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Do it yourself weapon making: Bo/jo/hanbo & bokken?


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Im interested in any information anyone has as to how to make your own wooden staff/sword training weapons. Pretty straightforward.

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i had a bokken that i ordered before, it broke in a spar though :(

so recently i made my own out of a big shovel, lol but ive had success with other things especialy a fiberglass axe handle >.> none of them have been curved so far but i guess they work all the same, i dunno, whatever works i guess :)

and for a bo staff i use a big stick of 1/4 inch thick pvc pipe it works pretty good actualy, you get flexibility but its kinda fragile if you hit anything with it, works for practicing for competitions though ^_^

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I use a broken shovel handle as a club. I just cut it and sanded it smooth.

If you really want to make a jo, you can probably get rounded sticks at Home Depot or something like that.

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yeah, ive tried getting a bo staff there but the dowels are too short, they only go up to about my groin level

How many blosom's are on that tree?

It is impossible to count,

The number's continuoulsy change.

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I've always found them too light and not strong enough. i recently redecorate my house and had replaced all curtain tracks with dowel rods to make things easier. Just for fun, me and my cousin thought we would do a little weapons sparring in the very secluded corner where my house is. We had to go back to the DIY store to get two fresh dowels.

The other problem with using a light staff is that you miss out on one of the important aspects of handling a heavy long weapon and that is the feel of it in your hand. The point of the weapons is that they are heavy and that it isn't that easy to wield them. The weight is an important part of their use.

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I love your avatar ovine king!

"What we do in life, echoes in eternity."


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i had a rake that had the head broken off of it, and i sanded down the broken edge. its fine as a jo staff now.

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