A few of you are probably contemplating the blog title. Well, allow me to elaborate:

In my Karate class, we've been learning how to wield Bo staves. Now, those of you who don't know what a bo is, it's basically a solid wooden(although it can be made of other materials) staff, of varying length(usually based on the height of the wielder, mine is roughly 6 feet). It's used defensively, as well as offensively. Plus, it's a lot of fun to swing around.

I've been practicing a lot lately, more specifically, my figure-8 form(figure-8[sometimes called a butterfly] is a defensive form, and can be performed using one or both hands).

Here's an excellent example of a several consecutive figure-8s:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5494849425310110593&q=bo+staff&hl=en

All that spinning stuff, yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

I've almost learned the entire bo kata. I'll be performing it for my dojo someday soon. Until then, I'm gonna keep practicing. It's a real pain sometimes, it kills your wrist and causes my thumb to get blisters from the staff rubbing against it constantly.

Which brings me to my next point- the end of this blog.

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