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Anyone train with a spear ? I have been watching a view vids on it . I have been training for a while with jo and bo ( and other weapons ) , a lot of jo seems to come from spear work. I was looking at mostly Filipino / Malay stuff, which, for me , seems better . Particularly bamboo spear So I made one ( I got lots of bamboo ) and got some rubber and carved a spear point (bladed ), half way in length between jo and bo . I am looking at slashing and thrusting moves, incorporating what I learnt from jo and bo , and the 25 set jo pattern I developed for the club . I will take it to training tomorrow and see how it goes against a variety of weapons . I know what will happen; one look at the bamboo and they are gonna try and smash and split it. So I will have to be 'slippery' and evasive , also I have bound the shaft above and below the nodes for support. If it does get smashed, I just replace the head on another culm (but I will go and cut some 'iron bamboo ' for that and surprise them next time I shall return and tell you how it went .... if I survive ; Most bamboo Iron bamboo