Amazing! I have had the 8board for years and years but never really used it. Now learning to play golf, I found your video. I will for sure try it. Thank you for posting. Did hubby's golf improve?
you probably aren't supposed to block with the part of the staff where you are holding. also i wouldn't recommend opening your hand as you would increase risk of dropping the weapon.
I think you might want to actually watch this video. There's a lot of things bo training can teach you that do not require a bo to be either in your control or the oponent's. Had you watched the video to the end, I think you would have gotten that point. You can think of a bo, as a grappling dummy. In many ways it's no different then a heavy bag, that you don't punch, you grapple. Not that pool sticks make very good bo anyway as they snap very easily, but there's very little likelyhood that you're going to have a bo with you in a fight. The things a bo teaches should work regardless though. That or you aren't learning Okinawan bo correctly, and it probably is a waste of time from a self defense perspective.
@@frontenac5083 well you kinda have to know what's going on to understand why it's good. It shows a level of coordination with a weapon that demands you be coordinated or else it looks clunky or that he's using it wrong. Kinda like an inside joke but for skill
Thank you for uploading this material. This looks like an excellent course incorporating progressive learning principles. The understanding of involuntary and reflex responses of the human body to physical stimuli is critical for people who wish to learn to defend themselves but who lack the time or inclination to weaponize their bodies through years of training. Thanks to Barry Eisler for recommending Violence dynamics in his list of sources.
A really excellent kata, sir! The Peasant Staff found in HEMA and your kata are very appropriate for the use of a heavy wood baseball bat! I’m going to study your kata and attempt to practice it. Thank you for sharing this!
A pretty cool weapon. Because of the weight you cannot use traditional blocking or parrying techniques against it. The main disadvantage is that it takes time to swing it around and you are frankly very vulnerable.
If you were fighting this weapon, it literally didn’t matter if you were wearing armor, you would get turned into cream cheese inside of your armor lol
this is what i love about youtube subtitles is that when he starts to swing the kanabo it just says "[Music]" imagine listening to this in the middle of a subway or class and its just a man screaming, yelling and stomping
I'm really not getting how you expect to deflect a full-blown strike from this oversized behemoth with a quick parry from a maybe 1.5-pound baton. The difference in momentum is such that the baton would bounce off like a bug from the headlight of an 18-wheeler.
@@Andrewflow160 no they literally were real, sumo who became samurai were too fat to use a sword, so they used kanabos which were more suited for their size and because they appeared like oni when using them
I remember when the game first came out, Gaijin Goomba made a video about shugoki's pressumed origin and found that in times of war, sumo wrestlers would become samurai. Though i wouldnt imagine it was a common thing because becoming a sumo is already extremely difficult i wouldnt think they'd then, with that career under their belt, go and risk their lives in war
Very cool, but I am pretty sure that Kanabo is almost comically oversized. My research is showing a proper Kanabo is between 2-3 lbs, MAYBE 4 MAX, but typically around 3 lbs. I made one out of a post hole digger handle and about an lb of stainless steel bolts. And it weighs just under 3lbs as my research shows it should, and hits like a truck at 4ft in length, sending my 70 lb heavy bag flying around like a rag doll. It is not lightweight at all, and it will make you sweat if you use it for a few minutes, but it's entirely reasonable for even a smaller person to wield with some training and exercise. The one Ben is using looks like it's at least 7-10lbs, maybe more. A lot of this depends on length, and judging by the one Ben is using, according to the length it should be much thinner and weigh about 3lbs like mine. The one Ben is using is likely patterned after a CEREMONIAL or DECORATIVE Kanabo found in a museum. Ceremonial or Decorative weapons are always the ones more inclined to survive long periods, and so one should always assume anything in a museum may not necessarily be a representative of the genuine article used in war or daily life. Much like some variations of Plate armor in Europe, or O No dachi which could reach almost ludicrous sizes in a ceremonial context. But besides this, the honesty of just how difficult this weapon is to defend against is important. Even though mine is decidedly lighter and easier to manage, I know for a fact that the weight and power this weapon has, especially when in the lighter faster package, is a very challenging weapon to counter. When using it, I find I need to focus on well-focused and timed aggression that puts my opponent on the defensive or forced to block. The weight of this weapon means you can overpower almost any lighter weapon with ease. The Kanabo of the size I am learning to use is lighter and faster than Bens, so with training and practice, it is not at all unrealistic to use it to parry much lighter and quicker weapons, and deliver counter blows. However, where the Kanabo shines is in situations forcing the opponent to block or parry or take the hit. Further, you do not need to do these big circular movements with a more appropriately sized Kanabo. you can develop plenty of power simply by pivoting it around the lead hand like a fulcrum and using very little arm movement at all. Incorporate some body movement and it's even better. Since the weapon is weighty, so long as you get it moving at a decent speed, it will hit plenty hard enough to crush an unprotected bone easily. and you can always reserve the bigger power swings for better opportunities when you know you can land them. If you are using a lighter weapon like a sword, it is virtually useless to attempt to parry or deflect this with any force, as deflecting a weapon this massive will be problematic, better to just jump out of the way and hope to counter-attack when they miss. And forget any form of a static block with anything other than a shield or similarly heavy weapon to the Kanabo. To counter the Kanabo with a lighter weapon, I want to go for the hands and fingers, hoping to disarm the Kanabo warrior with a few light and quick cuts BEFORE they could swing their weapon. I would also attempt to close the gap much like against a long weapon like a spear or Bo. The closer the better, as a weapon like the Kanabo has a hard time delivering crushing power up close, however, one could "Half sword" the kanabo for close-in grappling and short staff techniques similar. Providing the metal studs aren't too spikey or hard to grip. So close range might still be risky unless my weapon is ideal for this range. No weapon is king or best, but I have personally found the Kanabo to be a very under-appreciated weapon outside of those in the know or fans of the ONI mythology. As a Zombie slayer, I feel it may even be the supreme ultimate skull smasher, able to batter through the squishy rotting arms of the undead and hit the Yatzie noggin. As for home defense against more lively invaders, while nothing really beats a gun, this thing would be a horrorshow for a home intruder to have to deal with in the dark... When I made mine and was finished looking at it, the first thought I had while swinging it was... if I hit anyone with this, even in justified self-defense, I would probably be sent to every jail in the country on some kind of special punishment for inhuman cruelty. This thing makes Dad's old Baseball bay by the nightstand look like a joke. Of all the weapons I own, I would probably like being clobbered by this the least of all... I feel like even if it was a quick death, it would be utterly unbearably painful...
Thank you for you long and thoughtful comment, I will forward this to Ben. He's out of the country right now and he's not checking his messages as frequently as he usually does, he's coming back in a few weeks.
@@AmyStewartCooper Thanks, Amy. Ben seems like a really cool guy, and a fun martial artist. So make sure he knows I wasn't trying to be a snotty internet know it all! He's one of the few who is showcasing this weapon, and it's great!
amazing comment, I think it's time kanabo technic need to revolutionise, as you can form the demonstration with master roy miller, the kanabo user is nearly in a very vunarable situation against a lightening fast opponent in a close encounter.....I hope Benji would manage to combine the several club strike technics around the world and finally build his own/personalise technic - and that's being mentioned by Bruce Lee when he developed Jetkundo.
