Bo Staff Form (original) 2005 version

[3daysAnd2nights]

Finally! an impressive form!

[cartuner22]

great footwork

[TaekwondoSan]

Impressive! You've got a lot of power and speed in that bo staff.

[liameppes]

im getting my bo staff and nunchucks Saturday, and i am exited to start working with them

[jgriff12345]

i totally love these bo forms. They are traditional looking with a bit of flash and i think it totally beats those baton twirling gymnasts....

[Dall5000]

What kind of Bo is that?

[JonnuG]

great form!

[Raiya11]

very good..

[Specter1957]

not bad at all.....good technique.......and no dramatics.

[TdotClappa]

Very impressed, if i were a perp trying to attack you, i would have been surprised by the speed, and control.

[96funjump]

that was an impressive staff form well done

[drider400]

impresive

[shitpickleXXX]

I like the updated one on RohnertParkKarate YouTube channel better but this is still good.

[conradtkitty]

Very Nice!

[marine09666]

Why does no one spar anymore? I mean sure you can practice a form all day for a month and get great at it but a fight is something new not just fighting imaginary people. Great form though.

[TheGameMasta]

ummm people do still spar...at least my school does just it is extreamly dangerous... remember these are not toys they are weapons ...made to kill... the soldiers dont train from sparring with guns they just shoot targets...and we hit targets with our weapons ( martial arts ones)

[darken27]

Foam covered weapons are always a good thing. Makes weapons sparring much less painful. :P

[RDraGon2179]

@marine09666 sparring with certain weapons just don't work. Like the bo staff, kama, sai, and nunchucks are too dangerous. But foam weapons of kali sticks and katana swords are usually used for training and sparring. But just remember that forms are just asian martial art way of shadow boxing.

[yamba01]

SEXY

[MyDarkerHeart]

This is the sort of form I learned when I worked with the staff.

[bladesaint21]

Pretty solid karate styled routine. I'm tired of the overuse of the twirling and spinning so common from the Casey Marks/Wayne Danglish era. They were great dont get me wrong but after them its been done to death.

[JBURNJROLL1]

THIS GUY IS GOOD

[blabbityblah]

excellent control. love the footwork. what's the specs on the staff?

[mkalanz]

cool form

im trying to make one up for an upcoming tournament, any pointers?

[blabbityblah]

make one up?  you mean you haven't been taught any forms?

[Zero98c]

im sure he has, but lots of tournaments have a section where they allow you to show your own form. Sure, you could freestyle it, and they wont know, but a form works much better, believe me!

[07blkCobalt]

i would smoke myself in the head if i tried that

[34west]

Thanks for sharing your skill, talent and creativity!

[hillsonunitedrules]

cool is all that fun

[atomdog]

sure it is!

[hillsonunitedrules]

i might try it

[RoyalRoboMonkey]

I like my wushu staff forms better, but yours is very good.

[vtxn1217]

good control and form.

[MilanWraith]

nice clothes! looks very cool

[Flyers1215]

great form...the bo staff is one of my favorite weapons, I'm starting the Sai's on Monday :-D we'll see how those are

[sydnie123Gal]

Great form ,is this bo form available in a training CD?

[hulkout666]

I really like this form. I practice the Shaolin staff form of Choy Lay Fut. There are quite a few similarities between them which is quite interesting. The thing I've found best about the staff is it really teaches you a lot and it helps you better understand the freehand movements.

[grafight]

Great form! This looks more authentic than all that "baton twirling" you see these days. It's fun to see someone who moves like a martial artist, rather than a circus joggler.

[Muggernaught]

Holu fukc. Lol, thats a little depressing, looking at my current skill and the at him. lol. Just gotta keep at it I guess.

[KaRaTeFreaK94]

Does any1 hav a good bo form that a 1st degree black belt in Shotokan Karate can learn in about a week cuz i really need 1...thanx!

[Tazn824]

this totaly kicks that starwas nerds ass that i just saw a few minutes ago twirling some tick like he new how to us it lol

[denmark4u]

hmmm i have thought my self some bo staff i think with a bit practice i could make that form xD lol people i trained my self before i saw anyone doing it (i lived next to a wood almost all my life so it came naturally)  and 1 question what is your bow made of and what does it weight i wonder if there is any places in denmark for that stuff what would it be called? (the club or place where u can learn it)

[RC1162]

I'd say his Bo, like most Bo staffs, is made from rattan.

[kirkswahpedal]

teach me! teach me!

[ltmajors]

It would be great if you could video a tutorial to go a long with this. I am just beginning and would love to see it broken down in bite size pieces!

[lqkenpo]

Got to say i enjoyed that staff set, Givin me few ideas for my next competition. Excellent job

[maggiepie26]

The best I've seen on youtube!

[LittlePoochy]

Nice form, I've looked up Bo staff on here and you are the only one who looks like they know what they are doing, great job :).

[peyto]

How much does your bow weigh?

[everyonesmystery]

that was a really good form. It gave me some ideas for the bo form i have to make up. thank you.

[chrizm32]

This is excellent work. I just got my black belt in May and my next goal is to get it in Kobudo. I'm sure i'll be studying this video in the months to come! What do you call this kata anyways?

[atomdog]

Kaze meaning Wind :)

[LINQ0311]

That was awesome. You rock man. I wish someone taught Bo around here.

[sneakypete00000]

At .55 there is a move I have not seen before.

