BianGun (Whip Rod) Biangan: Jō

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08 April, 2021

Stick Spinning: I know a limited range of motion when I see or feel it.

Little did I realise what was involved when I took up the stick. The world of sticks as defensive weapons is amazing.

Basic human stuff. Organic protection.

If only I'd taken up the staff earlier. But then, embracing sticks at this time sponsors a certain eclectic approach to what to do with them.

And there's a lot to that.

Combat Bo Staff Class for Beginners

Since my stick collection has increased I must be like a dog.

Fetching.

I do nonetheless have a range of weapons as classed in the martial artz vernacular. You can do a lot with these, except, as Chancellor Otto von Bismarck pointed out about bayonets, sit on them.

At right are two: my Silambam Bo (the tall one) and my Jo.

The Bo has flex and cut from rattan (I suspect).

The Jo is bamboo aggregate whose career was supposedly to be a broom handle.

Needless to say, they perform differently in my hands. I can, nonetheless, do the same moves with both with varying success.

Stick Progress:February 2021

Generally I practice my stick skills everyday. I prefer to set a conscious session aside that includes warm up, twirling and a drill or kata.

While practice, in my makes, doesn't make perfect -- I am getting better and attaining 'moves' I never imagined I'd perform.

I know this, because I also practice when out walking and there is a certain joy to be had throwing a stick around while barrelling from A to B.

Mr Cool.

As we speak, aside from 2 primary spins -- double hand twirl and single hand wrist role -- I'm still working ion my #13 Jo Kata. In that, I may know the moves but my execution isn't necessarily martial.