Are Traditional Weapons Worth Learning? | ART OF ONE DOJO

[@timsnead5395]

Bo translates to walking stick, broom stick, medium branch on a hiking trail. Nunchaku translates to belt, shoes, coffee pot, lamp, anything hinged. Arnis sticks translates to hammer, screwdriver, and empty hand. Thank you for discussing this topic. Love your channel.

[@primordial.sounds]

I was gonna say something similar. I want to take a bojutsu course because it looks like a lot of fun and is probably the most common style of weapon that can be found in many environments.

[@primordial.sounds]

You're right, did you know Kali sticks were traditionally used in place of machetes, which is what they are really training to fight with? The sticks just cut-back on band-aid use. lol

[@fourscorpio]

Kobudo training is a part of my Karate style, so I've been training with traditional weapons since color belt level. Bo, sai, tonfa, kama, nunchaku, eku (oar) and nunte (spear). I've been training with these for over 30 years -- the main benefit I've found is increased wrist strength and flexibility, especially since my weapons are traditional weight (not the lightweight XMA types), so they're heavier to wield. I totally agree about nunchaku teaching rebound -- when I first experimented with hitting a heavy bag with them, I quickly discovered that they would bounce back at you. Kobudo training is fun and also helps with my mobility and power.

[@dwightdhansen]

The style I study is Ryūkyū Kobudo Shimbukan. My sensei is a student of Akamine Hiroshi. I was able to attend a seminar with him last summer. It was amazing. What style/lineage do you study? The first thing I learned about the nunchaku. In our style they are used far more for hooking & trapping than striking. For that reason we only use one of those weapons at a time.

[@fourscorpio]

@@dwightdhansen I study Okinawan Kenpo - the style founded by Nakamura Shigeru. My lineage is of Grandmaster Odo Seikichi who was Nakamura's successor till his passing in 2002. Our Kobudo comes from Matayoshi Kobudo, but I have noticed the way we do kata is quite different than the official Matayoshi style (thanks to KZbin videos). I have a few videos of my kata on my channel. I've also noticed in my own practice that my kata/kobudo is slightly different than other Okinawa Kenpo practitioners. Most likely because the forms I do are how they were performed by my dojo in Hawaii back in 1990/91. Since then, I've trained on my own after moving to the mainland. So I'm a bit of a time capsule. Nunchaku is definitely a versatile weapon, good for joint locks as well as striking.

[@dwightdhansen]

@@fourscorpio Awesome. My karate style is Isshin-Ryu. My original sensei was one of the Marines Tatsuo Shimabuku taught in Okinawa around 1960 (Sherman Harrill). My current sensei was Mr. Harrill's senior student when I first started. Isshin Ryu is taught in our dojo as closely as possible to the original. It is very different from a lot of other Okinawan styles.

[@dannin1278]

Also quick tip for throwing knives: You're not throwing the knife but projecting the cut. So when you're throwing remember to still make a cutting motion not just a throwing motion if that makes any sense

[@bw5020]

I appreciate this

[@baldieman64]

If you can't reach someone with a knife, without throwing it, you have no legitimate reason for initiating violence, and you will be going to jail.

[@uncleouch9795]

Being from a Kenjutsu/Iaijutsu background I appreciate this. My answer is, Zanshin. Learning Focus, Control, etc. Keep in mind that you can Niten, with two legal knives. Osborne from Benchmade is my choice. Basically Tanto Niten. Potentially X blocking with Blade or Forearm. State Law Applies. I understand that there are division in Ryu concept. Offensive, Defensive, Evasive, etc.

[@williamw1332]

When I was a young teenager, I used to carry a pair of nunchucks everywhere...until the laws changed. I find them extremely practical, easy to carry, the techniques for use are applicable to many different items and form factors, and can be used to defend from pointed and blade type weapons....but remember the golden rule...don't bring Chuck's (or Knives) to a gunfight. Stay safe everyone, don't get hit with the CoVid-Chuck's. 💥 Keep up the great work Dan Sensei! 🙏

[@TheInfantry98]

Depending on distance a knife is more effective than a handgun

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Oh he definitely knows that. Knives are NO JOKE.

[@dirgniflesuoh7950]

When I went to lower level of school (7-13 yos) some kids made nunchakus at the wood and metal crafts lessons ... And some made shuriken out of the metal scraps ...

[@dwightdhansen]

I find that Kobudo helps more with my relaxation than anything else. That makes my Karate better. You can get away a bit with having tension doing open hand techniques. If you try to strong arm the weapon it will control you not you controlling it.

