KoBudo.

Japanese term that can be translated as “old martial way of Okinawa”. It is a generic term coined in the twentieth century.
kobudō refers to the weapon systems of martial arts. These systems can have from one to as many as a dozen weapons in their curriculum, among the rokushakubo (six foot staff, known as the “bō”), sai (dagger-shaped truncheon), tonfa (handled club), kama (sickle), and nunchaku (chained sticks), but also the tekko (steelknuckle), tinbe-rochin (shield and spear), and surujin (weighted chain). Less common Okinawan weapons include the tambo (short stick), the hanbō (middle length staff) and the eku (boat oar of traditional Okinawan design).

The nunchaku

The nunchaku was an agricultural tool which was used to beat the wheat sheaves or the bundles of rice plants, after the drying process, to separate the caryopsis from culm. This is an agricultural tool, found also in other cultures: as well as regarding kama (sickles) and bo (staves), something like that existed in Italy too. In China that one in three segments was more frequent, it lets one tie the bundles as well. The nunchaku was formed by two sticks joined with silk threads or buffalo gut and their use consists in making them swing with high velocity, requesting a good ability of coordination.

The Sai

Imported from China, but of Indian origin, sai were used to plough the ground and to sow in drills. If you use them as weapons, they are effective in the defence against swords and staves. In this case two sai were grasped (one in each hand) to intercept and deflect downward blows in order to counterattack after that. In the past they were pointed weapons and it was often decided to use sai as a throwing short-range weapon, actually a third sai was generally worn on one’s belt. Another version of sai is the jutte that is used by Japanese police for defence and locks, acting with pressure on sensitive points.

The Tomfa

The tomfa was a weapon known in central and north China as the “Jano’s ruler”. A Chinese Master of tomfa faced in Bokuto Island Master Matsu Higa, armed with bo, a weapon in which he excelled. The Chinese Master was impressed by Higa’s style and skill in using the bo (the unique weapon of kobudo that developed independently in Okinawa Island without suffering Chinese influences), so that he desired to teach him tomfa art which was later introduced into the martial practice of kobudo. The tomfa was the handle that was used to make the wheat millstone rotate and could be taken out of the millstone easily, so to be used as a weapon. With a firm grip you can protect all the forearm and you are able to hit with the projecting point or with a rapid rotating movement. One of them in each hand was usually used. Nowadays police corps in a lot of countries, for instance USA and Canada, employ this weapon, thanks to its versatility, because it can also be used to effect locking techniques.

The Bo & Jo

The Bo (6 foot wooden staff) and the Jo (4 foot wooden staff) probably are the oldest weapons which were always at hand. A wooden stick such as a broom handle, baseball bat, stick in the forest) is still today always at hand and through that one of the most practical weapons. A stick is easy and effective to use in many situations.
Contrary to the very flexible Chinese version with its very dynamic techniques, Kushido’s techniques are more suited for the harder and heavier type weapon, which are used in a slightly slower way.
The Bo and the Jo are the weapons with the longest reach which are used in the Kushido school. With these one can learn to control a bigger distance. Through their length the end of the sticks, which are mainly used to strike with, reach very high velocity which makes them very effective.

The Jo, and the even more so the Bo through the slower movements, are ideal training tools for the beginner in the weapons art..

The Kama

The kama was the unique allowed tool equipped with a blade, because it was used to reap the corn. It was to be utilized for several hours a day and therefore it was a light tool, with a long curved blade. As an effective fighting weapon it was modified and became stronger, so that it could hold out against heavy impacts and the handle was wrapped up with an intertwisted rope in order to improve the grasp, as well as for swords. It was used one by one or in couples.

The Katana 

The katana is generally defined as the standard sized, moderately curved (as opposed to the older “tachi” style featuring more curvature) Japanese swordwith a blade length greater than 60 cm (23 ¹⁄₂ inches).^[7] It is characterized by its distinctive appearance: a curved, slender, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard (tsuba) and long grip to accommodate two hands.^[7] It has historically been associated with the samurai of feudal Japan.

With a few exceptions, katana and tachi can be distinguished from each other, if signed, by the location of the signature (mei) on the tang (nakago). In general, the mei should be carved into the side of the tang which would face outward when the sword was worn. Since a tachi was worn with the cutting edge down, and the katana was worn with the cutting edge up, the mei would be in opposite locations on the tang.^[18]

Western historians have said that katana were among the finest cutting weapons in world military history.

 The Naginata

The naginata (なぎなた, 薙刀) is one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades (nihonto)^[1][2] in the form of a pole weapon. Naginata were originally used by the samurai class of feudal Japan, as well as by ashigaru (foot soldiers) and sōhei (warrior monks).^[3] The naginata is the iconic weapon of the onna-bugeisha-archetype; a type of female warrior belonging to the Japanese nobility.

Naginata for fighting men and warrior monks were ō-naginata. The kind used by women was called ko-naginata. Since the naginata with its pole is heavier and much slower than the Japanese sword, the blade of the ko-naginata was smaller than the male warrior’sō-naginata in order to compensate for the lesser height and upper-body strength of a woman than an armoured male samurai.

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