The curriculum was all about hanbo. "Bo" is a "staff", and "han" is "half", so it's a "short stick". In reality a hanbo is about 110cm long, so it's longer than an escrima stick.
A stick, properly weilded, is a great force multiplier. We studied a few counters for common punches and I have to wonder just who would be dumb enough to attack bare-handed anyone weilds a stick. The stick allows for very effective counters and easy and natural continuations... It's just scary how unbalanced the situation is. Now, if someone assails me with a stick by swinging it wildly, I can range him and time him and then counter-punch or otherwise penetrate the stick's range and develop from there. But if he's not committing to swings and controls the stick, it gets difficult. Anyway, developing.
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