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Quarterstaff vs. Bo — What's the Difference?

Quarterstaff vs. Bo — What's the Difference?

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Quarterstaff

A quarterstaff (plural quarterstaffs or quarterstaves), also short staff or simply staff is a traditional European pole weapon, which was especially prominent in England during the Early Modern period. The term is generally accepted to refer to a shaft of hardwood from 6 to 9 feet (1.8 to 2.7 m) long, sometimes with a metal tip, ferrule, or spike at one or both ends.

Bo

A long staff, used as a weapon in martial arts.

Quarterstaff

A long wooden staff formerly used as a weapon.

Bo

An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

Quarterstaff

A wooden staff of an approximate length between 2 and 2.5 meters, sometimes tipped with iron, used as a weapon in rural England during the Early Modern period.
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Bo

Fellow, chap, boy.

Quarterstaff

Fighting or exercise with the quarterstaff.
He was very adept at quarterstaff.

Bo

(martial arts) A quarterstaff, especially in an oriental context.

Quarterstaff

A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; - so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.

Bo

An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

Quarterstaff

A long stout staff used as a weapon

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