the bo

[DD]

Hey guys,

 

I was looking at these "weapon master kits" for sale and I noticed that they had more than one style for the bo. They had Shaolin Staff, Monkey Staff, Drunken staff and just plain bo. What do you think is the best style?

[aefibird]

I'd say the best Bo style would be one you could get an instructor to teach you. I wouldn't recommend simply learning a weapon from a video kit, especially if there's no one you could go to to ask if you're doing the techniques correctly.

 

However, if that is all that is available to you (ie no weapons instructor near you) then I'd suggest that you do some research on the styles you listed and pick the one you like the sound of the most.

 

Failing that, go with the one for just 'plain' Bo. It'll probably be the one that would be able to be adapted to be used with any other martial arts training if you ever did learn weapons from an instructor.

 

(edited for typos)

Edited September 7, 2004 by aefibird

[searcher]

I would first ask if you have a particular country that you happen to be adhering to ie. Okinawan arts, Chinese arts, Korean arts, Filipino, etc. With this information it would be more helpful, but I am in agreement with aefibird in that it would be better to get an instructor to learn from. I would say that if you have enough experience you can learn from videos or books, but you have to be pretty dedicated to your weapon and style that you are working on. My only other question is if you have any higher level of experience like 2nd Dan or higher, if not are you so impatient that you are rushing to learn some weapons? If you have not mastered your own body it will be dificult, but not impossible, to learn and master a weapon.