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

every week; weekly

practice (learning or improvement of a skill)

practice

a grandfather

participation, commitment

to participate, to join, to enter

road / path / way / route / course

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”)