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The hanbō (半棒 lit. half-staff) is a staff used in martial arts. Traditionally the hanbō was approximately three shaku or about 90 centimetres (35 in) long half the length of the usual staff the rokushakubō (six shaku staff). Diameter was 2.4 to 3 centimetres (0.94 to 1.18 in).