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Bojutsu is the Japanese and Okinawan martial art of the bo staff, notable for the rokushakubo, a standard staff about six shaku or 1.8 m long.

Naginata is a Japanese martial sport using a curved-blade polearm, notable for modern world championships that began in Tokyo in 1995.

Krabi-krabong is a Thai weapon martial art whose name means sword-staff, notable for paired swords, shields, staffs and battlefield roots.

Jogo do Pau is a Portuguese and Galician staff-fighting art from Minho and Tras-os-Montes, notable for a national association founded in 1977.

Canne de combat is a French cane-fighting sport standardized by Maurice Sarry in the 1970s, notable for fencing-mask bouts with light chestnut canes.

Tahtib is an Egyptian stick-fighting art and folk dance, notable for Old Kingdom reliefs around 2500 BC and modern practice in Upper Egypt.

Katori Shrine is an ancient Shinto shrine in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to Futsunushi-no-mikoto and ranked among the highest-prestige shrines in the Kanto region.

Juego del Palo Canario is a Canary Islands stick-fighting sport traced to Guanche traditions, notable for palo chico, palo mediano and garrote forms.

Quarterstaff is an English staff-fighting weapon art, notable for 16th century manuals by George Silver and Joseph Swetnam on short-staff combat.

Lathi khela is a Bengali stick-fighting martial art of Bangladesh and West Bengal, notable for bamboo lathis often measuring 6 to 8 feet.

Donga stick fighting is a Suri ceremonial duel in southwestern Ethiopia, notable as a harvest-season rite of passage for young men seeking prestige.

Nguni Stick Fighting is a traditional South African martial art practiced by Zulu youth, notable for its use of two sticks for offense and defense to build courage and coordination.