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This is by Reggie:
I mostly use the Hanbo staff however, and apply it to Monkey Kung Fu.
Below is information
from this following page, it is an exact copy so I do not claim the information as my own, I did not write any of it, I am
simply posting it, this is the page I got the info from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanbo
HanbōFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe hanbō (半棒, lit. "half-staff")
is a quarterstaff used in martial arts. Traditionally, the hanbō was three shaku (90 cm) long, exactly half the length of the usual staff, the rokushakubō ("sixshaku staff"). As with any weapon, bearers would often find one best suited to their build, opting often for one that comes up to about waist/hip height. UsageHanbōjutsu, the art of wielding the hanbō, is a focus
in several martial arts including the Kukishin-ryū koryū classical school of martial arts, and Kukishinden-ryū, one of the nine schools ofBujinkan Budo Taijutsu.
Part of the importance in using this length is that it is approximately that of a walking cane. It should be noted that although
techniques with a cane in this ryū-hautilize pulling or hooking and possess one rounded end, that they invariably
function the same as a hanbō in all other respects. The hanbō can be used as a means of striking, restraining or even
throwing someone. It is useful to know because sticks are abundant and can be picked up if attacked. Masaaki Hatsumisays that one who wishes to be a swordsman should first master hanbō techniques, since it can be held and utilized
in a similar fashion to a Japanese sword (but without the cutting edge). When utilized properly (parrying by deflecting the
sword by striking the flat parts of the blade), it was more than capable of defeating a katana.
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