6: Aiki-jo Exercises

Features 6: Aiki-jo Exercises

19 video clips of jo stretching and swinging exercises.
Valuable exercises for improving hip, back, shoulder and wrist flexibility, basic movement and confidence handling the jo.

Excellent preparatory exercises for jo classes.
The video clips can be played in slow motion, single-frame step forward and backward and looped to aid study.
The exercises are as follows:1.
Side stretch2.
Side stretch plus twist3.
Waist rotation4.
Forward and backward bend5.
Legs stretch6.
Shoulders stretch7.
Shoulders stretch plus rotation8.
Single arm swing with hand change9.
Alternate arm swing10.
Alternate arm swing plus swing behind back11.
Alternate arm swing plus swing rotation behind back12.
Alternate arm swing with step13.
Alternate arm swing with reverse (gyaku) step14.
Wrist rotation with hand change15.
Posture change with spin16.
Irimi-tenkan with spin17.
Hip rotation with arm extension18.
Hip rotation with arm extension and step19.
Hip rotation with arm extension and side step