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'''{{Lang|ja|Bōjutsu}}''' ({{Langx|ja|棒術|lit=staff technique}}) is the [[martial art]] of [[stick fighting]] using a [[bō]], which is the Japanese word for staff.<ref>[http://www.koryu.com/library/dlowry11.html The Evolution of Classical Jojutsu]</ref><ref>[http://www.koryu.com/library/mskoss7.html Sticks and Stones Will Break Your Bones: A Look at Jo and Bo]</ref> Staffs have been in use for thousands of years in [[Asia]]n martial arts like [[Silambam]]. Some techniques involve slashing, swinging, and stabbing with the staff. Others involve using the staff as a vaulting pole or as a prop for hand-to-hand strikes.

Today ''bōjutsu'' is usually associated either with [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]]n ''[[Okinawan kobudō|kobudō]]''
or with [[Japan]]ese ''[[koryū]] [[budō]]''. Japanese ''bōjutsu'' is one of the core elements of classical martial training.

Thrusting, swinging, and striking techniques often resemble empty-hand movements, following the philosophy that the ''bō'' is merely an "extension of one’s limbs".<ref name="technique">[http://www.shotokan.net.au/weapons.html Weapons] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828210627/http://www.shotokan.net.au/weapons.html |date=August 28, 2007 }}</ref> Consequently, bōjutsu is often incorporated into other styles of empty-hand fighting, like traditional [[Jūjutsu|Jū-jutsu]], and [[karate]].

In the Okinawan context, the weapon is frequently referred to as the ''kon'' (棍).

==See also==
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* [[Angampora]]
* [[Bando]]
* [[Banshay]]
* [[Bataireacht]]
* [[Gatka]]
* [[Hanbō]]
* [[Jogo do pau]]
* [[Jō]]
* [[Jōjutsu]]
* [[Jūkendō]]
* [[Kalaripayattu]]
* [[Kanabō]]
* [[Kbachkun boraan]]
* [[Kendo]]
* [[Kenjutsu]]
* [[Krabi–krabong]]
* [[Kuttu Varisai]]
* [[Lethwei]]
* [[Mardani khel]]
* [[Naban]]
* [[Quarterstaff]]
* [[Silambam Asia]]
* [[Silambam]]
* [[Tahtib]]
* [[Tanbō]]
* [[Thang-ta]]
* [[Three-section staff]]
* [[Varma kalai]]
* [[World Silambam Association]]
* [[Yamanni ryu|Yamanni-ryū]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Commons category inline|Bojutsu}}

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