Bo: Karate Weapon of Self-Defense by Fumio Bemura

by Fumio Bemura
Paperback book
Bo Staff book
Great read

Bo: Karate Weapon of Self-Defense Description

As with many weapons of ancient heritage, the exact origin of the bo, kon or straight staff is obscure. Anthropologists know, however, that it was among the first tools used by early man to help him survive. Initially, it took the form of a stick, a branch from a tree or a club and was used both to defend against attackers and to help acquire food. Over the ages, the use of the bo or kon as a weapon has been developed and refined. Still, because modern practitioners hesitate over the exact details of its evolution, several theories on the history of the bo, as it is known today, prevail.
Whether factual or not, one very popular theory (related to the author by his masters) provides the following rendition of this history: Around 517 A.D., the Zen Buddhist priest Daruma Daishi, the leader of the Shorin-ji Temple in China, brought into effect fluent use of the bo. During this period of Chinese history, government control was minimal and law and order belonged only to those capable of securing it for themselves. For Daruma and his disciples, proficiency in the martial arts and the use of weapons such as the spear, the sai (a short sword with two prongs at the handle), and the bo provided the only feasible means of protecting their temple. The bo-jitsu techniques Daruma ordered his disciples to master and perfect greatly influenced the later development of Ryukyu Kobu-Do.

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