26″ NATURAL RATTAN STAFF

A versatile and essential training weapon for martial artist’s of all levels. Elevate your martial arts practice with our rattan staff and experience the authenticity and effectiveness of traditional weaponry while enhancing your skills in agility , coordination and self defense.
The Rattan staff known as the bo

The staff is usually made with unfinished (no varnish, stain, etc) hardwood or a flexible wood, such as red or white oak, although bamboo and pine wood have been used; more common still is rattan wood for its strength flexibility. The modern staff may be tapered in that it can be thicker in the center (chukon-bu) than at the ends (kontei) and is usually round or circular (maru-bo). Some staffs are very light, with metallic sides, stripes and a grip which are used for XMA and competitions/demonstrations. Older staffs were round (maru-bo), square (kaku-bo), hexagonal (rokkaku-bo) or octagonal (hakkaku-bo). The average size of a staff is 6 shaku (around 6ft (1.8 m)) but they can be as long as 9Â ft (2.7 m)