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Bō

Index Bō

A, pong (Korean), pang (Cantonese), bang (Mandarin), or kun (Okinawan) is a staff weapon used in Okinawa. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 40 relations: Arnis, Bamboo, Bōjutsu, Black Belt (magazine), Budō, Chinese martial arts, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Gambit (Marvel Comics), Gun (staff), Hanbō, Jade (Mortal Kombat), Japanese language, Japanese martial arts, Jō, Kanabō, Karate, Kobudō, List of martial arts weapons, Michael Chaturantabut, Naginata, Nami (One Piece), Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawan kobudō, Okinawan martial arts, Quarterstaff, Rattan, Ruyi Jingu Bang, Satsuma Domain, Shaku (unit), Shimazu clan, Stick-fighting, Tahtib, Tanbō, Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū, Varnish, Wood, Wood stain, Yamanni ryu, Yari, Yawara.

  2. Samurai staff weapons
  3. Staff weapons of Japan
  4. Weapons of Okinawa

Arnis

Arnis, also known as kali or eskrima/escrima, is the national martial art of the Philippines.

See Bō and Arnis

Bamboo

Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae.

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Bōjutsu

() is the martial art of stick fighting using a bō, which is the Japanese word for staff.

See Bō and Bōjutsu

Black Belt (magazine)

Black Belt is an American magazine covering martial arts and combat sports.

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Budō

is a Japanese term describing modern Japanese martial arts. Bō and Budō are Japanese martial arts terminology.

See Bō and Budō

Chinese martial arts

Chinese martial arts, commonly referred to with umbrella terms kung fu, kuoshu or wushu, are multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China.

See Bō and Chinese martial arts

Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Donatello, nicknamed Don or Donnie/Donny, is a superhero and one of the four main characters of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media.

See Bō and Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Gambit (Marvel Comics)

Gambit (Remy Etienne LeBeau) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men.

See Bō and Gambit (Marvel Comics)

Gun (staff)

A gun (pronunciation, English approximation) or bang is a long Chinese staff weapon used in Chinese martial arts.

See Bō and Gun (staff)

Hanbō

The hanbō (半棒, "half-staff") is a staff used in martial arts. Bō and hanbō are samurai staff weapons and staff weapons of Japan.

See Bō and Hanbō

Jade (Mortal Kombat)

Jade is a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios.

See Bō and Jade (Mortal Kombat)

Japanese language

is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.

See Bō and Japanese language

Japanese martial arts

Japanese martial arts refers to the variety of martial arts native to the country of Japan.

See Bō and Japanese martial arts

Jō

A is an approximately wooden staff, used in some Japanese martial arts. Bō and Jō are samurai staff weapons and staff weapons of Japan.

See Bō and Jō

Kanabō

The (literally "metal stick" or "metal club") is a spiked or studded two-handed war club used in feudal Japan by samurai.

See Bō and Kanabō

Karate

(Okinawan pronunciation), also, is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

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Kobudō

is a collective term for Japanese traditional techniques for the use of armour, blades, firearms, and techniques related to combat and horse riding. Bō and Kobudō are Japanese martial arts terminology.

See Bō and Kobudō

List of martial arts weapons

Weapons used in the world's martial arts can be classified either by type of weapon or by the martial arts school using them.

See Bō and List of martial arts weapons

Michael Chaturantabut

Michael Chaturantabut (born April 30, 1975) is a Thai American actor, martial artist and stuntman, best known for his role as Chad Lee, the Blue Ranger in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue.

See Bō and Michael Chaturantabut

Naginata

The naginata is a polearm and one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades (nihontō).

See Bō and Naginata

Nami (One Piece)

, also known as "Cat Burglar" Nami, is a fictional character in the One Piece franchise created by Eiichiro Oda.

See Bō and Nami (One Piece)

Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan.

See Bō and Okinawa Prefecture

Okinawan kobudō

, literally "old martial way of Okinawa", is the weapon systems of Okinawan martial arts.

See Bō and Okinawan kobudō

Okinawan martial arts

Okinawan martial arts refers to the martial arts, such as karate, tegumi and kobudō, which originated among the indigenous people of Okinawa Island.

See Bō and Okinawan martial arts

Quarterstaff

A quarterstaff (plural quarterstaffs or quarterstaves), also short staff or simply staff is a traditional European polearm, which was especially prominent in England during the Early Modern period.

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Rattan

Rattan, also spelled ratan (from Malay: rotan), is the name for roughly 600 species of Old World climbing palms belonging to subfamily Calamoideae.

See Bō and Rattan

Ruyi Jingu Bang

Ruyi Jingu Bang, or simply Ruyi Bang or Jingu Bang, is the poetic name of a magical staff wielded by the immortal monkey Sun Wukong in the 16th-century classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.

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Satsuma Domain

The, briefly known as the, was a domain (han) of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1602 to 1871.

See Bō and Satsuma Domain

Shaku (unit)

or Japanese foot is a Japanese unit of length derived (but varying) from the Chinese, originally based upon the distance measured by a human hand from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger (compare span).

See Bō and Shaku (unit)

Shimazu clan

The were the daimyō of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan.

See Bō and Shimazu clan

Stick-fighting

Stick-fighting, stickfighting, or stick fighting, is a variety of martial arts which use simple long, slender, blunt, hand-held, generally wooden "sticks" for fighting, such as a gun staff, bō, jō, walking stick, baston, arnis sticks or similar weapons.

See Bō and Stick-fighting

Tahtib

Tahtib (taḥṭīb) is the term for a traditional stick-fighting martial art originally named fan a'nazaha wa-tahtib ("the art of being straight and honest through the use of stick").

See Bō and Tahtib

Tanbō

The is a short staff weapon used in Okinawa and feudal Japan. Bō and Tanbō are samurai staff weapons, staff weapons of Japan and weapons of Okinawa.

See Bō and Tanbō

Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū

Written as 天眞正傳香取神道流 before adoption (1946) of Tōyō kanji.

See Bō and Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū

Varnish

Varnish is a clear transparent hard protective coating or film.

See Bō and Varnish

Wood

Wood is a structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.

See Bō and Wood

Wood stain

Wood stain "Rosewood color" is a type of paint used to colour wood comprising colourants dissolved and/or suspended in a vehicle or solvent.

See Bō and Wood stain

Yamanni ryu

Yamanni-ryū (山根流) (also Yamanni-Chinen-ryū and Yamane Ryu) is a form of Okinawan kobudō whose main weapon is the bo, a non-tapered, cylindrical staff.

See Bō and Yamanni ryu

Yari

is the term for a traditionally-made Japanese blade (日本刀; nihontō) in the form of a spear, or more specifically, the straight-headed spear.

See Bō and Yari

Yawara

The yawara is a Japanese weapon used in various martial arts.

See Bō and Yawara

See also

Samurai staff weapons

Staff weapons of Japan

Weapons of Okinawa

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bō

Also known as Bo (Weapon), Bo Stick, Bo staff, Bowstaff, Rokushakubo, Rokushakubō.