American Bo Staff (MhodgeMMA)
It's been about a year since I achieved my 1st degree black belt in tae Kwon Do; I'm now focusing on SHOTOKAN KARATE but will also try to get 1-2 ranks in both BO STAFF and KRAV MAGA before learning BASSAI (The black belt form for Shotokan) and prepping for my black belt test in that style.
Watched the first video; it's gonna take awhile to truly start this training as I want to be closer to black belt in shotokan (and done with Tkd) before truly starting this!! So first chevron goal is summer 2017!!!
Do to the similarities between the structure of my shotokan training dvds and the WTF Tkd training I'm currently training in. I've decided to try the American Bo staff ranked system by Micheal Hodge (same creator of the Shotokan Dvd program and Ultimate Trainer systems of combat)
There are minimal testing times but as it's very different to anything else I'm learning I should be able to train in both TKD and BO STAFF simultaneously without too much problem.
Just bought the DVDs but haven't been delivered yet.
The ranks are chevrons to be worn on the arm of a standard martial arts uniform. This way I can train in Tkd, wear my karate or Tkd rank belt and still show my rank in Bo staff.
No real goal for time between rank but will probably try to test for my first rank in 2-3 months of receiving dvds.
We'll see how it goes! As the style goes to 2nd black belt I will hopefully be able to get to that level and offer the program to my students as either a higher black belt rank in KACRIJITSU or as a completely different ranked system.
Again no time limit; just learning for the sake of learning!
