best bo kata ever! WKC 2013

An amazing bo kata done at the WKC 2013 world tournament in Taranto, Italy.

[@mattjobson6180]

they must love him at star wars conventions

[@IGore1984]

Not a Kata Not a Bo Anyway, respect to a skill and effort paid

[@kenhannah2114]

It is a kata, a Kata is merely a series of movements in rhythm, and that is a bo, it is a raibo or lightning bo, they are often used in speed fighting, not heavy hitting, some are even thin enough to stab into the opponents fleshy areas

[@quackadoodlemoo7644]

Any bo could go through human tissue. Big hammer little hammer. Personally I prefer my bo. Heavy enough to deliver a solid strike. Welts sting but you remember broken bones.

[@monicaalejandraalaniz5597]

@@kenhannah2114 nota true. That way a baby blabing Is singing. Kata have bunkai. This Is only for display

[@meat-hook]

Bunkai is the breakdown of a kata to parse out oyo. A kata doesn't have it. It's done to the kata. Dude was throwing strikes, so it would be a training sequence. Some of it is flashy, but most forms are.

[@darkpone3731]

That was beautiful, while I do prefer forms to have a practical application the demonstration of his skill in handling the bo and his coordination is without question, brilliant creative form, very good, sir!

[@brandonbuchner1771]

Wow...star wars kid has gotten WAY better...

[@OMGCOOKIEMODE]

YES lol thats what i was thinking

[@NVOLIKOS]

+Brandon Buchner I was going to say the same...

[@davebrewer5319]

Hooray for Hollywood!

[@LastEmpireOfMusic]

still out for mc don every night :)

[@vinvass2674]

No doubt the gentleman is very skilled at what he does and this is a great performance. Same as all those videos we see of nunchaku. Very skilled people, very talented performers.But that is all it is. Performance. Like a dance or gymnastics routine. Full respect for those who have worked hard to learn and develop the skills. But this is NOT a martial art, it has nothing to do with MARTIAL ART and what he is wielding, in terms of the stick itself and what it represents is NOT Bo, bojutsu, and this display is NOT a kata.

[@philyip4432]

Vin Vass You are absolutely right ! I was going to say the exact same thing! Baton twirling is not Bo Kata. Let alone combat Bo Jutsu.

[@Chris-eo1bp]

i dont know much about bojutsu but why it it not? is it because of the flash>

[@chrischmi]

Couldn't said it better..

[@Kre8or333]

I guess I have to be the one naysayer on your comment. What he did is absolutely without a doubt compatible with the underlying principles of Martial ARTs. -- You can't get some one without dedication, discipline, stamina/endurance, focus, integrity, skill and perseverance to be able to perform a STAFF kata like that. Maybe it's not a traditional staff kata from ancient japan, but that kind of kata is outdated and would be boring as hell to watch. -- Bojutsu simply put is Staff technique including slashing, swinging, and stabbing (he did all of those). It doesn't specify what kind of staff you're using, that's why there are so many types of bo staves out there nowadays. A typical staff is "insert dimensions" for the type of practice you're doing. --- It's obvious the guy trains in some kind of Martial art. If not he wouldn't have done any traditional stances, and he'd be holding the staff incorrectly as far as hand position. And I bet if you put 2-4 attackers around him, put a rake, scythe, metal pipe, or hoe in his hands and he did most of the actual strikes in the same kata all the attackers would either get the snot beat out of them or they wouldn't get near him. --- If you're basing your assessment on his trick moves alone, then ok. But Any true martial artist knows that trick moves are just for fun and coordination and control practice. But keep in mind that the Shao Lin Monks do performances with trick moves as well, and they're almost the definition of True martial arts.

[@BLenz-114]

A kata is a series of realistic blocks and strikes. Rapid spinning of the weapon is neither of these things. While a real kata may involve BRIEF rapid rotation of the weapon, spinning it around and around and going around your neck etc. is just showoff stuff. Second, his weapon looks about half an inch in diameter. That is not a bo. As Vin Vass, says, this guy has some real skill and has obviously worked hard to perform this, but it should not be confused with an actual kobudo kata.

