Bōjutsu vs Full contact karate
Bōjutsu and Full contact karate side by side, from the facts recorded for each art.
| Bōjutsu | Full contact karate | |
|---|---|---|
| Country of origin | Ryukyu Kingdom | Japan |
| Type | budō and jutsu | karate |
| Notable practitioners here | 1 | 28 |
| Top countries of practitioners | Japan | Japan, France and Korea under Japanese rule |
Bōjutsu
Bōjutsu (Japanese: 棒術, lit. 'staff technique') is the martial art of stick fighting using a bō, which is the Japanese word for staff. Staffs have been in use for thousands of years in Asian martial arts like Silambam. Some techniques involve slashing, swinging, and stabbing with the staff. Others involve using the staff as a vaulting pole or as a prop for hand-to-hand strikes.
From the Wikipedia article Bōjutsu (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Full contact karate
Full contact karate is any format of karate where competitors spar (also called "Kumite") full-contact and allow a knockout as winning criterion.
From the Wikipedia article Full contact karate (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Facts from Wikidata (CC0): Q961126, Q3754231. Practitioner counts are the people with a profile on this site. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.