields a bokken, or wooden practice sword.
	www.blackbeltmag.com /document_display.cfm?document_id=274 (1038 words)

	Histrory of the Shintô Musô Ryû Jô (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He incorporated the thrusting movements of the spear (Yari or Sôjutsu), the sweeping movements of the halberd (Naginata or Naginatajutsu), and the striking movements of the staff (Bô or Bôjutsu) and the sword (Tachi or Kenjutsu).
		The legend says that Gonnosuke went back to confront Musashi again and emerged victorious, overcoming Jujidome and inflicting the only defeat ever said to have been suffered by the legendary Musashi.
		Musô Gonnosuke’s growing reputation brought him to the attention of the Kuroda Clan in Fukuoka, and he was retained to instruct Jôjutsu to the warriors under its control.
	www.fej.ch /anglais/ehisto_p.html (1667 words)

	Shinto Muso-ryu Jo
		Gonnosuke studied the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu under Sakurai Ohsumi No Kami Yoshikatsu, then he studied the Kashima Jikishinkage-ryu, learning its secret method called the "ichi no tachi" (2).
		In actuality, it is probable that Musashi beat Gonnosuke by using his special two-swords technique (nito), trapping Gonnosuke's weapon in an x-block, or juji dome, with his long and short swords (4).
		Gonnosuke also created a system of five secret methods (hiden gyo-i) that incorporated all the techniques of his new jo style (6).
	www.furyu.com /archives/issue2/Muso.html (3214 words)

	Shelby: Budo - Jodo
		The Shindo Muso Ryu is a koryu (old school) system, which was founded just after the turn of the sixteenth century.
		The main concern of the Shindo Muso Ryu is to teach how to use the jo against a sword-wielding attacker.
		Muso Gonnosuke had a licence from the latter ryu.
	www.shelby.at /budo/jointro.html (861 words)

	Jojutsu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The jo staff is usually about 3 to 5 feet long, about the average length of awalking stick (providing an effective self-defense for travelers?) Jojutsu is reputed to have been invented by the greatswordsman Muso Gonnosuke about 400 years ago, after a bout with wooden swords won by the legendary Miyamoto Musashi.
		According to this tradition Gonnosuke withdrew to a Shinto shrine and after a period of purification, meditation, and training with the staff, created the art of thejo, blending techniques of spearfighting and swordsmanship with those of other, minor methods of combat.
		The modern study of the jo, known as jodo (way of the stick), usually leads to other arts and weapons, such as theshort staff (tanjo), the chained sickle (kusarigama), as well as the police truncheon (jutte).
	www.therfcc.org /jojutsu-90226.html (201 words)

	Renseikan Dojo Jodo History Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Muso Gonnosuke was the founder of this efficient style of jojutsu called Shindo Muso Ryu.
		The jo was streamlined by Muso for greater efficiency in close combat.
		In the early 1600's, Japan's most famous swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi, suffered his one time defeat at the hands of Muso Gonnosuke's jo techniques.
	www.renseikan.com /BriefJodoHistory.html (209 words)

	SMRJodo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tradition says that Muso Gonnusuke Katsuyoshi mastered the secrets of Tenshinshoden-Katorishinto-Ryu and Kashima-Shin-Ryu under Master Matsumoto Bizennokami: he was so skilled that was never defeated in numerous maches with famous swordmen.
		Since then Gonnosuke had an errantry life, visiting various places to have matches and devoted himself to the conquest of Musashi's Niten-Ichi-Ryu Jujidome.
		Later Gonnosuke was engaged as a master in the Kuroda Clan (Fukuoka) and trained several instructors: Jodo war handed down as a Martial Art which was not allowed to be taken out from the clan.
	www.seibukanbudo.org /english/jodoeng.htm (547 words)

	Hokushin Shinoh Ryu Iai-Do - Ohgokai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The founder, Muso Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi was a student of a 7th generation master of Tenjin Shoden.
		Later Gonnosuke concluded that swords hurt people but sticks could not.
		Gonnosuke also combined swordsmanship and the art of the spear, halberd and completed Shindo Musoryu Jojutsu.
	txc.net.au /~hokushin/shindomu.htm (381 words)

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