[@MountainAdventures1]

Don't forget about the cane! The cane is the last weapon that is legal anywhere, even on a plane. Our school teaches extensive cane drills and 2 cane forms. So far I've learned to handle the sai (my main weapon), tonfa, kama, bo (long staff), jo (short staff), escrima (at a Kali school), and cane. The cane is by far the most directly applicable to self-defense, although all of the weapons have practical learning value as you have stated, in terms of improving our empty hand technique. All of it expands our martial arts vocabulary, and nowhere is this connection more clear than with Kali, where you begin working with a partner using escrima sticks, but later on you drop the sticks and find that the same movement works empty-handed as well.

[@hailhydreigon2700]

Most Traditional Martial Arts were created to be centered around the use of weapons. If you neglect traditional weapons training, you're likely missing out on a significant portion of the Martial Art as a whole. Coming from a HEMA background, 80% of our weapons combat is grappling and wrestling which can easily be applied to the empty hand. If that translates over to Eastern Martial Arts, then lack of weapons training would explain the lack of significant grappling training in a lot of schools and systems. Weapons training- particularly full contact, full-pressure weapons training- is a great tool to improve your skills as a martial artist. Because learning to fight in different situations- with different variables- is what ultimately makes you a good fighter.

[@watchparty1]

It probably doesn't apply to as many people but training and knowledge can be great for writers and world building. It adds so much realism and verisimilitude in a historical fiction or fantasy if the weapons are used and described accurately.

[@alcosmic]

I've been learning to flip balisong for a while, and I've noticed that my manual dexterity and ability to manipulate other weapons has increased dramatically. Highly recommended

[@tauhid9983]

I guess IMO...there are 4 main reasons for u to use traditional weapons: - Hand-eye & spacial coordination - Preserving the martial traditions - Self-defence to some extent (i.e. using similar objects irl to the weapons) - Fun and entertaining

[@AnarkeeSoundVibes]

I studied shotokan karate and bushido for years. I adapted all of the weapons that I was taught to use in practical use. In the 32 years since I first first picked up a pair of tonfa, I've surprised myself with how easy anything can become a weapon in my hands and how effective I can be with it. In my early adulthood, I was in the military and was even able to teach some of my superiors a few techniques that those seasoned veterans didn't know.

[@stevestrangelove4970]

As someone who mostly practice with weapons (and takedowns) people have no idea how much you can learn from weapons. You learn to measure distance, learn the tempos to strike, defend or counter, you learn how to control the line, you learn the physics of objects, AND you learn that all those principles are connected with every other aspect of a martial art. But this is only if you sparr.

[@Knight2682]

I love training with weapons. One of the things that attracted me to Kung Fu is the variety of weapons that are unique to Chinese martial arts. Currently learning the Kwan Dao

[@me82sjm]

Depends on a lot. Weapons training is fun it's that simple so yes but if you want to delve a little further, kali sticks (Baston) are very useful and in some areas you can use the extendable Batton , and convinient. Also the fillipino small sticks or hand weapons like the varja can be replaced by flash lights or pens Also in fillipino arts and a lot of Chinese arts it teaches skills transferable to hand to hand

[@lonsimmons2337]

They can be handy at staff meetings. Learning how to control distances is much easier with a weapon because you get a tangible frame of reference.

[@tprodyma]

🙃 I like that. I also enjoy your videos. I’ve been studying Okinawa martial arts for over 43 years & it’s great to see someone like yourself informing others on tradition. Keep up the great work but watch the way you phrase your post’s! 👍

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Thanks! As far as the post names...we're experimenting but in order to get KZbin to recommend your video there are specific tactics in terms of title names and thumbnails that work the best, so we're trying to follow those tactics, otherwise this channel won't grow much.

[@tokenstandpoint93]

While brief my Shifu had everyone learn Kali as the first weapon. Those sticks are very effective for using a lot of the practical weapons you said. Kali training also has easy cross over to using the bo staff and sword. Learning the sword is practical today because they're some gang members like using machetes at night. Also from what I have seen the sai has a lot of similar use to that of carrying or using a knife as well.

[@bw5020]

@M T is it that deep?

[@ArtofOneDojo]

But what if it's a commitee that manages the bo? Then it woudl be a bo...staff :D

[@kracylatin01]

I believe martial arts weapons training can be useful and practical as you stated the Kali sticks or Arnis weaponry training is a great new skill . Great episode love it

[@wendellbenedict4793]

Very good video as always. There are benefits to be learned from all weapons. If I could go back in time I would tell my much younger self to find a Philippino Martial Arts school to train with weapons since I find their training to be the most practical and the most fun that I have ever tried. LOL I definitely remember some experiences as a teenager throwing down the nunchakus and swearing that I would never pick them up again after striking myself in the head, knees, shins, and the nether regions. BTW that was a very good point talking about the nunchakus bouncing back when they strike.an object. Most people don't know this because they swing them but never try to strike an object with them.

