Staff weapons of Japan

right|thumb|Japanese jō, tall and in circumference, made in the form of a large walking stick A is an approximately wooden staff, used in some Japanese martial arts. The martial art of wielding the jō is called jōjutsu or jōdō. Also, aiki-jō is a set of techniques in aikido which uses the jō to illustrate aikido's principles with a weapon. The jō staff is shorter than the six-foot rokushakubō. Today, the jō is still used by some Japanese police forces.

thumb|250px|A traditional rokushakubō is 1.82m (6 shaku) and wielded with both hands, due to its weight and size. A (pong (Korean); pang (Cantonese); bang (Mandarin); kun (Okinawan)) is a staff weapon used in Okinawa. Rokushakubō are typically around long and used in Okinawan martial arts and Japanese arts such as bōjutsu. Other staff-related weapons are the jō, which does not have a standard length, and the hanbō (half bō), which is long.

thumb|right The hanbō (半棒, "half-staff") is a staff used in martial arts. Traditionally, the hanbō was approximately three shaku or about long, half the length of the usual staff, the rokushakubō ("six shaku staff"). Diameter was . However, depending on the school the length and diameter varied.

thumb|Antique Japanese tanbo, a 45cm-long hard wood martial arts weapon right|thumb