Hi can anyone recommend me a school around Orange County that teaches the bo and nun-chaku?
If they don't pair well together I would rather learn the bo first.
I would suggest you look into any school that teaches Matsumura seito Shorin Ryu, Shobayashi Shorin Ryu. Kobayashi Shorin Ryu, or Matsubayoshi Shorin Ryu. most all the schools of those Okinawan styles teach Kobujitsu/Koudo. Kobujitsu/kobudo is the weapons art and teaches those weapons and more.
not sure what the 'tricking aspect' of them is, but yes. As a rule knowing how to use the weapon will make you able to work with it for what ever reason safer and easier.
Also I make it a rule not to have and or carry weapons I do not know how to use as weapons. People I have seen do that and play with them.. usually get hurt.
besides, I think you will find the training is actually a lot of fun.
If you're still interested, there may be a school in your area associated with the Ryukyu Bujutsu Kenkyu Doyukai (RBKD) that teaches the art of Yamanni Ryu Kobujutsu.
Your best bet is to contact the headquarters, and ask them if there's something in your area:
I second Flying Crane's motion. If you're looking more for performance, I'd go XMA. If you're looking for traditional understanding of effective use of those weapons, I would agree with earlier posts.If you're looking to use it for self-defense... I'd suggest you choose other weapons. Orange County doesn't provide much opportunity to use a bo for self defense, and the state of California has pretty strict laws against "chaku sticks"