Spinning releases are integral variations in modern bo staff training. This drill will show your students all of the necessary steps to nail spinning releases.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Spin | Tricks | Release

The beginner and advanced variants of this stretch are great for loosening up the large muscle groups in your upper back and shoulder before bo staff training.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Flexibility | Warm Up | Stretching

Want to learn how to catch your bo staff behind your back? Here are the necessary steps and a helpful drill for beginners trying to hone in this catch.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Tricks | Spin | Release

This drill can be used either as a warm up or to build up speed through conditioning. Shoulder mobility is very important for many tricks, so this drill will come in handy.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Tricks | Spin | Speed | Mobility

This simple drill is excellent for building speed and forearm strength. Don't overthink this one, keep it simple and build that speed up.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Speed | Spin | Strength

This is a fun drill to start off a weapons class that gets students focused while getting that heart rate up to perform at a high level. With more reps, this makes a good conditioning exercise as well.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Cardio | Exercise | Conditioning | Warm Up | Coordination

This drill is predicated on unique terminology that applies to different levels of bo staff tricks. This will make it a bit easier for advanced students to understand the progression from one roll to the next.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Roll | Spin | Trick

The boxcutter is an intermediate to advanced bo staff trick, but this drill can make it easier to understand the flicking motion that makes this release work.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Release | Tricks | Spin

Learn the butterfly spin bo staff trick. Once you have the technique down, the butterfly spin can be used as a drill to build speed and forearm strength.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Spin | Tricks | Speed

This partner drill is a ton of fun and allows students to focus on individual parts of the release technique. After using it as a drill, you can turn it into a game with some friendly competition to see which team can catch the most releases.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Release | Tric...

The circus is an advanced bo staff trick that can be upgraded by tapping the bo back to you after it slides off the shoulder. This drill will help you understand the timing and placement of that tap.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Tricks | Roll | Release

This breakdown of the figure 8 uses the "ice cream" analogy to effectively teach the proper motion to students of all ages. Analogous teaching is a very powerful tool to becoming a better instructor.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Spin | Trick | Teaching

The forearms contain several muscles that are extremely important to bo staff speed and manipulation. These drills will increase the strength of your forearms and ultimately the speed of your spins and power of your strikes.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Strength | Speed | Power

The forward, center, up motion makes it much easier to teach students the timing of the Sunset. Keep in mind that every individual student's timing will differ slightly because every student has a slightly different body type.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Tricks | Roll

This drill is designed for competitors to use for an extended period of time. Keeping the bo moving not only develops better flow and speed, but also opens many opportunities to create new tricks of your own.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Flow | Transition | Tricks | Release | Roll | Cr...

This drill is designed to help students develop better flow in their combos as well as perfecting their hand roll technique
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Roll | Transition | Flow | Speed | Spin | Trick

This drill uses figure 8's or strikes to chamber for thrusts at various angles. This is very important in helping students understand that bo strikes can be done at many angles as long as they are executed with clean technique.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Striking | Targeting

Low-light training is excellent for tuning your fine motor skills and will make it much easier to catch releases with little visibility in competition.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Tricks | Release | Spotting

Footwork and stances are both vital to performing strikes with clean lines that present well to an audience. This shifting drill will help your students master the necessary footwork for over the head strike stance transitions.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Stances | Transition | Striki...

This drill discusses some teaching strategies that are effective for teaching the palm spin. For smaller classes and younger students, laying on the ground is a very helpful way to practice this technique.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Spin | Trick | Teaching

This drill is essential for understanding how to flow between techniques in creative bo staff. In fact, this drill provides the transition that links almost all bo tricks together.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Speed | Transition | Spin | Trick

This teaching strategy is great for bo staff or weapons classes, but can be applied to any field in the martial arts. This strategy relates more basic techniques to the more difficult technique that you may be trying to teach.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Extreme | Sport Karate | Sport...

Why do bo staff strikes always seem to strike straight off the shoulder line? Learn the practical application of striking and why performance striking is slightly different.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Extreme | Sport Karate | Sport Martial Arts | Strike | Striking | Targeting

Having good, clean technique with your strikes is essential. However, it is almost just as important to have good rhythm and flow in your striking combos.
The Flow System | Bo Staff | Weapons | Extreme | Sport Karate | Sport Martial Arts | Striking | Strike | Combo | Basic