Entries from 2019-01-01 to 1 year
"Today, it is not practical to walk the streets with any of the four weapons just described [sword, saber, staff/pole, spear]. However, a cane or walking stick can easily be adapted to many of the basic techniques of the four traditional w…
Aikido Bo Staff Forms"Broadsword and Singlestick - with Chapters on Quarter-staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking Stick, Umbrella and other Weapons of Self Defense; The Quarter-Staff" By Allanson-Winn, R.G. and C. Phillipps-Wolley. Lo…
CHOOSING THE RIGHT BO STAFFAre you one of the thousands of people in the US and throughout the world who trains in using the rokushakubo, or bo staff? It’s a popular weapon for karate practitioners, and for good reason. Training with a bo …
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 staff to rotate. The power is generated by the back hand pulling the…
Basic Staff Fighting TechniquesThe possibility that the name derives from the way the staff is held, the right hand grasping it one-quarter of the distance from the lower end, is suggested in Encyclopædia Britannica.[4] While this interpre…