[@Ryzler13]

Starwars bo staff kid grew up

[@lakshen47]

I wanted to make this comment :O

[@andrejskoda9610]

me too :D

[@toxicsweatproductions7442]

Wish I had a sparkly Bo like him...LOL

[@phyxion123]

lol i was just about to to comment something similar

[@MifuneBoBune]

It's either a bo or a staff, not a bo staff. Saying "bo staff" is the same as saying bo bo or staff staff. Get a clue.

[@ArtofWu]

This is the best baton-twirling sequence ever

[@cadkls]

Baton? Do you honestly believe that weapon was a baton? I believe you mean bo?

[@WarringScholar]

+cadkls well you obviously didn't get the joke

[@cadkls]

Sang Luu Clearly not.

[@nicolasadileonardo]

ArtofWu weapon? That thing would break if it hit you. It is not a real bo

[@Kre8or333]

A real bo? This has to mean you don't know what a "real bo" even means. If you mean Traditional Bo, ok. But Bo Staves nowadays come in lots of shapes and sizes. Hell this guy could have and broom handle in his hands and knock the crap out of anyone with most of the strikes he's doing. --- Trick moves aren't strikes, they're just for demo purposes. Any martial artist knows this.

[@mfreimund2]

Wonderful. Best baton twirling act I’ve seen.

[@dpraim]

I would love to see you performing a "traditional" Poomsae and compare the martial aspects. Please let me know when you post it.

[@Kiwigeo8339]

@@dpraim 3 years and were still waiting...

[@julscat7556]

I love this bo kata! i studied karate for over five years, with the highest belt i attained being a first class brown belt (one belt below first degree black). i must say that this guy's bo kata awed me. he really has to have mastered the bo in order to do this kata. i give him kudos. (i also loved his choice of music to accompany the kata.)

[@chuckcoviello1735]

You must have learned trash karate

[@MichaelMassie]

The hole in the mat is what sold me. That and the werewolf howl at the end.

[@goslow63]

Athletic performance but not realistic technique.Respects to his fitness level and precise movements.

[@manofthemoon8376]

Kata helps to improve techniqus in real fights

[@rifleman101]

For those wondering, the music is from Guild Wars Factions.

[@arek3866]

Really Good! Impressive - Congratulation, you are TALENTED Man.

[@silafuyang8675]

Kata means a little bit more than just good looking and speedy brandishing of the staff, but anyway, this guy is very skilled in what he is doing.

[@kenhannah2114]

Yes, but that is what you are going for, especially in a tournament

[@joshuaray6222]

You would make a good performer at a Star Wars convention

[@Jay-vw6hn]

It's Jack Black from Kung Fu Panda

[@davewalter5945]

Best dance I ever seen.

[@jolouisciokon8314]

Wow, that was a perfect, demonstration... Magnifico....

[@vinnylt2408]

Damn... paint him green and give him a purple head band.

[@TheCrowMurder64]

Skills are skills! No frills here... This is awesome, so many ways to master a weapon. This was a cool show!

[@jbecpo]

TheCrowMurder64 That's like saying that being able to twirl a gun equates to shooting skills.

[@AddRoc52]

Jack Ben-Ezra that's stupid he doesn't need a bullet he'll beat the fuck Ada you with that stick

[@bardbollocks]

I'd like to see a proper bo used, with realistic weight and heft.

[@masoodali1571]

Yep also an original one from start to finish with more impactful strikes not needless spinning, those DVD katas are overused these days (keep in mind it does LOOK good)

[@MichaelWilliams-mo1vv]

Yes too often these so called bo katas are just flashy artistic spinning.

[@jefflosey1561]

Respect the work he put into it but that is a few Light Years from best ever.

[@digitalmonks8366]

Fantastic performance. 100/100 .

[@danawhite1177]

Powerful!!!

[@luisortizjr.6104]

"....this one gang kept wanting me to join because I'm pretty good with a bo staff...."

[@zeca672]

Why I searched for karate and it just appeared lol

[@jspprn7767]

Bravo!! Exciting! 👏👏👏

[@TyehimbaJahsi]

Yeah THAT was impressive!!!

[@gamalcastile3187]

Anybody remember the Star Wars kid? He was a portly high school kid maybe 15 years ago who took a video of himself using a broomstick as a Lightsaber trying to mimic Darth Maul, and he starts tripping all over the place. Many memes were made off that video (several much better than the Star Wars sequel trilogy). ...anyway, that's all I could think of watching this....