[@MG-bi6mq]

Old kung fu proverb: “One short, safe. One long, safe.” Learn a short weapon and a long weapon and translate those concepts into other traditional or improvised weapons. Historically martial arts were more about weapons than empty hand anyway. Even today we don’t send our military into battle barehanded. If I’m in a self defense situation my first instinct should be to equalize, not kung fu the other guy with my fists of fury.

[@williambreen4290]

Regarding Japanese stick weaponry you don't always necessarily have to carry around a 6-foot length bo staff. There are three other variants lengthwise leading up to the 6 ft Donatello special! They are as follows the Jo staff which is 4 feet at length and a much more visually legal walking stick! and then there is the hanbo which is 3 feet in length and also last but not least the tanbo which is 2 feet in length and the last two mentioned are very good for stick grappling apprehension of your opponent as well as striking them fiercely before and after submission! The hanbo and tanbo are both very easy to conceal and the Jo staff is a great walking stick!

[@Zapinator321]

I started learning how to use the seven star praying mantis staff weapon last week. Also, what is your opinion on the three sectional staff?

[@TrentMantis]

Congratulations kung fu brother! 5th Brother Staff? If you do an internet search for Paul Brennan Translations, you can find copies of the Wong Hon Fun manuals in translation including Tiger Tale 3-Section Staff, 6 Harmony Double Broadswords, and 5th Brother Staff.

[@bernardortiz7351]

I think anyone who masters the three-sectional staff is truly amazing. It's a really difficult weapon. I think that learning it requires the use of a football helmet. I also don't think it's a terribly practical weapon - it's not something you can carry around or can use to its full extent indoors. I've not learned it, and may opt out of the classes that teach it as I don't need any more knocks to my noggin'. I have learned how to use the Kwan-dao (you might spell this differently). I understand that the one General Kwan actually used was ~70-80lbs or even more. The training version I've used is 23lbs, and I've seen competition versions with spring steel that are under 10lbs. You don't muscle a weapon like that... you guide it along...

[@ArtofOneDojo]

I think it's highly impressive for starters. I have never even put hands on a 3 sections staff but always thought they looked awesome. Like nunchucks and bo combined into one.

[@collinnicolazzo2065]

@@ArtofOneDojo ima be frank i carry ny staff on me all the time i made it to also be a walking stick

[@stephenroyalphillips]

I am not that brave. Lol. You are the man!

[@opinionantropologica7639]

I loved the video. I do not have an extensive weapon training (just bo and tonfas) and now I see that the real use of weapon training (like kata training) is not literal, it is a tool to learn concepts, skills, etc

[@ArtofOneDojo]

It was a great question to ask!

[@fenris042]

Dont forget that learning to use things are worth it. The Bo or Sticks as you said translates to using a mop or two branches. Sword cane is what I actually have and its not obvious either.

[@timlinator]

Skills of fighting with a weapon in your hand is transferable to everyday items. I once did a bo kata using an umbrella.

[@CombatSelfDefense]

I like to use traditional weapons as a means to focus, coordinate, and/or loosen up my students. Even when they KNOW I'm using a fake knife/sword/spear, seeing that thing swinging at them (or swinging one themselves) makes them focus a lot more than they do empty handed. And having to spin a bo staff/kali stick/nunchaku around forces a student whose movements are too rigid to loosen up - lest they mess up the technique or whack themselves in the nuts.

[@bw5020]

I think it's worth it. It adds dexterity and makes you more aware of your body and how to make proper use of extention, and as you've said, spacial awareness and coordination. You ain't likely to use a sword in self defense.. But a pen? A rake? A knife? A cane? If you can use a traditional weapon, you can probably apply similar principals to stave off a threat. Personally, I like the Kali/Eskrima theory of using weapons and unarmed attacks that can be interchangeable. So no matter what's in your hand or what isn't, you can defend yourself. As a security guard, it REALLY helps to learn how to use what you can as a weapon when push comes to shove. If you can use a Tonfa , you can use a Billy club, a baton or an ASP.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

This is the right thought process, seeing how the concepts can apply to real world every day items.

