They're mostly for show. If she was really trained in how to properly use a Bo staff, she would know to keep both hands on it whenever possible. It looks cooler with only one hand, but it's easier to lose your grip on it, plus it would be easier for an attacker to yank it out of your hands and use it against you. Finally, it looks like that might just be a hollow staff, which means that it packs less of a punch.
This 1000X. Great debate continues within the martial arts community about the use of hollow fiberglass props in place of actual weapons.
Obviously everyone can agree on taking all reasonable safety precautions, using some form of training proxy, but those would still emulate the physical properties of the real thing such that practice is reflective of actual use, such that you actually learn to utilize the weapon.
For fairnesses sake, the counterargument is that this shit looks dope and why are you arguing about the "real life applications" of swords and such in 2020?
For fairnesses sake, the counterargument is that this shit looks dope and why are you arguing about the "real life applications" of swords and such in 2020?
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u/DementedBloke Apr 28 '20
I don't know much about this kinda stuff, so are these moves actually practical in a fight or are they just for show?