[@armaximus]

What did i just see..? Awesome!

[@celestecleveland6958]

Would love this broken down to learn!

[@superchiro3139]

Amazing!

[@KevinRodriguez-vd7vf]

Amazing bo kata

[@QuentinDunmore]

After I saw this, I said to myself, you have seen something truly unique. I no longer watch bo kata outside of movies.

[@aequitas1976]

Master Baton twirler! Nice demo!!

[@murray8872]

great dance

[@Wendysmanager604]

i like his staff anyone know what the name of it is or the brand that made it? if you do pls tell me

[@kenhannah2114]

The kind is a raibo, or just try light bos

[@mrszajis]

omg That has got to be the best I've seen.. Are you at Nationals in Vagas

[@donniecain4266]

Who was the expert who said this is the best bo kata ever?? His routine looks similar to the one I saw on power rangers !

[@Poisonedblade]

The Star Wars kid finally redeemed himself.

[@VerbaLPharmacy]

So Dope!

[@abidasultana8038]

Wow it's amazing

[@guillermorodriguez4889]

excelente competidor buen manejo del bo .

[@jamesc2545]

That was pretty bad ass...

[@elmohead]

White Canadian guy in hakama swinging a bo staff in Italy. What is this? UN Headquarters?

[@dark-grayalien4948]

hahahahaha accually he is the 1rst in the world right now Hes from quebec hahaha his name is Alexandre Baril

[@edteune]

first in the world in what? fat people dancing with toothpick competition? this isn't even martial arts

[@sepaku1968]

Ed, that was not nice, I see you are a skilled martial artist yourself. The man does have skill. He is a large man whose body mass index may not be optimal, but fat?

[@edteune]

ok, ok, I take back the 'fat' part, after all, look at Sammo Hung, dude has always been tubby, but got mad kung fu skills. But I hate the toothpick bo staff baloney, it's stupid. Sorry, just my opinion.

[@creditconsultants2770]

@@edteune for a guy that obviously has a mirror in his OWN studio, and his OWN youtube channel, we've seen YOU looking equally as fat, although taller, much older and not what anyone with eyeballs would call a handsome old man. You are also a bully that is disrespectful, which is contradictory of martial artists. Ed is a fraud. I could name 100 guys just here on KZbin that could walk into your lame studio and make a pretty awesome video of just beating you silly without any staff, or weapon and I'd split the revenue with you Eddie just to agree to it. Weak and feeble old bully that wishes he was a fat kid rather than a never was. Enjoy getting slower and weaker every year as that fat kid gets better at every weapon, and actual fighting technique and by the time he's 25, if he remembers your irrelevant old ass, he can come spar against you in your sad little dojo and make you eat that toothpick buddy.

[@inframundoAZ]

amazing

[@douglasdulac6212]

In Sung Lung Miu, we use metal conduit pipe for bo staff. Wrapped in electrical tape.

[@vinvass2674]

Then it is not a Bo staff and you are not doing Bo training.

[@Ryoma_flover]

what if nameless king be like: bitch plss i have dragon

[@crokiller7]

That's music from Guild Wars-Factions :) Brings back memories...

[@huntershillingburg8078]

He seems like he'd be a final boss...

[@tinotrivino]

For Americans this is a good Kata.. for the rest of the world who really understand Kobudo, this is just another grown up Dual Laser Fight boy lol

[@cesarvillarreal6453]

Excelente 👌 ...

[@nassimamine2419]

this guy's got skills great performance.👏👏

[@dimeolas777]

In the vein that its creative show, why not put a light in each end and create a wicked effect when it twirls?

[@elvisterer4394]

What do you do if you are fighting with this guy now?

[@Shadow1776]

Excellent.

[@MrBoba09]

Eras mi hermano, Anakin.

[@theshadow3001]

And this guy rocks

[@donoberloh1110]

when you use a thinner and lighter staff than a traditional rokushakubo, it looks fast, yet the movements need morefoucs, control and exactitude and less theatrics.

[@ziamrbutt1555]

Brilliant🥇🥇🥇

[@Tonytrekdax]

good job

[@aito9773]

Wow... amazing he can do that. But... which sports is he really playing? I'm extremely confused. here...

