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For other uses, see Bo.
A bō is usually around 1.8 metres in length and wielded with both hands due to its weight and size.
A bō is usually around 1. 8 metres in length and wielded with both hands due to its weight and size.

A bō (棒: ぼう) or kon, is a long staff, usually made of tapered hard wood, for example white oak, bamboo and in some cases for training purposes, rotan. For other uses of the word staff see Staff. A staff is a large thick Stick or stick-shaped object used to help with Walking Bamboo is a group of Woody perennial Evergreen Plants in the True grass family Poaceae, subfamily Sometimes it is made of metal or plated with metal for extra strength; also, a full-size bō is sometimes called a rokushakubō (六尺棒: ろくしゃくぼう). This name derives from the Japanese words roku (六: ろく), meaning "six"; shaku (尺: しゃく); a Japanese measurement equivalent to 30. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities The shaku (尺 is an archaic Japanese unit of Length, approximately equal to the foot. 3 centimeters (0. 994 foot); and bō. Thus, rokushakubō refers to a staff about 6-shaku (1. 82 m; 5. 96 feet) long. The bō is typically 3 cm (1. 2 inch) thick , sometimes gradually tapering from the middle to 2 cm (0. 8 inch)at both ends. This thickness allows the user to make a tight fist around it in order to block and counter an attack. The most common shape, maru-bo, is a round staff, while kaku-bo (four-sided staff), rokkaku-bo (six-sided staff), hakkaku-bo (eight-sided staff) also exist. [1] Other types of bō range from heavy to light, from rigid to highly flexible, and from simply a piece of wood picked up off the side of the road to ornately decorated works of art. Wood is hard fibrous lignified structural tissue produced as secondary Xylem in the stems of Woody plants notably trees but also shrubs Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual

The Japanese martial art of wielding the bō is bōjutsu. Japanese martial arts refers to the enormous variety of Martial arts native to Japan. translated from Japanese as "staff technique" is the Martial art of using a staff Weapon called Bō which simply means "staff" The basis of bo technique is te, or hand, techniques derived from kung fu and other martial arts that reached Okinawa via trade and Chinese monks. Thrusting, swinging, and striking techniques often resemble empty-hand movements, following the philosophy that the bō is merely an "extension of one’s limbs". [2] As in Okinawa-te, attacks are often avoided by agile footwork and returning strikes made at the enemy’s weak points. [2]

The bō is typically gripped in thirds, and when held horizontally in front, the right palm is facing away from the body and the left hand is facing the body, enabling the bō to rotate. The power is generated by the back hand pulling the bō, while the front hand is used for guidance. When striking, the wrist is twisted, as if turning the hand over when punching. [3] Bō technique includes a wide variety of blocks, strikes, sweeps, and entrapments. The bō may even be used to sweep sand into an opponent’s eyes.

The earliest form of the bō, a staff, has been used throughout Asia since the beginning of recorded history. [4] Used for self defense by monks or commoners, the staff was an integral part of the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu, one of the martial arts’ oldest surviving styles. The staff evolved into the bō with the foundation of kobudo, a martial art using weapons, which emerged in Okinawa in the early 1600s.

Prior to the 1400s, Okinawa, a small island located south of Japan, was divided into three kingdoms: Chuzan, Hokuzan, and Nanzan. is one of Japan 's southern prefectures, and consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1000 km long which extends southwest from Kyūshū After much political turmoil, Okinawa was united under the Sho Dynasty in 1429. In 1477, Emperor Sho Shin of the second Sho dynasty came into power. Determined to enforce his philosophical and ethical ideas, while banning feudalism, the emperor instituted a ban on weapons. It became a crime to carry or own weapons such as swords, in an attempt to prevent further turmoil and prevent uprising. [4]

In 1609, the temporary peace established by Sho Shin was violently overthrown when the powerful Satsuma Clan invaded Okinawa. Composed of Japanese samurai, the Satsuma Clan took over the island, making Okinawan independence a thing of the past. The Satsuma placed a new weapons ban on the people of Okinawa, leaving them defenseless against the steel of the samurai’s swords. In an effort attempt to protect themselves from the devastating forces of the Satsuma, the people of Okinawa looked to simple farming implements, which the samurai would not be able to confiscate, as new methods of defense. This use of weapons developed into kobudo, or "ancient martial art," as we know it today. Okinawan kobudō (古武道 also known as Ryūkyū Kobujutsu Koryū, or just as Kobudō is a Japanese term that can be translated as " old martial [4]

Although the bō is now used as a weapon, its use is believed by some to have evolved from non-combative uses. The bō-staff is thought to have been used to balance buckets or baskets. Typically, one would carry baskets of harvested crops or buckets of water or milk or fish, one at each end of the bō, that is balanced across the middle of the back at the shoulder blades. In poorer agrarian economies, the bō remains a traditional farm work implement. In styles such as Yamanni-ryū or Kenshin-ryū, many of the strikes are the same as those used for yari ("spear") or naginata ("glaive"). Yamanni Ryu (山根流 (also Yamanni-Chinen Ryu is a form of Okinawan kobudo whose main weapon is the bo, a non-tapered cylindrical staff Yari (槍 is the Japanese term for Spear, or more specifically the straight-headed spear Naginata (なぎなた 薙刀 is a Pole weapon that was traditionally used in Japan by members of the Samurai class There are stick fighting techniques native to just about every country on every continent.

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  1. ^ Weapons Kobudo
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translated from Japanese as "staff technique" is the Martial art of using a staff Weapon called Bō which simply means "staff" is a Japanese term describing Martial arts. In English it is used almost exclusively in reference to Japanese martial arts. The Chinese word Gun ( refers to a long Chinese staff Weapon used in Chinese martial arts. The hanbō (半棒 lit "half-staff" is a Quarterstaff used in Martial arts Traditionally the hanbō was three Shaku A is an approximately 1276 m (418 foot) long Wooden staff, used in some Japanese martial arts. The following is a partial list of Martial arts weapons. Bow and Arrow Crossbow Longbow Okinawan kobudō (古武道 also known as Ryūkyū Kobujutsu Koryū, or just as Kobudō is a Japanese term that can be translated as " old martial Okinawan kobudō (古武道 also known as Ryūkyū Kobujutsu Koryū, or just as Kobudō is a Japanese term that can be translated as " old martial A quarterstaff is a medieval English Weapon, consisting of a shaft of hardwood, sometimes with metal-reinforced tips Stick fighting is a generic term for Martial arts which utilize simple long slender blunt hand-held generally wooden 'sticks' for fighting such as a staff cane walking stick The tambo (also romanized as tanbo) is a Martial arts Weapon. is a short Japanese walking stick also known as tambō. It is used as a weapon of self-defence in the martial art Tanjōjutsu. The ( metallic staff) is an Iron or Steel staff used in feudal Japan as a Weapon. The yubi-bo was a variation of the larger bo staff and han-bo
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