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KOBUDO program

KOBUDO & Related Skills

('ancient ways of war' - weapons training)

HFCA DOJO

Kobudo - Youth Class

Tuesdays & Thursdays

4:10pm - 4:40pm

FILCOM DOJO

Kobudo - Youth Class

First floor breezeway

Thursdays

5:30pm - 6:30pm

Costs

Purchase of Bo, Sai, and/or Kaibo

from your instructor

plus $15.00 per month tuition.

or $30.00 every 3 months.

(effective 11-18-2009)

Karate Concepts teaches kobudo utilizing the methods and techniques found in Yamanni Chinen-ryu & Taira-ryu kobujutsu.

JIKC Hawaii Dojo are affiliate members of world renown kobudo and karate expert Sensei Toshihiro Oshiro's RYUKYU BUJUTSU KENKYU DOYUKAI, or Ryukyu Martial Arts Research Society.

A three pronged fork-like 'truncheon' having a longer middle tine for strikes and thrusts, and a pair of shorter horn-like tines for catching and hooking.

Kobudo student Ayla Tago of HFCA demonstrates

"Tora no me"

"The eye of the Tiger"

during practice.

Sai kata practiced include the following:

Shimabukuro no sai kata ichi

Shimabukuro no sai kata ni

Kyan no sai

Nakandakari no sai

Senpai Xena Stamm of the Waipahu FilCom dojo performs 'Kyan no Sai' before Sensei George Kotaka of IKF(seated left) and Sensei Michael Shimabukuro of JIKC (seated right), at

the International Karate Federation's

48th Annual All-Hawaii State Championships.

Senpai Xena was awarded a silver medal for her 'kobudo' performance with the 'bo' at Saturday's tournament.

Click on the symbol

above to go to the

Official RKBD

Yamanni-ryu

website.

Excepting where required as a component of advancement, kobudo classes are generally NOT part of our regular karate curriculum. Offered as a complimentary course of training, kobudo classes are taught at specific times separate from karate and have their own schedule of fees (tuition).

Heiwa-do karate and Yamanni-ryu kobudo are both difficult and demanding arts in their own right. As such, 'beginning' karate students are prohibited from studying both karate and kobudo simultaneously. Karate students must be at least 7th kyu to participate in weapons training.

This prohibition does not affect applicants who wish to participate in our 'kobudo' only program.

There are many kinds of staves of many different sizes used in the martial arts. The 'roku-shaku bo' or 'six foot staff' is the preferred weapon of the Yamanni-ryu practioner.

Younger practioners use porportionately smaller 'bo' to accomodate their diminutive size.

Bo kata practiced include the following:

Don Yukon Ichi

Choun no kon sho

Choun no kon dai

Suuji no kon

Ryubi no kon

Sakugawa no kon

Knives used in training are specially made practice knives made of aluminum, wood, or rubber. The practice knife shown above measures eight inches overall and is made of aluminum.

Aloha to Sensei Roman Cruz, a longtime student of the art of Kenpo, for his knife training expertise.

Classes may be cancelled from time-to-time, or you may not be able to attend classes for personal or professional reasons of your own. As such, any student may train at an affiliate dojo to make up for any classes missed.

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