Behind the Back Bo Staff Techniques

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Caleb Labarda. I'm here with Expert Village and today I'm going to be going over beginning bo staff. So that one of the next things we're going to do is going to be going behind the back. So it's like this. One across, behind the back. And you're going to hook up and spin one in front. You want to get your bo flowing. So let's go ahead and break that down. So as I'm doing it, it works great off a front spin. Get on your front spin. As you catch, I'm going to catch it palm down in my left hand. Now, all I'm doing, I'm just going to place it on my back, the right hand is going to reach around, grab the bo, pull it out. Again, the bottom edge is going to flip all the way up and go into the spin. So what it looks like from the back end, you know. I'm going to hold it from here, left hand, palm down, spin it around, put it on my back, grab from here, okay? My right hand is going to come around and pull all the way back to my front. Okay, so to pull it from here, you go around the head, to the back or to the front. You want to make it look real smooth and let it flow, but with speed. One, two, right, and go back to here, go back to your front spin. What I'm doing is just putting all the moves together. One, go combo, one, two, three, four, come across, one, two, three, go back to here, and go around the head, behind the back, right into your front spin. Okay? And that's going to be how you go around the back. So one more time, go from here, left hand, it's going to pass. I'm not doing any spins behind the back, I'm just bringing it straight around, just rolling it around the body. The right hand's coming, grabbing the bo and pulling it back to the front, all the way into a catch."