Category: Kobudo

In Okinawan Kobudo, every weapon has a set of katas we must master if you want to keep evolving. Bo, sai, tonfa, nunchaku: did you learn all the katas for all those weapons?

Nunchaku waza, the okinawan kobudo junbi undo for nunchaku.

The basic. This is where we start and this is where we’ll go to keep evolving. This is the kobudo hojo undo for Bo, Sai, Tonfa and Nunchaku.

The ancient history of Okinawa tells us a turbulent story, with violent political upheavals characterizing a major part of the now-peaceful island’s heritage. It was out of these days of unrest that the art of kobudo (the ancient martial way) was born, due to a necessity for peasants to defend their families or property by turning common, everyday items into weapons that could be used for self defence.