Hawaiian Bo Patterns

[herbison]

Does anyone know of a series of bo patterns, 12 in all, that I think originated in Hawaii? I’ve learned 4 of them but the person who taught them to me knew very little about them.

[Toptomcat]

I know nothing specifically, but I do know that Hawaii was a hotbed of MA development from the late forties to...I don't know, the sixties? Seventies? A lot of the earlier American systems calling themselves various sorts of kenpo and karate date from that period. That's likely the source.

There are native Hawaiian martial arts, called Lua, that also use staffs of the same dimensions as the Japanese bo- but they're quite obscure and it's considerably less likely for you to have run across a little piece of Lua than for you to have seen something from that 40s-60s wave of American MA development in Hawaii.

[herbison]

Thank you, I wish I knew more about them. The person that taught me the patterns studied kenpo. It would be nice to be able to learn the other 8.