What are some Martial Arts styles that use the bo staff?

I wanted to know what style of the Martial Arts teaches use with the bo staff, I want to take up a class and would like to know what would be best for beginners.|||Sorry to say but most karate schools don%26#039;t allow the novice/beginners to learn weapons, such as the bo staff, unless it%26#039;s a %26quot;Big time McDojo%26quot; aka..sport karate school.





Kenpo has 2 bo staff Katas


Shotokan also has a bo staff Kata





For the past 10 years I have been learning and teaching Kenpo Karate, it is a great self defense art. I teach the bo staff set #1 %26amp; bo staff set #2, Kali (sticks) and Knives kata.|||Hi can I try and convert you to a %26#039;%26#039;Jo staff%26#039;%26#039;? It is shorter at 4 foot approx and is a different method of fighting/ defense also known as Jo do. A little easier to carry around to being shorter, I search Utube regularly for new Kata%26#039;s and tricks its now the best but it is free, best of luck with this question and your studies too|||shaolin-do is a succesful line of schools owned by grandmaster Sin Kwang The. You begin to learn Bo staff techniques in the kung fu yellow belt section. This school of martial arts has a good curriculum and teachers, and is filled with friendly practitioners. The fee is only 100$ monthly for unlimited access to all weekly shaolin kung fu and tai chi classes.|||When I was in karate I used the Bo but it took a few years, but when I did Shoalin Kung Fu I did it right away...It depend on the teacher because some schools want you to learn to use your body first then teach you how to control a weapon...%26quot; You must first learn your body, then bring other elements into your studys.%26quot; :)|||The bo staff is a very popular weapon in martial arts and is taught by both Korean and Japanese martial arts. It%26#039;s usually taught at the intermediate and advanced ranks and some schools only offer weapons training as part of their black belt club. Your best bet is to visit your local martial arts schools and get a better idea of what they offer and teach since. I have found it%26#039;s really up to the school not the art on what weapons they will offer students to learn. This may because of state and local laws.|||I take Hapkido and we use the bo staff. It%26#039;s my favorite weapon next to the shinai!|||Most of the non-grappling martial arts have weapons techniques. Just about every martial art that teaches weapons teaches the bo. Nobody has explicitly mentioned Tai Chi yet so I thought that I would say that the bo is one of the weapons taught in advanced Taiji.





Many, if not most, styles require some sort of proficiency in the empty hand techniques before they allow a student to advance to weapons.





I practice the walking stick / cane techniques myself!


(Even shorter than the jo!)


.|||I train in aikido and we also do weapons training with the bo. This is a matter for the school as well as the branch of your chosen martial art.





Kendo is a very well known style using the bo, it is extremely difficult requires incredible dextirity and fitness though!! (and a fair bit of money to spend on the uniforms and protective gear!!!).|||My style (Maharlika Kuntaw) is from the Philippines and our art is weapon based. We start our beginners on weapons right away. Our only school in North America is located in northern Michigan.|||You can also learn how to use the bo in aikido, as well as other weapons including jo and iaido.|||monkey style karate|||Lau Gar Kung Fu uses a bo staff|||Donnie, just about all styles of mrtial arts except for grappling teaches staff sets. I have seen African systems, Chinese, Indian, Indonessian, Japanese, Korean, Philipino and the baby of them all American type systems all with their different versions of the bo staff. So depending on what you want as far as training is where you need to look. If you just want to learn because you like the bo staff then a sports style martial arts like tae kwon do, would be nice. They add a little flash and excitement to their staffs. Kenpo is good for the explosiveness and praticality, but there are not a lot of kenpo schools that teach long weapons since it%26#039;s mostly a art of empty hands (hence the name kenpo = %26quot;Fist Law%26quot;)|||It%26#039;s not really a matter of the the style, but the classes. Some dojo%26#039;s don%26#039;t have enough money for bo staff. I tske bo staff at my fojo and it follows Shotokan style. That%26#039;s probably the best info I could give you.