Hanbō-Jutsu Renraku-Kumite

半棒術   連盟 組手

Hanbo-Jutsu (or 半棒術 in Japanese) includes the fighting techniques ( 術 Jutsu) with a semi Bo ( 半棒 Hanbō), also know as Sanshakubo (or Sanjakubo). Literally this name means a staff (bō) with the length of three (san) shaku ( 尺 ), while a shaku is approximately 30.3 centimeters or 11.9 inches long (standardized as 10/33 meter). Next, Waza (or 技 in Japanese) means ‘techniques’, while Renraku is a contraction of Ren (or 連 in Japanese), meaning ‘row’, and Raku (or 盟 in Japanese), meaning ‘repetition’. So, Renraku-Waza is a row of repeated techniques in which the roles are reversed at the end of the series. In this way, this Kumite (or 組手 in Japanese) exercise or practice fight can continue again and again. In the video embedded below (recorded on 22 July 2024), budoka Johan Oldenkamp, a former national champion from the Netherlands, performs three series of these endlessly repeatable techniques for the Hanbo, the first time against a Bo, and the second time against a Hanbo as well.

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