Bo Proficiency

Bo Proficiency
A master of bōjutsu, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is able to use his bo for defensive maneuvers and counterattacks but can also deliver powerful strikes.
Power/Ability to:	Be a master of wielding bo staffs.

The ability to be a master of wielding bō staffs. Variations of Staff Proficiency and Stick-Fighting Mastery.

Also Called

• Bō/棒 Combat/Fighting/Mastery/Skill
• Stick-Fighting/Martial Art Stick Proficiency
• Gun/棍 Combat/Fighting/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill
• Jō/杖 Combat/Fighting/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill
• Quarterstaff Combat/Fighting/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill

Capabilities

Users, either innately or through training, are masters of wielding bō staffs, being able to wield it with great proficiency and skill for close quarter combat purposes that can be used to their advantages.

If the bō staff possesses magical properties users' channel/harness arcane energies/magic for conjuring spells, incantations and fight against mythical repelling their magical powers.

Applications

• Enhanced/Supernatural Combat
• Pole Vaulting Mastery

Variations

• Polearm Proficiency
• Rod Proficiency
• Staff Proficiency
• Stick-Fighting Mastery
• Supernatural Staff Proficiency

Associations

• Martial Arts Mastery

Limitations

• May require a degree/certain amount of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve mastery.
• May render the user powerless if they are disarmed, unless they can use magic without the object.
• May only be effective against opponents from a long distance but not in close range combat.

Known Users

See Also: Martial Arts Staff

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Angemon (Digimon)
• Gokuwmon (Digimon)
• Son Goku (Dragon Ball series)
• Jin Mori (God of the High School)
• Bō Masters (Gosuverse)
  • Yongbi
  • Gang Ryong
  • Doh Gyeom
  • Doh Gyeol
• Dan Yuseong (Infinite Leveling: Murim)
• Suchie-Pai (Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai/Queen's Gate)
• Yalung/Pochiro (Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Rangers)
• Sarutobi Hiruzen/Third Hokage (Naruto)
• Konohamaru Sarutobi (Naruto)
• Isshiki Ōtsutsuki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
• Nami (One Piece)
• Vergo (One Piece)
• Mushra (Shinzo)
• Buddha (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie)
• Alleyne (Queen's Blade)
• Nowa (Queen's Blade)
• Tsao-Lon and Gensou (Zatch Bell!)

Cartoons/Comics

• Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Emily Hayes (Amulets series)
• Jack (Samurai Jack)
• Oliver Queen/Green Arrow (DC Comics)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Tim Drake/Robin (DC Comics)
• Diana (Dungeons and Dragons)
• Lin Chung (Hero:108)
• Master Oogway (Kung Fu Panda)
• Monkey (Kung Fu Panda)
• Monkey King (Lego Monkie Kid)
• MK (Lego Monkie Kid)
• Master Wu (Lego Ninjago: The Masters of Spinjutzu)
• Remy LeBeau/Gambit (Marvel Comics)
• Sun Wukong (Marvel Comics)
• Lê Chiến Kim/King Monkey (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
• Mike Chilton (Motorcity)
• Garrett (Quest for Camelot)
• Prince Spark (Spark: A Space Tail)
• Master Cyclonis (Storm Hawks)
• Piper (Storm Hawks)
• Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Master Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Diego Hargreaves/Number Two/Kraken (The Umbrella Academy)
• Larmina (Voltron Force)

Literatures

• Pedro Penduko (Pedro Penduko)

Mythology

• Sun Wukong (Chinese Mythology)

Live Movies/Television

• Rey (Star Wars)
• Owen Reynolds (Supah Ninjas)
• Michie Rapisora/Sandara Park (Super Noypi)
• Diego Hargreaves/Number Two/Kraken (The Umbrella Academy)
• Lai (Warriors of Virtue)
• Various Characters (Kickin' It)
• Jack Brewer
• Kai Brewer
• Jerry Martinez
• Chase Davenport (Lab Rats/Lab Rats: Elite Force)
• Sebastian Krane (Lab Rats)

