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LEARN TO SPAR THREE SYTEMS SINGLE & DOUBLE Master Carl will teach you how to effectively use both a single staff and then a double. Showing you the techniques and philosophy to enable you to become a graceful and dynamic staff practitioner KEY POINTS You will be taught forms that demonstrate flashy techniques, however the main emphasis is on free sparring. Learning the moves to deal with attacks from any angle and swiftly counter  with a technique. You can learn staff for Freestyle Pak Mei, Freestyle Kung Fu, Freestyle Choy Lee Fut Single & Double  Bo Staff Learn Freestyle Choy Lee Fut staff Learn Freestyle Kung Fu staff Sparring & Forms Learn Freestyle Pak Mei Staff
Aikido Bo Staff Techniques

"Basho said to his disciple: "When you have a staff, I will give it to you. If you have no staff, I will take it away from you."  Mumon's comment: When there is no bridge over the creek the staff will help me. When I return home on a moonless night the staff will accompany me. But if you call this a staff, you will enter hell like an arrow.

Aikido Bo Staff Techniques

Goju-Shorei Weapons System, Video 2.  Purple and Green Ranks.  Instructional VHS, 40 minutes.  With the Progressive Strike Zones, the student will add cane to cane contact to the learning process.  Two katas and 20 techniques round out this videotape."  

Aikido Bo Staff Techniques

The Correct Length for a Jo Stave.  Mokuren Dojo Blog.  "The story goes that Muso Gonnosuke, founder of jojutsu, received a vision from god during a prolonged fast at a temple.  God apparently told Muso that he would be able to beat Musashi if he would use a stick of certain dimensions.  The magical dimensions translate into metric as about 128cm long or into English as about 51 inches long.  Serious, fanatical jojutsu guys are typically sticklers for this 128cm standard.  There is no flexibility in the standard for smaller or larger participants. I am not a koryu snob.  I am more of the ideal of making jodo my own thing - taking ownership of the art - and I say that the standard is not magic.  It seems to me that you need a jo to be short enough that you can palm both ends and move your shoulders through a wide range, and 6-8 inches longer than a normal 40-42 inch bokken. That seems to put the natural length of the jo between about 46" and 52".