[@Hobbies305]

In Florida the butterfly knife is considered illegal but the Philippino arts are actually based on knife fighting the Spaniards decided to ban the arts in the Philippines because of how gruesome it was centuries ago when the explorers reached the South East Asia region and another cool thing about those islands is that the name Philippines was actually stablished by the explorers in honor of a Spanish aristocrat

[@christophervelez1561]

Dude did you ever see the guy who pulled out a sword on a train or bus to stop a fight. That interview is amazing.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

It does happen from time to time :)

[@EVENINGWOLF666]

When I was training in Choy Lay Fut Kung Fu my instructor was talking about how you could adapt weapons techniques to everyday objects and to punctuate the lecture, he picked up a baseball bat and performed some of the movements from the first Chinese Broadsword form in we learn in the style. The idea of applying weapons techniques to everyday objects has always been of special fascination to me, especially now with more and more restrictions being places on a people with regard to personal defense. I almost wonder if there will come a point when self defense of any kind becomes illegal (I do have to have the occasional tin foil had moment). But all of that would be academic without training in actual weapons. Whether or not we find ourselves in a situation where we will need to use nunchaku, or escrima sticks or knives, we can apply the principles of weapons combat to everyday items, a chain, or a broken broom handle or a pencil but to apply them we have to first learn them. Traditional weapons teach the principles necessary to make those adaptations and more. The debate about traditional weapons has been going on since at least the 70's (and maybe longer for all I know) and it is unlikely that it will be solved any time soon, or ever for that matter, but to my way of thinking traditional weapons are an important part of training and one never know when some technique or skill or bit of knowledge will be the thing you need at any given moment to keep you alive, and looking at the way the world is going these days that could be more likely than any of us imagine.

[@martialarts4life393]

Without question, weapons such as bo staff, and nunchaku, etc., are essential in traditional martial arts training. They develop speed, fluidity, strength, etc., and can quite possibly save your life if you can get your hands on a pipe, tree branch, rolled up newspaper, broom stick, pen or anything else that simulates the weapon. The Filipino weapon arts are widely considered the most practical of all martial arts weapons. It's quite frustrating, but understandable, how many people even in this video segment, are using the nunchaku incorrectly. Nunchaku training in Okinawan are supposed to be held with your hands at the base of the handles NOT gripped in the middle or towards the top by the chain or rope. I see this all the time and it's due to the students and instructors being poorly trained. Jesse Enkamp has a really good video on this so I recommend everyone check it out here on KZbin.

[@eliqk3qt2rg5v]

I'd rather disarm someone's weapon rather than use one to attack since I prefer unarmed combat but my instructor been teaching us how to use kali sticks and recently we began learning fencing. It's quite interesting

[@Herowebcomics]

Hmm, this sounds interesting. OMG! You can flip sai like nunchuk?! Awesome! Also, I agree that learning traditional weapons can help with self defense!

[@J1X5]

*slaps jo* "STICK with us and find out". Idk why i'm dying

[@cosmicgriffin9306]

I started training my first weapons at the rank of yellow belt. My favorite was the bo because it is fun to work with, and it was the first actual weapon i ever picked up. (unless you count foam swords as an actual weapon)

[@googleisacruelmistress1910]

I think it's a question of how well they translate to random objects in your environment, stick-shaped things such as the bo, swords, escrima sticks, etc. tend to do pretty well, anything that's too specific tho doesn't tend to translate particularly well to that many things, They are fun tho

[@blockmasterscott]

I’m a school custodian, which means that I always have a bo staff, spear, or short sword with me. (Staff=mop handle, spear=five foot pole with razor scraper on the end, short sword=escrima length stick with putty knife taped on for cleaning)

[@agnikaineverdies7646]

0:16, stick with us?? I see what u did there, pretty clever

[@mockupguy3577]

This was an extremely good video! You covered almost all things I was going to say. Having trained kendo, iaido, HEMA and a little kenjutsu. I would feel very safe if carrying a sword.

[@gingercore69]

In argentina, some guys got ibto a house to steal... Found a kendo guy with a katana, left crippled for life, i think a few died, one lost a hand and half the face, something like that... In other words... Your house is your castle, get a naginata if you want

[@Soldier-of-God.]

