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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.  London : George Bell & Sons. 1st edition, 1898.  

Bo Staff Techniques Martial Arts Weapons

Traditional Ba Gua Staff with Applications.  Taught by Shifu Jiang Jian-ye.  120 minute VHS videotape.  A 19 movement form in the Ba Gua Zhang style, created by Professor Jiang Zhou Chu.  Produced by Shifu  Jiang Jian-ye of the Capital District Tai Chi and Kung Fu Association of New York,  29 West Dillenbeck Drive, Albany, NY 12203.  Website: Jiang's Tai Chi Videos.  

Traditional Eight Immortals Taijiquan Cane, Routine One, Based on the Yang Style of Taijiquan.  As taught by Master Jesse Tsao.  This series of documents was prepared by Michael Garofalo, M.S., for students studying the Eight Immortals Taijiquan Cane at the Valley Spirit Taijiquan Center, in Red Bluff, California. 

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The ivory chain hanging on the staff Is the Chain-of-Regard between Guru and disciple. The set of bells symbolizes My widespread reputation; The woolen cords of read and white, That my disciples will be numerous.  

Traditional Aikido of Santa Rosa.  Bo and Jo katas, one person and two person, are part of the training program at this dojo. "O-Sensei, the founder of Aikido, was skillful with both sword and staff, frequently demonstrating the same movements to be effective even while empty-handed." The Bo is a stave, about 7' feet long.  A Bo Kata is a formal standardized exercise with the Bo.  Bojutsu means the techniques of using the Bo.