Okinawan Kobudo: Ryukyu Kobujutsu - 42nd Japanese Kobudo Demonstration (2019)

Inoue Kisho Sensei and his students demonstrating Ryukyu Kobujutsu during the 42nd Nihon Kobudo Embutaikai held at the Nippon Budokan on February 3rd, 2019. The event also commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Nihon Kobudo Kyokai.
Though Ryukyu Kobudo is commonly referred to as Kobudo by its practitioners, it must be distinguished form other Koryu since it was developed or improved in Okinawa and in the other islands of the Ryukyu archipelago, south of Japan. Ryukyu Kobudo was developed and systematized by Taira Shinken under the Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai association. Ryukyu Kobudo uses a range of weapons including Bo, Sai, Eku, Kama, Tinbe-Rochin, Tekko, Nunchaku and Tonfa.
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[@LV_427]

An oar may look ridiculous as a weapon, but a certain swordsman did actually use an oar in his most famous duel and killed his opponent with it.

[@kevlarchicken]

For me it's one of the best looking weapons simple yet unique and the katas seem very adaptable to different weapons such as staff or even swords would love to learn kobudo but there's no dojos near me

[@poorboi8093]

Musashi

[@ianfinrir8724]

It seems silly, until you get whacked upside the head with one.

[@southpawmoose]

You're right, and if you think about the heft of an oar and the type of wood it is usually made with the concept makes a lot of sense. Its hand and stout..and like a baseball bat makes and effective improvised club

[@tengu190]

Wish Okinawan Kobudo was like that in my area.

[@southpawmoose]

Jeez thatz pretty cool sea turtle shell as a shield..

[@sinjofin1]

Great demo with Hanshi Inoue, Sensei Okawa and Okubayashi with whom I have had the good fortune to train with in Japan and Okinawa as recently as last November 2019.

[@sinjofin1]

This is a great demo of The style, so glad this is here after out seminar in Okinawa in Nov 19.

[@lucasfitzgerald2876]

I personally love the Kama and bo staff, but I don't really like the Tinbe Rochin

[@penttikoivuniemi2146]

Yeah, the kata the guy shows isn't very interesting and doing the same blocking move with both the shield and the spearhead seems kind of weird, I'd imagine you'd have separate ways for using the shield to defend against attacks from different directions.

[@sinjofin1]

Pity because often you have more than one 'spear' and use it to throw into the opponent.

[@Priestbokmei1]

What I don’t get is this, why on earth would an individual, in a combat scenario, flip the rochin from the point end to the blunt end?! It seems to me that one would always want to keep the point…pointed at the attacker and not a one’s self. In addition, under combat conditions flipping the rochin is just begging to lose hold of it.

[@Thq-ff8wz]

seems the blunt end is normally used for hitting with, while the spear end is purely for thrusting. It might make sense against an armoured opponent? I personally prefer matayoshi kobudo's machete instead of the rochin anyway

[@vsskeletonrandom]

Donde esta Geese Howard :v

[@CinamonChina]

3:11 Does anyone know who he is ?

[@rodgeryin2006]

If you referring to kama demo - that's Toshio Okabayshi.

[@DigitalArtisan77]

Not sold on the turtle shield, micro spear combo.

[@darkgreen3047]

The birthplace

[@DrMARDOC]

Well….. it’s not really truly real weapons fighting In fact, in Okinawa back in the The 1970’s this is …… “ drama”

[@SS-sd5fs]

るろ剣の右水がいる笑