Glad to see you do coverage of weaponry Sensei Dan. Definitely while in our modern societies, we are not allowed to carry, traditional weapons such as swords, daggers, knives, bo staffs, tonfas, sais, nunchakus and so forth. Learning, practicing and mastering the usage of these and other traditional weapons, can hel enhance our hands and eye coordination, also increase our responsive, senses reaction. These weapons especially in the case of heavy bo staffs, tonfas, sais and samurai katana swords for example, can strengthen our hand grips, fingers, wrists, as well as arms, given that they have some considerable amount of weight to them. The lighter weapons such as the nunchakus, or the Kali Escrima sticks, along with the kama (sickles) weapons being much lighter, can help increase our hands, as well as fingers' speed and dexterity, due to their lighter, but much more rapid rotations and so forth. Overall traditional weapons training can help us in a real life self defense, if we happen to have a belt, a towel, rope, in the swinging motion of the nunchakus, or the Chinese dart rope, or the umbrella as the striking patterns of the sword, or even the Escrima Kali sticks. I sincerely hope that you shall revisit the weapons of various arts, as well as their origins and how they are implemented in their various arts of combat, if possible. Looking forward to your next segment as always, Osu!🇲🇽🇦🇺😊🤟✌👍👊🥋

[@slipknot666721]

In the UK where am from it is completely illegal to carry any kind of weapon with you in public (even if you claim to use it for self protection) . The only thing you can use is improvised weapons such as umbrellas or anything you find in the street. So i guess there could be an argument to be made about learning the BO staff for lets say walking stick or an umbrella, but for the most part (in the UK at least) your better off either learning how to make an improvised weapons or learn how to fight hand to hand. even so i still want to learn some weapon stuff since it seems like fun.

[@MW-dd8vk]

i think Kali sticks may be the most practical as you can use random sticks as improvised weapons with the skills you learned in Kali. I also think the Kali skill set would be good for the stun gun knife as well.

[@jtilton5]

One thing I should point out is that the JO (a 4ft staff instead of a BO 6ft+ staff) is still used by Japanese Police Officers.

[@nicholascouch6371]

there is a type of nunchaku sometimes called san setsu kan. It is a three section nunchaku with each section measuring about 6 inc. in length and can fold to fit in the pocket. The karate nerd Jesse Enkamp shows one in the video kobudo weapos. My father being an old school greaser from Hamilton Ohio taught me the value of odd weapons, a favorite of his was commonly called a church key .It is and old school bottle opener, small flat can easily be palmed and will peel skin like an apple.Most police now do not know about the weapon applications of this and even if they did,what could be said ,it is perfectly legal to carry a bottle opener. lol

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Oh that's fantastic! Good ingenuity for sure!

[@billtaylor1656]

A staff or a bo is good to train with. Because in a situation you coukd use a stick a mop or something similar to defend yourself if need be

[@geoffreyfletcher6976]

In arts like Ninjutsu, the traditional tools taught are training one to recognize and utilize everyday items in an improvised tool manner similar to what you trained in. The traditional tools train the body dynamics when resorting to improvised weaponry. Another thing too, while people don't carry official swords around, quite a number of people do carry or have access to long blades like machetes. Thus learning how to deal with long blade attacks is still of value. And traditional even shuriken were used both in a hand held combative use as much as they were used as projectiles.

[@mizukarate]

Well I think stick and knife training has some real world self-defense advantages. However items like sai can be used as weights for martial arts.

[@texasghostrider9644]

Oh hell yeah. If we don't know how to use weapons we don't know how to disarm our opponents. And if you get your hands on a weapon you know how to use it, if it's a traditional weapon in your Martial Arts or an improvised weapon or even a modern weapon like a firearm. Learning the fight to learn how to use weapons or essential.

[@jlotus100]

Is it worth it? Yes, because it's super fun.

[@assoverteakettle]

That's like asking if it's worth learning history? For practical applications, no. But to archive the history of where and how things developed for future generations, then absolutely.

[@craigparrott828]

I was told 'learn to manipulate an object and you will learn to manipulate a person'

[@WoodBilly53]

Lately I have been studying the machete . Machete has been used in the enitre history of man in some form or another and is still used today, and in most places it is legal to carry .

[@Docinaplane]

As you say, they are helpful in learning how to use improvised weapons. Not a traditional weapon, but I have a collapsible baton that is quite formidable. When I display it, it's like racking a shotgun, lol

[@TrentMantis]

The main reason I switched from karate to kung fu was the halberds, spears, two-handed swords, and three section staves. When this epidemic clears up, I will have to adapt some classes to turn forms like 單刀戰槍, Saber vs. Spear, into light saber battles.

[@p.d.l7023]

Nunchuku accidents = still have a scar over my eye for 35 years and counting.

[@johnnysticks772]

Well done Sir once you said escrima/kali sticks stop right there. It just doesn't get any better for practical self defence hand eye coordination,timing leverage it just becomes extension to your arm lets just say its very effective i wouldn't be biased or anything 😊👊

[@billtaylor1656]

I'm a fan of the Monk Spade, but I would really love to learn the rope dart or the meteor hammer. Currently the weapon I'm learning is the Darn Doa or Chinese broad sword. Practical no but weapons are extensions of your hands and can be used as hand techniques.

