Bōjutsu
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Bōjutsu (
stick fighting using a bō, which is the Japanese word for staff.[1][2] Staffs have been in use for thousands of years in Asian martial arts like Silambam
. Some techniques involve slashing, swinging, and stabbing with the staff. Others involve using the staff as a vaulting pole or as a prop for hand-to-hand strikes.
Today bōjutsu is usually associated either with
Okinawan kobudō
or with koryū budō
. Japanese bōjutsu is one of the core elements of classical martial training.
Thrusting, swinging, and striking techniques often resemble empty-hand movements, following the philosophy that the bō is merely an "extension of one’s limbs".Jū-jutsu, and karate.
In the Okinawan context, the weapon is frequently referred to as the kon (棍).
See also
- Angampora
- Bando
- Banshay
- Bataireacht
- Gatka
- Hanbō
- Jō
- Jōjutsu
- Jūkendō
- Kalaripayattu
- Kanabō
- Kbachkun boraan
- Kendo
- Kenjutsu
- Krabi–krabong
- Kuttu Varisai
- Lethwei
- Mardani khel
- Naban
- Quarterstaff
- Silambam Asia
- Silambam
- Tahtib
- Tanbō
- Thang-ta
- Three-section staff
- Varma kalai
- World Silambam Association
- Yamanni-ryū
References
External links
- Media related to Bojutsu at Wikimedia Commons