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Bojutsu is the art of using a staff weapon called bo
(abbreviation of ruku-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.
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