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Posted: 8th Nov 2004
i'll see if i can help you select a bo

it'll change direction and plane very easily, which is exactly what you want for martial arts stuff, and exactly what you don't want for contact or spinning.

but why are you asking here if you want it for martial arts stuff rather than for twirling?

on a final note - Martial arty people i've known who use bo & jo staffs have generally used white oak or red oak staffs, which personally i think are prettier and also less likely to bend than that staff, although it's hard to tell because it doesn't state what it's made out of... chromed aluminium? solid? funny core? hmm it looks suspicious to me and i don't trust it.

These guys have a very silly looking site, but do high quality equipment at a very low price - battle orders

i believe Coleman has a bo from them that he's very happy with.

"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."

Posted: 8th Nov 2004
the truthsayer monkey hath spoken.

my bo is 6ft long and tapered so i don't use it to spin with.

not least cos its a stick and i don't really pick up sticks.
or twirl them come to that.

my friend harry has a bo.
its sweet.

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Posted: 8th Nov 2004
Isn't there really two types of staff for martial arts? One which is solid and doesn't bend, and another which is bendy and classed as a flexible weapon. (silly names like bo / jo / beatin' stick nonwithstanding)

Maybe tapered ones are of the bendy variety... But really, who can tell?

"the now legendary" - Kaskade
"the still legendary" - Kaskade

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Posted: 8th Nov 2004
I am looking for a staff I could spin, similar to the tricks on this website.

Xaeda is using a similar staff (it looks like it)

Posted: 8th Nov 2004
Nope!

The grip looks similar, but it's probably actually thin rubber with green aluminium tape underneath or somesuch. Then the silver bits to the side are tube aluminium (probably) and in the advanced vids where you see the whole staff, there are black blobs on the end. This is kevlar wick that has been burned. (I'm guessing) It certainly isn't tapered.

All in all, Xaeda is spinning a firestaff, not a martial arts staff.

Yes you could do all the moves with a martial arts staff. But they would a) Take you longer to learn, b) Be out of plane.

(But then Xaeda is too sometimes... )

"the now legendary" - Kaskade
"the still legendary" - Kaskade

I spunked in my friend's aquarium and the fish ate it. I love all fish. Especially the pink ones. They are my bitches. - Anon.

Posted: 8th Nov 2004
It's very true that fire staffs look poo if you're not using fire.

extra weight on the ends helps a little bit with spinning, and a lot with contact.
however i often choose to use straight poles without end weight, purely for the clean slightly martial-arty look. You sound a little like thats the kind of look you're going for too.

i reckun a non-tapered bo staff would work just fine
a wooden dowel stuck snugly inside an aluminium\steel tube is similar but shiny
that staff you're looking at would probably be ok, but not worth the money IMHO

Even when you buy staffs, you'll usually want to add the grip yourself. i've never seen a staff for sale wih a really nice grip on it (due to manufacturing costs probably). You really should have a nice grip, unless you have a blister fetish.

"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."

Posted: 18th Nov 2004
now if that bo were tapered in the other direction... (fatter on ends. mwahahaha)

anyone seen one of those for sale? Basically a giant tapered devil stick? search time, i guess.

-- dut