
By the time Sugano Shihan arrived in Australia in the mid 1960s, he was already an accomplished user of the jo, or wooden staff. A video clip from the time shows his movements with the jo to be fluid and co-ordinated. For Sugano Shihan, practice with the jo was not a matter of 'stick-fighting', but an opportunity to develop full co-ordination of mind, body and intent.
His jo work was also always purposeful. He disapproved of what he described as "dancing with the jo".
In this Youtube clip