[TigersRahwayNJ]

goodjob

[chanman4821]

Nicely done dude. Instead of seeing all those fancy spinning things, finally i see a REAL karate kada. By the way how much does that staff weigh? Seems a lil hard to handle beucase of the smacking sound and how hard you breath.  Nice job anyways.

[mfoody]

now this is a kata, not like all the other ones that are flipping in the air and really fast spins that have no purpose but just to entertain. that was an excellent bo kata. great job!

[TheTrooperM44]

Damn, I need to practice more!

How much does it help being taught by someone else instead of teaching yourself?

[theitalianpugilist]

fuckin awesome dude

[Ratliff5x]

I agree with some previous comments. It is so nice to see a form done with some intensity and power. So many today, weapon or no weapon, are boring and pointless in there training/performance. Nice work!

[SCKK]

ah this vid gets better and better every time i watch it..

[karateislife]

ok that was awesome... you really try hard.. unlike most bo forms i've seen on here

[Rugiviet]

very nice, good form. good composure. nice clean strikes.

[RandomPerson19801]

You're probably one of the only bo users I've seen out of all the youtube vids that actually put some power into your strikes. Everyone else just tries to spin it as fast as they possibly can using paper thin twigs that would shatter on contact. Nice form.

[atomdog]

thanks :)

[littlerayoflight]

Impressive form, especially since learning you created it yourself! The light footwork and excellent balance made it stand out from other staff videos I have seen. I recently started learning my first Bo Staff form in Tang Soo Do and can honestly say you make it look a whole lot easier than it is! Would you mind me asking which martial art it is you study? Thanks.

[atomdog]

Over the years I have studied Taekwondo (which is my core style), Kenpo, Kubudo, Escrima, Capoeira, Muay Thai, elements of Judo and Concepts from Jeet Kune Do and about six drills from Wing Chung.

Thanks for your comment. I really apprechiate it.

[radioheadfan123]

Very inspirational. Very solid technique with moments of flashiness that strikes a balance for those who are serious about the weapon with those who like eye candy. Your kata is one of the best I've seen.

[atomdog]

thank you very much for your kind comment.

[yabasha]

it would actually i have used techniques like that I WORKS HELLA GOOD

[mpressiv3]

nice very practical and traditional form i love fancy forms but its nice and refreshing to see talent like this being expressed in such an effective way still i miss the old 540 kick lol

[atomdog]

thnaks for your comment!

[BABSpiratas]

...il calcetto nel mezzo è magnifico...

[xopb]

It's good to see that there are still some people out there who don't use a toothpick bo. Very clean and very nice.

[atomdog]

Thank you for your comment :)

[ozthepowerful]

Agreed.  Thank you for actually using a Bo.

[NiftyManZ]

Great bo kata. I like how it incorporates the techniques with a tiny bit of flash if ever needed for tournaments. Me not being a tournament fan would have left them out, but it think it was the perfect balance. Great foot stances as well, very important when working with the bo.

[atomdog]

Thank you for your kind words:)

[tekkentekken]

those are some cool moves, im going to go take a dump now

[blackicede]

Now this one was cool.

Really nice to see a fighter instead of a juggler (like 95% of all other bo vids here).

In fact you just made me leave the PC now to go in the garden and train... ;)

[TheUnlearnt]

Good form, I like that you didn't do a lot of high kicks and spinning jump 540-whatevers. Keep it up, I'd like to see more videos like this.

[scottv]

Hey man, that looks really good! Very fluid and I can see many striking attacks...other than just twirling lol...Very good!

[BedaAngelo]

Hey I def agree with all these other comments. Great job with the form, its looks awesome and very effectice.

[Shindai]

Pretty impressive form for a month. Took me two weeks to choreograph a fight that lasts about thirty seconds. Thought some of it was unnecessarily flash, but for the most part, I agree it was a very good form. Voted it a 3 before it warmed up, though, or else would vote four or five.. You're in my favourites though if that's any consolation :)

[dreamcastII]

nice Bo kata here. How long did this take to learn ?

[atomdog]

I created the form. It took a month.

[wolvoboy]

why make your own bo kata,when there are many beautiful traditional bo kata out there to learn

[atomdog]

A form of self-expression. Creativity. Fun. To never forget the "arts" part of the martial arts. Traditional forms are great and they provide the core and foundation of training. But Bruce Lee said that to him "martial arts meant honestly expressing yourself" by only practicing someone else's forms it's kind of like paint by numbers. By creating your own you get the blank canvas and create something of your own.

[wolvoboy]

I understand what your saying,before getting your blank canvas,you need the paint,Kata contain techniques that were tried and tested in actual combat and were not meant to be fun,even the great Bruce lee had a foundation,wing chun and a lot of his skills were practised in the alley ways in hong kong,i believe that you can express your self just as much doing a traditional kata lets not forget the Martial side aswell

[atomdog]

I agree. I was just answering your question.

[wolvoboy]

cool

[flipass]

i have been doing tkd and hopkido for a while and i always wanted to learn to use the bo staff , very nice kata

[QcFrogMan]

I also like your form very much, very intense and focused, and as the other poster said, very much like a real bo fight would look. I'd say the same thing, way to go!

FM

[dratix]

That was excellent! I like how you're attacking and not just twirling for looks. Way to go.

[atomdog]

Thank you very much.

[TheHoodedDemon]

awsome video you should teach people