Video Games

• Litchi Faye-Ling (BlazBlue)
• Jade (Beyond Good and Evil)
• Venom (Guilty Gear)
• Billy Kane (The King of Fighters)
• Kirby (Kirby); via Staff Kirby
• Jammerjab (Kirby Star Allies)
• Wukong (League of Legends)
• Jade (Mortal Kombat)
• Raiden (Mortal Kombat)
• Galen (Shadow Fight)
• Shadow (Shadow Fight)
• Fire Kraken (Skylanders)
• Kilik (Soul Calibur)
• Xiba (Soul Calibur)
• Hoy Quarlow (Super Punch-Out!!)
• Wei Shen (Sleeping Dogs); When wearing the Sun Wukong outfit.
• Kung Jin (Mortal Kombat X)

Web Animation

• Sun Wukong (RWBY)

Known Objects

• Ruyi Jingu Bang (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
• Donatello's Bō (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Laser Bo (Lab Rats/Lab Rats: Elite Force)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Angemon (Digimon)

Gokuwmon (Digimon)

Son Goku (Dragon Ball series)

Gang Ryong (Gosu)

Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage (Naruto)

Nami (One Piece)

Since his childhood, Vergo (One Piece) has been a powerful and brutal staff fighter,...

...later imbuing his trusty bamboo stick with Busoshoku/Armament Haki...

...to enhance his blows.

After abandoning the use of a spear, Yongbi (Yongbi the Invincible) took up wielding Bō staffs and soon became one of the most powerful Bō wielders in the Murim...

...wielding a staff as if it was a part of his body...

...as he easily defeated martial artists...

...and gangsters...

...and injure transcendent level martial arts masters like Cruel Moon with his personally created, Black Lancers Seven Chained Moves, a powerful set of spear-based martial arts he incorporated into bo wielding based.

Tsao-Lon and Gensou (Zatch Bell)

Cartoons/Comics

Jack (Samurai Jack) is master martial artist trained in many disciplines and styles of combat and weaponry including Bo Staff fighting or Bojutsu...

...allowing him to defeat an entire tribe of hostile red gorillas....

...and overwhelm a more durable fighter like Gordo the Gruesome.

Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Master Oogway (Kung Fu Panda)

Oliver Queen/Green Arrow (DC Comics) demonstrates his Bōjutsu on some muggers.

Remy LeBeau/Gambit (Marvel Comics) is a profound wielder in the art of Bōjutsu.

Lê Chiến Kim/King Monkey (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)

Master Wu (Lego Ninjago: The Masters of Spinjutzu)

Literatures

Sun Wukong (Chinese Folklore/Mythology)

Pedro Penduko (Pedro Penduko)

Video Games

Jade (Beyond Good and Evil)

Billy Kane (King of Fighters)

Kirby (Kirby series); via Staff Kirby

Jade (Mortal Kombat)

Fire Kraken (Skylanders)

Kilik (Soulcalibur)

Live Television/Movies

Jack Brewer (Kickin' It) a highly skilled karate martial artist who became sensei at age sixteen whose skills also translate into his use of martial arts weapons like Bo Staffs that impressed his friends with his skills.

Kai Brewer (Kickin' It) like Jack is highly skilled with a Bo staff able to pressure his cousin in a fight until Jack got the upper hand.

Chase Davenport (Lab Rats franchise) is highly skilled with Laser Bo staff easily able to overpower his older brother's super strength...

...and matches and defeats the bionic soldier Sebastian who also possesses this ability and still defeats him even after he trained him and became evil again when he was temporarily a good guy,

Videos

Test of Nami's new Clima Tact-2

Huey Vs. Uncle Ruckus

Hercules VS Sun Wukong - DEATH BATTLE!-2

Goku VS Superman - DEATH BATTLE!

Deadpool VS Deathstroke (Marvel VS DC) DEATH BATTLE!

Nightwing VS Daredevil (DC VS Marvel) - DEATH BATTLE!-2