[@parlormusic1885]

Thanks I needed a good laugh

[@KyokushinKichiKai]

I never suspected an over weight Rockette could twirl a button like that! I would suggest a sequenced Halter to go with that FAB skirt.

[@kenhannah2114]

*kimono* bitch, the Japanese take that very seriously

[@kizunadragon9]

The freestyle category is the place to put on the show. The judges are looking for something they have never seen before. The people saying that this is nonsense and pathetic and not practical are right it is, but the thing is thats what it's supposed to be, a show. If you actually were in competition and not a KZbin-fu master you would know there is a traditional Kata category and a freestyle category. Freestyle is where you bust out all the crazy sick cool looking moves you've been working on for fun.

[@dpraim]

The more you know...

[@EileenFlanagan]

Martial goals 😍

[@McMarc-gq6by]

Guild Wars Faction Soundtrack!:> :>

[@SebastianSanfratello-yj2jk]

i love it how people are calling that toothpick as a staff

[@wboeren1]

Would be even more spectacular with a connected light saber. very cool

[@SearchRR]

Lol when he spun the bo staff on his neck it made my jaw drop XD

[@Ozarka0]

this guy is fuckig amazing.

[@stots7797]

Call it what you will. He has skills.

[@irreverentrevelator779]

that was done with such power and grace. choked me up. hell of a force!

[@garyschraa7947]

I absolutely agree with marpa . the no hands stuff around the neck , eh , could do without . but it is an exhibition so that checks out

[@zafarchauhaan6730]

impressive

[@olind6957]

Man’s a animal 🔥🔥

[@erewr2116]

where can i find a name of this kata?

[@samueltestas]

This is not a bo kata, it's stick handling performance. It's a dance

[@jamesstamm1840]

What is the martial application?

[@kevinkowalczik6699]

Agreed!!!!!!

[@janoscsorba7666]

Impressive

[@ConveyApp]

Lookup old school Dog Brothers from the late 1980’s-1990’s. Particularly Eric “Top Dog”. That guy took a flashy version of Kali “stick fighting” and turned it into a legitimate fighting system. Like actually utilizing the stick as a fighting tool and tossed out the nonsense. He says that all this flashy stuff goes out the window as soon as they get hit in the head or hand the first time. It’s really hard to fight with a staff or a stick with a broken hand.

[@philhead5629]

Agree with you Igor

[@SouthSideRoxy]

The dance and drama was interesting.

[@VeritasSuperarachnid]

FOCUS FOCUS

[@a5kobe313]

is that kung fu film audition?

[@snbforever]

Dude. Boss 😎

[@orlandos145]

The problem I have with this performance is that many people might believe that handling a BO is like that. The show that he puts on is a good one, but I will not pay a sent to see it. I am a traditionalist when it comes to martial arts. I am not very good with a BO, but I will continue to train as traditionalist.

[@narendragokhale9774]

Sir... Do you have a video of your own performing any Kata?

[@pikapi1837]

nice dance

[@blueshun]

Where was this McDojo tournament?

[@manuelmacias7667]

Un verdadero Circo 🤹‍♂️

[@Verithiell]

Guild Wars soundtrack!

[@johnedelmandebelen2967]

could i subtitute a spear for a deadly performance 😂

[@sammycerv]

What style of kobudo is this? I've never seen this kata before.

[@Yamabushi37]

Eso no es una kata de Kobudo empezando porque la palabra Kobudo significa "arte antiguo" y esto es solo un show marcial sin una coherencia mas que para cumplir con el reglamento de un torneo de formas libres con "armas"

[@sammycerv]

@@Yamabushi37 I know. It was sarcasm.

[@nebunaticucristi1]

What is his name?

[@KENPOJOE1]

WHO IS THE COMPETITOR? btw,it's bo not bow like bow and arrow or bowtie.

[@erestoretnienna]

His name's Alexandre Baril.

[@CottonBoxer]

cute, but then again i didn't expect much when i saw the title lol

[@AkshayCShetty]

Amazing skills. Thoroughly loved it!! For those calling it more of dancing... Ahem, Sigh. Have sme respect for the skills -_-

[@user-tg3og3bi7c]

Oh my God !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@werandom8216]

This kid is an S Class Paladin