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Nunchuck Skills Bow Staff Skills

    Zen Master Ummon held up his staff in front of his Daoist friend, Shifu Miao Zhang, and said "This staff leapt up to the Eighth Heaven into the hands of the lame Zhong Kui who used it to awaken the Green Dragon in the Eastern Sea." Miao Zhang said, "Ummon your poetry is lovely, but my gnarled cane cannot hear you."

Advanced Stick Fighting.  By Masaaki Hatsumi.  anchor Tokyo, Japan, Kodansha International, 2005.  208 pages.  Translated by Bruce Appleby and Doug Wilson.  ISBN: 4770029969.  VSCL.  Large collection of black and white photographs of Masaaki Hatsumi. 

"The bokken (wooden staff-sword) was usually used as a training tool and simulated the length of a sword.  Miyamoto Musashi (author of the book of strategy "Go Rin No Sho" - "A Book of Five Rings") is considered by many to be the greatest swordsman in Japanese history.  Many of his duels were won using only a bokken.  He believed that fencing technique transcended the weapon used.   ...   Muso Gonnosuke was defeated by Miyamoto Musashi and allowed to live. He later developed the jo. The wooden jo is around 4 feet long.  This length advantage over the sword allowed Muso Gonnosuke to defeat Miyamoto Musashi in a rematch. He spared Musashi's life but that is the only known defeat suffered by Musashi. The jo and bokken are two of the weapons used in aikido to commemorate that battle." -   Gabrielle's Staff Techniques   By Donald Plunkett.  13K

Bo Staff With Hidden Blade

Traditional Zhao-Bao Family Tai Chi Staff.  Taught by Shifu Jiang Jian-ye.  bo staff wood Two 120 minute videotapes.  Includes applications.  Produced by Shifu Jiang Jian-ye of the Capital District Tai Chi and Kung Fu Association of New York,  29 West Dillenbeck Drive, Albany, NY 12203.  Website: Jiang's Tai Chi Videos.  

Black Belt Bo Staff Form

The Stick and Cane in Close Combat.  By Tom Lang.   Unique Publications.  ISBN: 0865682577.  "The result of a 7 year intensive study of grappling techniques with the stick and cane, the book presents more than 120 jointlocks, takedowns, chokes, holds, disarms, surprise attacks, rolls, strikes, and exercises with the stick and cane in 750 photographs. These techniques were collected and refined from those described in more than 120 books and videos on the topic as practiced in several traditions, as well as from my 35+ years of experience in the martial arts.  It is the largest collection of these techniques yet published.

Tai Chi Partner Cane From (San Tsai Tuan Kun).  By Sifu Michael Gilman and Stephani Morel, Port Townsend, Washington.  Detailed instructions with b&w photographs online.  An instructional videotape is also available for Sifu Gilman, and available online.  "This is a useful, short (11 movements per side) partner form. When the transition is added, one ends up with a beautiful, instructive partner or solo form. These lessons are divided into sections. The first is the Introduction and all the applications for the form. wooden staff designs The second and third sections break down each of the two sides and teach the movements. The last section shows the   form performed as a partner form. Keep in mind that there is a companion VHS video tape available through the on-line store."  Tai Chi Partner Cane (San Tsai Tuan Kun).  Three Powers Stick, Short Stick practices.  There are videos on UTube for each lesson:  Lesson One 8:32, Lesson Two: 9:15, Lesson Three, 8:27, Lesson Four, 9:11, Lesson Five, 8:55, Lesson Six, 9:24, Lesson Seven, 6:04.