Thick coat, protective glasses, thick gloves, pair of sharp shears, loppers for flowering stems. Hack off all growth back to the centre, cut out flowered stems as close to the centre of the plant as possible.

And I forgot to say, after you've done all that, drag out from the middle as much dead and loose matter as you can.

ive heard you can fire it bamboo is that right

Yes, you can do it with a flamethrower - but only if you live in the sticks! You'd be prosecuted if you did that in London... and it increases the carbon footprint!

makes sence bamboo.