The three section staff VS. Bo- staff

[Son Goku the monkeyking]

which do you all think is the best weapon between these to, the Bo staff or the three section staff. I personaly have know clue.

 

 

 

HOLLA

 

[MenteReligieuse]

I got an awesome performance between a bo vs three rod staff fight (probably choreagraphed wushu) .... only one hit touches and its a kick which sent the staff user sprawling, rofl.

[Gstrowes]

well, you're more likley to break your own head with a three sectional staff.

[yamesu]

ive been useing 6-foot-staff and 7-foot-three-section-staff proficiently for years now, and i can pretty much say that a plain bo or dragonpole staff is much easier, and deadly in the hands of a beginner,

 

but nothing compares to the feeling and looks of a 3-section-staff,

 

for practicality, id have to say bo-staff is prob better, as it can be recreated by common objects easily, and carried around without being too suss,

 

these days 3-sec-staff is really only for forms, as nothing really resembles it on the streets or around the house, and it is hard to carry around without raising eyebrows, (i take mine to classes in an arnis-cane carry case to prevent gawkers.)

 

all-in-all, i have to say i think that the 3-section staff is better, but thats just my opinion, although, i think it would have been impossible to learn the 3-sec without having skills from training with long-staff.

 

there is a saying in choy-li-fut:

 

"the staff is hard to master, but it is said that 3-section staff is 3 times harder to master."

[mindsedgeblade]

Do you have a picture of a three-section staff? I can't quite picture it, unless it looks something like a pair of nunchuka linked.

[tommarker]

that's pretty much it.. except the pieces are much bigger. throw 3 section staff into Google, and you can see for yourself.

[cathal]

Yes the sectioned weapons tend to be more difficult to master because of the control. Once you strike something with it, they tend to bounce right back. But the bo is very powerful in its simplicity.

[Kieran-Lilith]

Ummm....I've only tried the bo staff, and I'm pretty terrible....I can't count the number of times I've whacked myself in the head with a bo staff, and had my friend lecture me on how I would be a serious disgrace to the ancient Japanese. I said that was nice, it's an awful good thing I'm an American.

[cathal]

LOL I imagine even a Japanese beginner has hit himself in the head.

[back_fist]

The three sectional has the advantage of trapping.