(Before we begin, I want you guys to know that this is a sequel to my other journal called staffing. Ok, now we're ready) Hello everyone, it's me Matthew. Tonight I will be writing about bolo, aka the machete. Bolo is a pretty repetitive form, but it is very cool nonetheless. It does introduce abanico, which for my bo chos is just two temple strikes of the bolo in a cross stance. Abinico is by far the coolest part of this form. I'm not sure if there are more bolo forms - you know like with stick and staff there are more than one forms - I'm not sure if there is a bolo form 2. Overall the bolo is fun to practice. And even though the bolo is a little heavy, i like twirling it around and doing the form. I'm going to grade it a 'B' for bolo. I'll end this with a joke... how did the machete like to dance? He went bo low... (it's a dad joke so you can't expect too much!) - have a good night guys. See you in sparring tomorrow.