Bo (Kon)

Bo- (棒: ぼう) or kon, is a long staff, usually made of tapered hard wood, for example white oak, bamboo and in some cases for training purposes, rattan. Sometimes it is made of metal or plated with metal for extra strength; also, a full-size bo is sometimes called a rokushakubo (六尺棒: ろくしゃくぼう). This name derives from the Japanese words roku (六ろく), meaning 6, shaku (尺: しゃく) a Japanese measurement equivalent to about .994 ft and bo. The rokushaku-bo refers to a staff about 6 feet long. The bo is typically 1 inch thick, sometimes gradually tapering from the middle to 0.8 inch at both ends. This thickness allows the user to make a tight fist around it in order to block and counter an attack. The most common shape, maru-bo, is a round staff, while kaku-bo (four-sided staff), rokkaku-bo (six-sided staff), hakkaku-bo (eight-sided staff) also exist. Other types of bo range from heavy to light, from rigid to highly flexible, and from simply a piece of wood picked up off the side of the road to ornately decorated works of art.

Kata

Bo (Kon, Kun)

Akahachi no gyaku bo
Arakaki no Kon
Chibana no Kon
Chiken no Kon (Tsuken no Kon)
Chinen Shichanaka no Kon
Chinen Shitahakun no Kon
Chinen Shichiyanaka no Kon, (Chinen Shitahaku Kon)
Choun no Kon
Chatan Yara no Kon
Gassen Bo
Ginowan no Kon
Gibo no Kon
Hakuson no Kon (Shirotaru no Kon)
Hasso no Kon
Katen no Kon (Katin)
Kenshin ryu bo
Kina no Kon
Kochinda bo
Komesu no Kon
Kongo no Kon
Kudaka no Kon
Kubo
Kushaku bo(Kyushaku 9'foot bo)
Kuniyoshi no Kon
Matsumura no Kon
Matsu Higa no Kon
Miyazato no Kon
Nakanhari no Kon
Odo no Kon (Shihonuki no Kon)
Ogusuku no Kon (Hakuson no Kon, Shirotaru no Kon)
Oshiro no Kon (Uhugushiku no kon)
Ryubi no Kon
Sakugawa no Kon sho

Sakugawa no Kon Dai
San Shaku Bo
Sesoko no Kon (Sesoku no Kon)
Shihonuki no Kon (Odo No kon)
Shimajiri no Kon
Shiromitsu no Kon
Shirotaru no Kon (Sho & Dai)
Ogusuku no Kon and Hakuson no Kon)
Shishi no Kon
Shitanaka no Kon
Shiushi no Kon (Shoshi)
Shushi no Kon
Shoun no Kon
Shuji (shushi) no Kon (Sho & Dai)
Shukumine no Kon
Soeshi no Kon (Sho Dai)
Soeishi no Kon
Sueishi no Kon
Sueshi no Kon sho
Sueshi no Kon dai
Sueyoshi no Kon
Suezoko no Kon
Sunakake no Kon
Tekamini no Kon
Teruya no Kon
Tenryu no Kon
Toko no Kon
Tokubetsu-Bo
Tokumine no Kon (Akahachi no Kon)
Toyama (Tokuyama) no Kon
Tsuken no bo (Chikin bo, Cheeken)
Tsuni Sunnakaki no Kon (Tsukensunakake)
Tsuken Shitahaku no Kon (Tsuken no Kon Chikin)
Uehara no Kon
Uhugushiku no Kon (Oshiro no Kon)
Urasoe (Urishi bo, Urashi) no Kon
Urazoe no Kon
Yomitan no Kon
Yonegawa no Kon (Yonekawa, Yuinigawa)
Yosho no Kon

List of Okinawa weapons

A list of all Okinawa weapons, there are a few Japanese weapons but they are marked as so.

Bisento – Halberd (shizoku weapon) (Japanese weapon) introduced by the Chinese in the 5th century. Resembling the naginata but much heavier.

Bo-or kon, is a long staff, usually made of tapered hard wood sometimes called a rokushakubo

Chinte- or chinti- a bamboo stave, approximately two-foot in length, strapped to each arm.

Chizekun – bo 4 to 9 inches long

Dajio - Two sticks connected with a long rope (15 cm)

Eku bo -oar (Eiku, Eku, Ueku, Ieku)

Gekiguan - staff 4 ft with chain and weight

Goshaku jo – approximately 60 inches long stick, (Japanese weapon)Gusan (Gusan jo) – 4 ft long cross-shaped stick

Hanbo - 3 foot staff

Hashaku bo – 8 foot long staffHoko – a type of yari 3 pointed.(Japanese weapon) sai mounted on top of a bo or jo, axe (Shizoku-weapon)

Kushaku bo (kyushaku bo) - 9 foot staff

Kama- sickle

Kusarigama- Kama & Chain (Japanese weapon)

Kuwa- Hoe

Jiffa- Hair Pin

Naginata – Halberd, consists of a wood shaft with a curved blade on the end;

Nunte bo- (manji sai a fix to top of bo) (Nunti, Nuntei)

Nunchaku- horses bridal

Renkuwan (Uchibo) - Flails from long and short stickRokushaku-bo (Kon, Kun, Bo) -6 foot long staff (Bo)

Rokushaku-kama – 6 ft long staff with sickle

Sansetsu-kon (Sanchaku-kun, Sanbon-nunchaku) -3 section staff

Suruchin (Kusari) - chain with weights

Sai- short sword with three points

Manji Sai

Sanshaku-bo – 3 feet long stick (Hanbo)

Tan Bo (Nitanbo, Nijotanbo, tankon) - 2 feet one hand staff

Tatame Tempe - Deer Skin Shield

Tessen- fan, 4 to 9 inches long

Tekko-horse stirrup

Teko - Punching weapon, pointed short stick

Tenchu- short staff with a point in front

Tekkan zu- a metal ring used as a concealed weapon.

Tinpe & Rorin (Tinbe Tinpe) Shield and Short spear

Tinpe, & Seryuto shield and machety

Tonfa (Tuifa, Taofua, Tunkua, Tuiha)- handle for a mill

Toyei-noborigama – 5.6 ft staff with blade

Yonsetsu-kon - Four-part Nunchaku or staff

Yari- spear

Yaware (yawara bo)- 4 to 9 inches long

Yonshaku-bo (Jo, Tsue, Sutiku) – 4 foot staff