Taiho-Jutsu. Don Cunningham

’s Number One Boss

       Edo-period justice

       Penalties and punishments

       CHAPTER 3 Civil authority and policing

       The highest ranks

       The sh

gun’s spies:

-metsuke and metsuke

       Machi-bugy

-sh

: the town magistrate’s office

       Yoriki

       D

shin

       Criminal investigations

       Hitsuke t

zoku aratame-kata

       Komono

       Goy

kiki

       Okappiki

       Yomawari

       Guard houses and police stations

       Patrolling the countryside

       Feudal police in popular entertainment

       CHAPTER 4 Arrests and arresting implements

       Kusurigama

       Manriki-kusari

       Jutte

       Parts of the jutte

       Symbols of official authority

       Tassel and cord colors

       Terms for jutte

       Origins of the jutte

       Hachiwari

       Sai

       Chinese influences

       Hana-neji

       Jittetri-ryu

       Jutte after the feudal era

       Hibuki

       Tessen

       Yawara-b

       Metsubushi

       Hojo-jutsu (restraining arts)

       Torinawa (arresting ropes)

       CHAPTER 5 Long arms of the law

       Yori-b

(wooden staff)

       J

(short staff)

       Hanb

(walking stick)

       Torimono sand

gu (three tools of arresting)

       Sodegarami (sleeve entangler)

       Sasumata (spear fork)

       Tsukub

(push pole)

       Modern police pole-arms

       CHAPTER 6 Arts and practice of taiho-jutsu

       Wearing a jutte

       Gripping the jutte

       Kamae (stance)

       CHAPTER 7 Defensive techniques

       Parrying techniques

       CHAPTER 8 Offensive techniques

       Striking techniques

       Throwing techniques

       CHAPTER 9 Arrest and restraining techniques

       Control techniques

       Disarming techniques

       Strangulation techniques

       Endnotes

       Terms

       Bibliography

       Index

       About Author

       Preface

      After publication of my first book, Secret Weapons of Jujutsu, I discovered that my readers shared a wide variety of interests in Japanese culture and history. I received numerous questions, comments, and even additional tidbits of information from hundreds of martial arts practitioners, historical re-enactors, chambara fans, and Japanese sword and armor collectors. Many are genuinely interested in learning about and preserving historical traditions from the Edo period. During our discussions and correspondence, though, I was surprised by how many also seem to share a somewhat distorted view of the people and lifestyles of this era. The samurai is often viewed as a chivalrous knight-errant, strictly adhering to a well-defined code of conduct. If considered much at all, commoners are often viewed as subservient, meekly deferring in their submissiveness to the samurai elite.

      I decided to begin a new book, this time focusing on Edo-period arresting arts and implements and including new information gleaned from my ongoing investigations. I also wanted to discuss many of the social and political influences that impacted all classes of the Japanese feudal society.

      About this time, I obtained a copy of the out-of-print book Jutte Torinawa