Stick Fighting (Bongtoogi) Tournament - Hwa Rang Do All Ranks 2009

[WCHwaRangDo]

sorry this was accidentally deleted.

wapitiassassin asked:

are those made to represent a nagamaki?

or just a staff?

[WCHwaRangDo]

No this is not to represent a sword with a staff or a type of a spear. It is just a staff (jangbong in Korean) and for fighting we use the rattan staff for it's flexibility and light weight.

[GuamKomudo]

Rattan sticks... Hurt like a mother... Like you said, they are a pretty light weapon, but it dosen't break, it will frill out and chip before it actually breaks, and it's flexable so when you get hit by it, it's like a whip and a stick in one hit...

[zukuru]

tx for sharing. good fights !

With all respect - why are there no thrusts ?

Some of the Kamae look like a tsuki preparation - to dangerous ?

[WCHwaRangDo]

Good question. Yes there are no tsuki or chirum, mok, due to the fact that the ends of the rattan staff are not protected with leather. The shinai/jukdo is made with the soft leather at the tip to allow for thrusts to the neck. However, they can thrust to the body not for points but to keep the opponent in range.