Genius with a Stick by Donn F. Draeger

By Donn Draeger
Strength and Health Magazine
March 1962 
 Takaji Shimizu “world’s outstanding Exponent and teacher of Bojutsu
Summarized by Rick:

Donn Draeger & Shimizu Sensei

• Use of resistance exercises of a weight nature which are important to the core of efficiency in Bojutsu
• These resistance exercises were being performed long before the United States of America was born.
• “…little indication that this gentleman is the most skilled and respected stick fighting expert known to the world”
• “Bojutsu or Jodo ias it is sometimes referred to, is a system of defense and attack against armed or unarmed assailants…”
• “Master Shimizu explains that Bojutsu training follows along traditional lines in which the student is expected to impose a lifetime of discipline voluntarily. By using the high repetition method, the mechanical process initially, is transformed into a reflex-action technique.”
• “One of his (Shimizu) desires is for the art of Bojutsu to be transplanted hororably to the West”