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Japanese wooden staff "bo" weapon made in the shape of a walking stick, tall and circumference.

The bō is usually made with hard wood, such as red or white oak, although bamboo has been used. The bō may be tapered in that it can be thicker in the center (chukon-bu) than at the ends (kontei) and usually round or circular (maru-bo). Older bō were round (maru-bo), square (kaku-bo), hexagon (rokkaku-bo) or octagon (hakkaku-bo). The average size of a bō is 6 shaku (around ) but they can be a long as (kyu-shaku-bō) .

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• Related: Bōjutsu, Budō, Gun (staff), Hanbo, Kanabō, Okinawan kobudo, Okinawan weapon, Quarterstaff, Stick fighting, Tanjo, Yubi-bo

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