[13.1.2] Tokomini Bunkai Section-13 (Duck, and Thrust)

Information:

This bunkai is not exactly like the techniques shown in the kata, but it is a more practical technique. It is simple and direct. The Bo can be used like a spear. It simply does not have a point. It is even possible that the Bo was a spear with the tip removed because the Okinawans were not allowed to own weapons by the Satsuma clan that governed the Ryukyu Islands. The origin of the Bo is not certain.

Ready Position:

Adversary:

• Strikes horizontally to your head with the rear of the weapon.

Defender:

• Drop to one knee and thrust the tip of your Bo forwards into the adversary’s solar plexus.

Ready Position: