Large rokushaku Bo

Hi to all,

 

if you follow the Soke 's books, then you surely saw this huge octagonal rod Bo.

  In the pictures below you can see the difference between the standard rod 3 cm thick and this thick.

White stick is made of hornbeam wood (weight is 3 kg), 

a brown stick is from South American IPE lapacho wood (weight is 3.5 kg), they have not been varnished or oiled, so far.

If any of you decide for something like that, all the dimensions can be according to your wishes.

 

Such a big stick is good for training and for the fight (if you are strong enough and agile)

Why is it good for training?  Except the weight, 

that will force you to pay more attention to Kamae, and you will need more to look at a balance that would be disturbed by the movement of heavy rod

 

thickness plays another important role, because some Koryu schools in Japan have used this thick stick's and bokken's too.

thickness  it  changes the grip, in this way, fingertip taking most of the weight, because of the thickness we can not completely close the fist (see pic.)