[@truevinister6278]

My understanding of modern Kobudo and Eskrima is that learning the specific weapons are meant for principle building, allowing you to use any tool you find as a weapon. I had a HEMA instructor who could mess you up with a coffee mug

[@baldieman64]

A good, hot cup of coffee is a very effective short range projectile weapon too.

[@AliFayeFaye]

Our students always ask why we learn nunchucks when nobody is really going to have them on the street. We tell them, if u can handle nunchucks, u can handle anything. Anything can be a weapon

[@MarioUcomics]

Sai and Tonfa feel so natural to use since the way you use it is an extension of basic karate training

[@rockstarsouth3405]

Hi, long term subscriber here, can you do a topic on the Ninja? On how the term “Ninjutsu” shouldn’t be considered a martial art, and what type of hand to hand combat they did use, was it Taijitsu?

[@primordial.sounds]

Ninjutsu means something like "ninja skill". The term encompasses the whole system of philosophy, tactics, fighting styles, and "social norms" that goes with it. Taijutsu, from what I can tell, means roughly "martial arts" so yes that would be accurate but vague as heck. I believe most schools of ninjutsu practiced various forms of Okinawan martial arts with modifications for their particular profession. I also found that ninjas were often hired by the fuedal lords known as Daimyo for nefarious political purposes. Despite all the glorification and Hollywood treatment, it doesn't sound like the real ninjas were too admirable.

[@michaeldelaney1058]

My sensei highly emphasizes the parallels between weapons and unarmed training. For example, striking with the tip of a bo staff or spear has similar body structure to punching, such as having an extended striking hand as well as a secondary hand recoiled near the body for guard and control, and having good foot and spine alignment to generate body power. Or, many open-handed strikes, often called "sword hand" or some other cool name in their original language, may actually benefit from real swordsmanship, studying the angles and trajectories from which a blade may travel and compacting those movements, but still adhering to their principles, in an unarmed setting. Furthermore, as the video states, it is wonderful to develop dexterity manipulating a weapon in one or both hands, moving it freely and gracefully but also powerfully. This is a good feeling to strive for and remember when the weapon is replaced with an opponent but your goal is still to move freely and smoothly but with plenty of control and energy. Oftentimes our dojo will study a particular weapon for many days or even weeks, instilling those movements into memory, and when we return to hand-to-hand practice our techniques feel better than ever before.

[@guardianchaos]

For me I always carry my Kali sticks in my bow quiver, especially when I'm walking through the Forrest because there's a lot of nettles around and I need quick access and I also carry my staff around on hikes as I generally train with my staff when I'm out... As for the knunchucku... Personally I don't like them they're two over popularised by film and games esc

[@showmaesas]

i warmly suggest you to try out the nunchakus, you would be surprised to learn how much they can help you gain coordination. Plus, they are the perfect prototype to learn chain weapons.

[@KentPetersonmoney]

Nunckuckes may be affected assuming thier not made of plastic. I mean I'm not sure if too many people know how to defend against nunchucks.

[@5dragonskarategoryukarate-890]

I use weapons training to enhance our kihon. If you can't throw a punch or basic block, you can't become proficent with weapons. The bo and stick are definitely the most practical. But learning other weapons helps to build confidence, coordination, and can be fun.

[@bigcurt3572]

I carry my nunchucks everywhere I go and I train with them everyday

[@taekwondobro]

I wise man once said, stay strapped or get clapped. Who remembers that Indiana Jones movie where he gats that sword master 🤟🏻, classic movie

[@ultimatekenpowarriors434]

Great video. One disagreement, (video 7:16) nunchucks can be used to hit through the target, they aren't only used for rebounding. I could show you some drills to do to help you achieve this. They are great to carry, I used to have a pair in my car in my younger days. Not saying it was me, but I do know someone who's used them and caused a lot of damage with them in a self defense scenario.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Oh they can be, but a lot of movies show them swinging effortlessly as if it was going through the opponent. If you strike a solid object with nunchucks it WILL bounce back. But I'm totally down for learning more chucking!

[@vincewhite5087]

Throwing stats are illegal in Canada too.

[@tonyforte6053]

Great video

[@everythingbodyweight7012]

As for me i'd very much love to train in traditional weapons especially through Okinawan Kobudo cause it comprises of cool,awesome effective weapons & also Kali/Arnis/Escrima cause of the batons.

[@everythingbodyweight7012]

So it's definitely worth it to train in such weaponry.

