Bo – pointed heads

Red oak bo with pointed ends. School of the Long Stick – bo - is called bojitsu. It is an ancient Japanese weapon used in Nihon Kobudo and  Okinawa Kobudo.

Technical details:

long stick – bo in Japan, bong in korea gun in China it has been used in the fight since ancient times. The first model of bo it was called Ishibo and it was made of stone, being very heavy and difficult to make. Another model was quite different, being made of wood and studded with a long iron stick called konsaibo.

Bois also known as rokushakubo (the stick with the length of 6 shaku – approximately 1.8 m).

long stick – bo it was used for self-defense by monks and ordinary people. Long stick techniques have become an integral part of the school Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū the very old school of martial arts that has transmitted its teachings to the present day.

In Okinawa, after the invasion of the Satsuma clan, weapons were banned, so different agricultural tools began to be used for self-defense. long stick – boevolved from tenbin a stick that was used as a cradle, for carrying weights on the back or on the shoulders, hanging them on the ends and keeping them in balance.

The most common model is the one with a round section (maru-bo). There are also long sticks with a square section (kaku-bo), hexagonal – six edges – (rokkaku-bo) or octagonal - eight edges (hakkaku-bo).

BoThe one we offer is of very good quality and can be used in kata training and competitions. The guarantee refers to its use for performing techniques, not for direct contact with other sticks.

This model with pointed ends is a variant of boof the From the center - towards the ends - the thickness decreases gradually from 2.5 - 3 cm to approximately 2 cm.

The techniques performed with this type of stick make it easier to block and counterattack.

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