a traditional Japanese martial art using a shortened staff: a kind of stick fighting

(intransitive) to walk

conjunctive form of 歩く (aruku) [godan]

blind man

troupe leader

staff, stick, walking stick, cane, stave, strove, rod, wand / something one leans on, a support / a cane used for corporal punishment

a jo: a fighting staff, a little over 4 尺 (shaku, “a traditional unit of measure, about 30 cm or a foot”) long, shorter than a 棒 (bō, “quarterstaff”)

road / path / way / route / course

付く: to stick, to adhere / 着く: to arrive / 突く: to thrust / 吐く: (also はく, haku) to breathe, to tell lies (嘘を吐く, uso wo tsuku), to vomit, to disgorge

柄: handle; design; one's character / 銑: pig iron / 釻: