Deluxe Jo/Bo Staff Hickory/Ipe 60" length 1,1/8" thickness. Laminated construction

  This listing is for Hickory/Ipe Deluxe handmade Wooden Long Jo or a Short Bo Staff. This is an upgrade to a common bamboo or rattan staff. The Jo Staff is a traditional Okinawan training tool used in Kobudo style martial arts. These particular staffs are 60 inches in length which is a standard length for jo staffs. These staffs have a constant diameter of 1,1/8" throughout its length making it very appropriate for heavy uses.  The materials consist of beautiful hickory on either side and an extremely heavy darker ipe wood down the center for added straitness and beauty and weight. Hickory is the heaviest available indigenous north american wood. Ipe wood is twice as hard as ipe on the wood hardness scale. The laminations of the various woods increases the strength of the wood by having the grain structures reinforce one another. This jo staff is recommended for all possible dojo uses as it is stronger then even solid hickory. It combines the best impact qualities of hickory with the