NINDO
YAMABUSHI RYU
WEAPONS
- Bo
Staff
- Pole weapon, around 6' in length, traditionally made from wood or bamboo. Ideally about a palms width taller than it's weilder.
- Jo
Walking Stick
- Pole weapon, between 4 to 5' in length, traditionally made from wood. Should be about shoulder height to weilder.
- Hanbo
Straight Cane
- A half staff. Pole weapon about 36 to 40" in length, traditionally made of wood.
Ideal length allows it be comfortably used as a cane by weilder.
- Yawara
Fist Load
- A Stick. Pole weapon under 6" in length. Ideal length allows it the ends to protrude about an inch on both sides when held in fist.