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Step 1
Take a martial arts stance facing your opponent, with the left foot about a shoulder's width before the other.
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Step 2
Hold the bo staff in your hands with your right hand below the middle of the staff and your left hand above the middle of the staff. The bo staff will angle a little across your body, with the top of your staff pointing toward your opponent.
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Step 3
Swing the bo staff forward with your right hand so it strikes your opponent's stomach as he advances with his weapon drawn.
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Step 4
Grasp the wrist of the opponent that has the weapon with your right hand, and pull it forward as you move back so that your opponent's body will be off balance.
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Step 5
Move the bo staff with your left hand so that the staff is across your opponent's stomach and tucked under her right armpit.
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Step 6
Lock your opponent's body down by continuing to hold your opponent's wrist with your right hand, and laying the staff over your opponent's extended right arm. His torso will be angled to the left in front of you, while your bo staff presses against your opponent's stomach and the back of your opponent's right arm.
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Step 7
Bring your opponent to the mat by pressing the bo staff down on his arm and moving forward and down with your right hand on her wrist.
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Step 8
Pin your opponent's right shoulder to the mat with the bo staff as you kneel above her, and release her when she taps. Slip her weapon from her hand and she will tap again, signifying her surrender.
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Step 9
Practice the bo staff strike to the stomach in Hapkido over and over. It is a good and effective way in which to gain control over an opponent who attempts to strike you with and without a weapon.
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Step 10
Use the bo staff strike to the stomach in Hapkido matches and gain points in your favor every time you use the defense.
