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PostSubject: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeWed Jan 21, 2009 3:52 am

I have a friend who was wondering if possible to make a bo staff to use to fight?
Which is something I've wondered myself for a while.
If so...how do you go about making one that would pass but not be ridiculously huge to handle (Like the number of layers of foam)?
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PostSubject: Re: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeWed Jan 21, 2009 5:07 am

you could make a 6' one with two 1' blades, one on each end (barrel-style), each with a pokey tip, and then incidentally pad the other 4'. you'd be able to strike and poke, but not grip anywhere but the middle. a big problem is, that you aren't really supposed to be able to grab any part of the weapon designated as a striking edge, so a true bo staff is pretty much impossible.
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PostSubject: Re: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeWed Jan 21, 2009 5:19 am

SolinuSvipdag wrote:
a big problem is, that you aren't really supposed to be able to grab any part of the weapon designated as a striking edge, so a true bo staff is pretty much impossible.


well...we really don't grab any part but the middle that much anyways. I think four feet of grabbing space might work....

Good thing I have a whole roll of foam I never used. XDXD
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PostSubject: Re: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeWed Jan 21, 2009 5:44 am

4.2.5 - Double-ended Weapons
4.2.5.1 - Double-ended weapons must not be more than 7 feet long.
4.2.5.2 - Double-ended weapons must have a minimum of 18 inches in length of a cylindrically padded striking surface on each end.
4.2.5.3 - Both ends must pass as green or neither end will pass as green.
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PostSubject: Re: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeWed Jan 21, 2009 7:18 am

ok, 1.5 foot blades. My bad. I don't do double weapons...
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PostSubject: Re: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeWed Jan 21, 2009 8:04 am

i have extra foam if you need it, and dap, and plenty of cloth for covers Smile
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PostSubject: Re: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeWed Jan 21, 2009 5:34 pm

how in the hell did I miss that....I shouldn't look up stuff while sleepy apparently. ^_^;;

Would i still need to put some sort of padding on the rest of it?
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PostSubject: Re: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeWed Jan 21, 2009 6:34 pm

at least 2wo-3hirds would need to be padded, right?
swung weapon and all that...
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PostSubject: Re: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeWed Jan 21, 2009 6:43 pm

and don't forget the fact you can't have more than 30 unpadded inches,
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PostSubject: Re: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeWed Jan 21, 2009 6:49 pm

4.1.9. No swung weapon may have more than 1/3 of its overall length unpadded, nor have more than 30” unpadded.

4.1.11.8. Double-ended weapons such as quarter staves are always considered to
be blue weapons.

4.2.5.1. Double-ended weapons must not be more than 7 feet long.
4.2.5.2. Double-ended weapons must have a minimum of 18 inches of
cylindrically padded striking surface on each end.
4.2.5.3 Both ends must pass as green or neither end will pass as green stabbing
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i know some reitteration but thats about all the rules that you need to know for bo staff
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PostSubject: Re: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeFri Jan 30, 2009 7:20 pm

so hey, if you lot go ordering any thing like that give me a holler i am thinkin bout makin a glaive soon, to go with the ungodly amont of other weapons i have for myself *smiles to himself*
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PostSubject: Re: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeSat Jan 31, 2009 4:33 am

I'd recommend making a staff, not a double-ended sword. If you make the weapons bladed, you'll end up hitting with the flat way more than anything else.

It won't be effective, no matter what- but it will be fun! And if you can't work out the rules- then at least you can play at home, right? Smile Best of luck with it.
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PostSubject: Re: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeSat Jan 31, 2009 10:14 am

uh, yeah you can't dag-legally make a double-bladed weapon. MOA says it has to be cylindrically padded
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PostSubject: Re: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeSat Jan 31, 2009 6:04 pm

Does it really? Hmmm... silly me. I've never made any double ended weapon, nor passed any double ended weapon. But there was a double ended sword as a toy a long time ago. Like 2-3 years back- definitely before we were official. However, it did not work. Smile It wasn't padded enough either.

I really simply don't understand why they even made rules for double ended weapons, I have never seen one on the field before.

I guess I fail.
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PostSubject: Re: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeSat Jan 31, 2009 9:51 pm

I've seen two people use bo staffs now. One was Kira back in Blue Springs, who had some degree of success. The other was Doom, here in Rolla, who wields it ridiculously effectively.
I think being effective with it is rare, which is probably why it never makes many appearances on the field.
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PostSubject: Re: bo staff?   bo staff? Icon_minitimeSat Jan 31, 2009 9:57 pm

That's probably it.

And the rules about them are very ... weird.
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