[@wickz4725]

You know sometimes you don't Fight But you want to have Fun with your passing time from Training Traditional weapons it is also fun to be boredom breakdown

[@MarioUcomics]

Nunchucks is probubly the hardest one to actually use since your more likely to hurt yourself. It's really hard to control after hitting someone else.

[@ajshiro3957]

I've been learning nunchucks.gA really tricky but fun weapon. It gets me to consider what stance to assume and understanding how to swing my hips and arms. Also great for training both hands.

[@dannin1278]

Weapons training i think is important for strength training/flexibility and body awareness and obviously self defense. Also smacking someone with a chair is pretty useful.

[@MesserTAMU]

I have a question and I'd like to hear some opinions. How do you distinguish between traditional martial arts and non traditional martial arts? How do we count bjj, wrestling, boxing etc? Do we decide by age, the use of traditional clothing, belt systems or something else all together?

[@ArtofOneDojo]

This is not easy to answer because there can be a lot of guidelines a person chooses to define it by. Many times it's simply anything that seprates it from currenty and sport oriented combat.

[@chrissayers3766]

Useful or not, weapons are fun. I don't need any other reason to train with them. I have enjoyed the results of the time and effort put into becoming proficient at them and building upon that. I enjoy unarmed martial arts but life is too short to never use a sword or a pair of nunchaku and so many others. Thanks for the video and I look forward to watching many more. PS hope to see you and Jesse Enkamp do a video together one day 😉

[@Ronin-101]

That gentleman spinning the sai near his balls had me worried.

[@glenmcinnes4824]

Canne de combat teaches how to use walking sticks as weapons, this transfers to Batons, Asp, Staves, Umbrellas, Small Swords. many traditional Savete Salles also teach it as do other continental European martial arts Bartjitsu (the Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes and the Kingsmen) teaches the Cane (Canne de combat is one of it's major influences), as well as the Handkerchief, Scarf, Coin Purse, Wallet, Bill Fold, Cape & Coat you can buy reinforced Umbrellas for self defense purposes (Body guards and covert security love them) but they are expensive, some come with Stun Guns and Mace sprayers (Check your local laws) once you start to learn traditional weapons you will start to see analogs in everyday life and those off little things in the Disposal (Army/Navy store), Camping & Outdoor store, the Tobacconist/Gift-shop and martial arts supply shop start to make a lot more scene

[@mrbuttion]

You should do one for disarming weapons

[@ArtofOneDojo]

We do touch on that in next week's video :)

[@mugcebu]

Well for Eskrima and Eskrima Sticks, it translates into a knife or expandable baton with a backup knife for EDC... 👍😊💯 Knife is a tool, so would be legit in many places especially if you can justify it as a tool because of work or hobbies... 👍

[@ChristianDLindsey]

HEMA and Indonesian dagger/knife fighting would be pretty practical in places where guns are illegal. Describe stick is like a baton. You can buy the retractable kind and carry them in your pocket. Best choice is to avoid fucked up areas and fucked up people.

[@danskarate997]

Yes if its stick training. They can be used as a equilizer when someone draws a knife, if you can pick up a stick or use an umbrella it can be used to disarm usually by breaking hand or wrist. Also it can be used to then knock out an opponent. It is also a different type of training for muscles and can help them relax after harsh unnamed combat training. There is also a old saying you cannot be a true warrior until you learn a weapon art. 😉

[@bernardortiz7351]

Is it practical to learn traditional weapons? That might depend on what one's definition of 'practical' is. It may also depend on what kind of weapon - and here I don't mean "staff" v. "sai v. anything else, I mean the weight and structure of the weapon. At 1:38-1:39, there's a guy swinging a sword around. However, it's clearly made of very light spring steel, and you can see it wobble about as it's swung. This makes for impressive and beautiful forms, but it's not going to hurt anyone (maybe their feelings). Heavier weapons can't be swung around like that (and certainly won't go "schwing" like that spring steel does). However, "real" swords and other weapons are going to be much heavier and sturdier (especially if you're going to hit your sword up against another, or something else) - never mind the sharpness issue...

[@showmaesas]

Dan, what was that intro pun? I'm gonna grab the most formidable traditional weapon, a broomstick, and punish you for this!

[@ArtofOneDojo]

:D If you are willing to forgive me that would give me a big "sai" of relief.

[@vincewhite5087]

Kali stick can transfer to walking cane.

[@MrFoxtar]

It is an art form a beautiful art. Without the practice of the traditional weapons that are contained in the different styles a great treasure of knowledge would be lost. This does not mean that in some instances some of them could not be used. We still have knife fighting training in the military.

