Yeah, the best translation of "bo" in our context is really "wooden staff", the wood part being key because of Radical 75 (wood/tree).
Sure and if we go back to China, there are typically two hanzi for this kind of wooden staff weapon, for bang (same hanzi as bo), but also gun/gwan (loosely, 'wooden older brother").
Like when people say irregardless?Well, we all have to learn.
I’ve also heard nunchaku referred to as numb-chucks. I don’t correct them
My brother’s a GP and his non-medical wife refers to his ‘sphyg’ (sphygmomanometer) as his ‘sphinct‘(er). He has never corrected her in 30+ years of marriage and, with a derisory smile, somehow gets her to say it, when I visit. Bas**rd!
I think it's largely a carry-over from speech. In writing you can see the difference between "bow" and "bo", but in speech they sound the same so it makes sense that some people would add "staff" to clarify the subject. Obviously not necessary when writing on a forum, but if someone has gotten in the habit of saying "bo staff" verbally then I understand why they might end up writing it.
That one of the worst. Went from CMA to Kata so why not bo staff lol.
For me the bo has always been something Japanese where the weapon is tapered on both ends. A staff would be be different being that it isn't tapered on both ends. I don't use both together but if I say bo I'm referring to Japanese and if I say staff then I'm referring to non Japanese. I never heard a CMA practitioner refer to a staff as a Bo. I only hear it from Karate and "Karate like" martial arts.
Do they?
(And ‘one fail swoop’, ‘it’s a doggy dog world’, ‘hunger pains’, ‘escape goat’, ‘do diligence’ and my most despised, ‘I could care less’
)’out in the boondogs’ ?(And ‘one fail swoop’, ‘it’s a doggy dog world’, ‘hunger pains’, ‘escape goat’, ‘do diligence’ and my most despised, ‘I could care less’
Yep, Boon-dogs. And you can take that for granite. Now about sayin' bo staff. I don't see why that's a problem. Irregardless, just last weekend I drove up past Picacho Peak to Table Mesa, ate pizza pie and practiced with my bo staff. I had such a good time, I'm not over-exaggerating when I say I'd repeat it all over again. The whole experience literally blew my mind.
‘Peep’ is British/Greek slang for ‘people/person’. So this character is clearly a little ‘person’ who practises with a bo. Simplez
She's a master at staff combat in the movie,.and does a scene with Keanu.‘Peep’ is British/Greek slang for ‘people/person’. So this character is clearly a little ‘person’ who practises with a bo. Simplez
I guess my cane is the "bang"!!!
At this point its force of habit for meIncidentally, bo means staff so ‘bo staff’ is…a bit silly...’staff staff’!
You could also trade overhand blows with the other person blocking and see whose bo ends up in two pieces.
In Japanese, the noun is the same for singular and plural, like "sheep" in English. So, "I have 2 bo." But, since you're speaking in English, I guess saying, "I have 2 bo's" would be OK, too.
