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called bo (abbreviation of roku-shaku-bo (six-shaku-staff), a shaku being close to one foot long). Staffs are perhaps one of the earliest weapons used by man. They have been in use thousands of years in Eastern Asia.
Today bojutsu is usually associated either with Okinawan kobudo or with Japanese koryu budo. Japanese bojutsu is one of the core elements of classical martial training. In the Okinawan context, the weapon is frequently referred to as the kon.
Aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba was known to practise with bo, which later formed the base of aikido's weapon work with a shorter staff, jo.See also: jojutsu, quarterstaffA quarterstaff is a Medieval English variant of the staff weapon, consisting simply of a long shaft of hardwood, usually oak, hawthorn, hazel or ash. The weapon's name comes from the way it is commonly held: one hand at the center of the staff, and one ha, budo, martial arts
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