[@kirsinaldini2004]

Can you please make a video on central and south american martial arts like: mexican style boxing and tire machèt.

[@VikingMale]

At the very least you are getting stronger using added weight, and lots of hand eye coordination, body coordination skills. Also speed, reflexes, flexibility... sticks, canes, bottles, broom, hockey stick, baseball bat, tennis racket...

[@willsword8100]

I might have the chance to learn the Yang System of Tai-Chi and possibly The sword. So I'm excited

[@SenseiEmmett]

nunchuck training made me lethal with a hand towel...true story

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Hey that's no lie! I can flick a sock to turn off a light switch like it's nobody's business now!

[@SenseiEmmett]

Just another way martial arts improves our lives sensei, we make switching off a light or closing a door more effective and cool haha

[@orlandohenriquez747]

mmm...Traditional martial arts weapons...Well I have some opinions 1. Bo: My SiFu has been trying to teach me and while I´m not good at all, I'm trying and learning slowly..., very slowly. I may be envious; but I've seen a lot of competitions with BO and sorry, they're not using BOs, they're using cheerleader batons and not good at all. They don´t weight at all, so you can be a cheerleader and swing it at lot. It looks pretty, but if you use your baton to hit a real BO, it'll break. 2. Three sides staff: I'm really very envious, each time I use it, I hit myself. Before this covid thing, I use to wear a safety helmet whenever I practice and almost all times I hit myself, I even almost knock myself out once., that time every one watched me in case I fall. I'm useless with it right now, but someday I'll learn. I even once told my SiFu that I would be happy fighting all my classmates all days instead of learning to use the three sides staff, it would've been less painful, I'm sorry to say he said no. Meanwhile, please don't laugh (too much) when you think of me and three sides staff. 3. Finally, swords: Someday my SiFu may try to teach me how to use my two left hands and two left foot with a sword, I hope it works, but if they are like the three sides staff, there will be a lot of blood, my blood. Here I have to ask a question from those senseis who teach traditional martial arts weapons. Why do you teach Bo and sword handling with a Bo which does weight nothing at all, real Bos are heavy and most of the twirling and swinging you won't be able to do with a real Bo. With a sword (I haven't any training with it), what I've seen in videos is worse. To begin with, the first thing you learn when you handle a weapon is to respect it, the swords everybody is using, are thin pieces of metal which tremble. A real sword is solid, even without a sharp edge it can make a lot of damage; but with a sharp edge, like any normal sword, most of the twirling you see in you tube videos will cut yourself. That's why when you see a kendo competition or an occidental sword competition (they use real swords, probably with not an edge), you see simple techniques, not the twirling like cheerleaders, which I don't believe is real, that you see in some kuen competitions. Now, I know every body will insult me, but in this place, I believe, most of us are trying to learn, that's why I ask questions of what I believe is wrong. Correct me in the same spirit if you believe I'm wrong.

[@mangmiketeamtaiaha7256]

The one thing you didn't say and most deadly about the Sai is its puncturing and thrusts.......Ultra deadly.

[@ArtofOneDojo]

Well I did say it had mutlipel ways to strike, and yes it CAN puncture but it's generally more designed for clubbing, blunt strikes and trapping. It wasn't really able to puncture armor like a sword could.

[@mangmiketeamtaiaha7256]

@@ArtofOneDojo If you believe that's how this weapon is used your missing the point..... yes pun intended.

[@LeeePowers]

Greatest weapon ever? Hanbo. All day son. Nearly anything can be a hanbo. Walking cane,umbrella,closet rod,etc.

[@waaagh3203]

Well....a knife is one of the more ancient weapons, and is still a deadly and effective weapon to this day.

[@The_NJG]

I personally love Nunchaku.

[@Mbq-sh6bj]

Certain moves in gymnastics, swimming, horseback riding, and dance work the muscles in a healthy way but play no part in daily lifesaving scenarios; same can be said of training in traditional arts and / or with traditional weapons.

[@newworldlubbock]

IMHO the practicality depends on the reason for learning them. Are you learning for competition or for self defense?

[@BishopBrow]

I would say that training in weapons that you can adapt such as a stick, or walking stick, cane, or other weapon sure. I heard a rumor that shuriken were banned because they were throwing them at each other in football games. Don't know if that is true or not, but it would hold. Knives are a good training tool, tonfas are used by cops, most of the Okinawan weapons were associated with the image of improvised weapons i.e. the tonfa being a handle broken off. So I would say look at what can be adapted and made use of in your own environment. Almost everything can be used as a weapon right down to the dirt.