I do. It provides a great learning and improvising opportunity for me as it teaches the way of fighting which allows you turn almost anything available into a weapon at the time of crisis.
The nice thing about Kobudo weapons training is that it uses your muscles in slightly different ways than "empty hand" Karate. This is good for overall fitness and it makes your training less repetitive and boring. But you don't need to learn ALL of the weapons. I like the Bo. it's very similar to the "quarter staff" which was a weapon used in the middle ages in England and yes, peasants could use it effectively against upper class nobles who had swords. Quarter staff matches were a popular and (very rough) sport at medieval fairs. Each village had a local champion and people would place bets on the matches. It is fun to compare the martial arts traditions of different nations and discover when they have things in common.
@@KARATEbyJesse There are quater staff fighting experts in England. They train using wooden targets and sparring with protective equipment. Most of them are medieval warfare "reenactors."
@@KARATEbyJesse I suspect Matt Easton from scholagladiatoria or Lindybeige could help you out, as they have a lot of connections in the HEMA / Medieval circles. Speaking of which, would you say the katas serve the function of the fencing treaties of the past, preserving the techniques within a system?
I'm from the Philippines and practice Kali-Arnis and Shotokan Karate. I've found our National Sport/Martial Art of Kali-Arnis as a sort of substitute to Kobudo but I hope I can learn the latter for real in Okinawa legitimately soon. We're only 2 hours away from Okinawa by airplane. 🙏🥋🇵🇭
@@KamenRider1 However, you'll probably find teachers of FMA that have more practical fightint experience or who have learned from such persons than you'll find kobudo masters who have. Like Leo Gaje and his whole family.
@@alejandrobasiliodelacruz7516 If you mean me - I train in Hamburg, Germany, but I know a two guys of the Leo Gaje family who come over from the Philippines and give seminars. Rommel Tortal, Kit Azenas. So most good students of theirs would be good guys to learn from. But if you look around there are probably a lot of older guys that you'd hardly notice that are very, very good too.
@@Octopussyist I can understand where you're coming from, Sir. My style is that of the Cinco Teros school from Baguio City, as I'm from Baguio myself. It's a relatively simple and no-nonsense style that uses the titular five basic strikes as the overall foundation. As they always say "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" 🙏🇵🇭
It's very sad that in today's time kobudo and karate are totally separate from each other now a days most of the person can learn only one from them either karate or kobudo. I also want to learn kobudo but due to so many problems I am unable but I am still trying and someday I will also learn the kobudo. Great video sensei your video never fails to teach something new. Lots of respect for you.
There are videos on youtube and books you can buy on amazon. Many martial arts retail stores sell the weapons also, online. Some countries ban the sale of these weapons, others do not.
@@honeyfitz3791 yes I totally agree with you. But you will also agree with me that the knowledge which we will get from an experienced and knowledgeable instructor is much more valuable than the knowledge which we get from internet and books especially in the sports field. If we think that we will learn a particular sports from a book without any instructor then it will be bad for us because books can give us knowledge but not experience. I respect your thoughts and you are totally right but we all people who perform karate will agree that the era in which karate and kobudo was not a single martial arts.
Really love your videos. I hope one day to be able to afford to take your classes. I am a southern praying, mantis, teacher myself. I can always see when you mention the truth of the Chinese Gung Fu that is in the old Okinawan styles. I can see those same movements in my own system. Thank you and God bless you for preserving these wonderful treasures. 🙏🏻♥️☦️♥️🙏🏻
I learned the bo and sai once I reached black belt in TKD, and the Chinese curved sword during the short time I took kung fu. There is a martial arts school near where I live now that teaches kobudo and I really want to get back into it.
Another good video from your channel. I'm graduated in Kung Fu however I always admired Karate as well. Whenever possible I will enroll in your kubudo course.
Hi Jesse! I've watched a lot of videos from you recently, and wanna thank you, for grabbing me back to karate! (want to go to a dojo at autumn) I finished at 3rd kyu (Shotokan) about 10 years ago, because I'm a cellist myself (my hands are important you know), but now with an adult head, I have different opinions. Hopefully, I can match music and karate in the future, it will be a big challenge. Thank you for your work and enthusiasm. Greetings from Hungary!
As a guitar player,tree man and martial artist I can appreciate your quandary. It's a tough Balance. I was studying iron palm and white crane but came to realize the implications to my hands early on . Rest in peace ,grandmaster archibeque.
I have been practicing Ryukyu Kobudo Tesshinkan since 2006, and most importantly, the practice of kobudo has helped to better understand and develop karatedo!
Nice presentation, I trained with Kiyoshi NIshime (Cincinatti?) in Russelleville Arkansas with Mabo Ward (Masayuki Azato) class. It was my first introduction to Shushi no kon, very different from what I learned later in Matayoshi Kobudo. The constant flow, as Matayoshi Sensei would say. Kimo Wall told us more about Matayoshi Sensei's interactions and friendships in Yamane ryu and RyuKyu Kobudo. Although... During the 70's & 80's I remember RyuKyu Kobudo being a generic term. I did not realize it had become formalized within a single system.
Learned and practiced Yamanni Ryu from the very beginning of my karate journey. Oshiro sensei use to visit our dojo in hawaii regularly to teach us. 20 years later still practicing it :)
Again a great video and a good description about the differences. Very cool explained. Hope to see more videos like these or new kata videos, Jesse-san 😊
Thanks Jesse. Brilliant episode, you expanded my knowledge yet again. I do practice. I do sai and bo. Sai was my Sensei's weapon of choice and bo is my personal fav along with the jo. I started with Ryukyu Kempo. I have learned quite a bit of history and origins from your vids. I no longer live in an area that I can keep expanding my skills but I do kata and bo most every week.
would love to train Kobudo, there is just so much energy on display with it. the techniques actually look really effective. There is also the cool factor, like it. Makes me think of fire poi displays.
In my style Isshin-ryu as a Black Belt, 2nd degree (Nidan) you wear white Gi top, black pants and as a 3rd degree (San-Dan) you use black Gi top and pants. Also, our Master (Tatsuo Shimabuku) did study under Tira Shinken for Kabudo and we do use weapons.
I recently stumbled upon your channel. I love your videos. The history and evolution of Karate and older fighting styles is very informative and engaging. Excellent work.
You have a gift to show and explain ideas which people in the past had problem to compehend simply due to lack of knowledge. Martial arts stripped of mysticism do not loose its magic and tend to be even more interesting.
Domo arigato gosaimasta, Jesse Sensei. I trained in Ryu Kon Kai Kobudo for about 4 years, very similar to Matayoshi Kobudo. Loved the training so much, This was a wonderful reminder of the uniqueness of Kobudo and it’s heritage. 🙏🙇♂️
Jesse Sensei, I've just started up karate again after a long break at the age of 51. Your videos are both inspirational and informative and I am embracing the Karate Nerd lifestyle!
Kata is always my fav to do alone ! A fight with your self , most i the dojo some most dont like Kata ,but Kata is most best training ,speciale alone in my room for hours .osu great share Sensei
Well I really learned something there. My Kobudo instructor learned from Shihan Yamanaka. I only met and trained with him a couple of times. But we did indeed only practise Bo, Tonfa, and Sai, in that order.
Hanshi Tetsuo Takamiyagi is the international director for our kobudo style ( okinawan shorin ryu karate ,uden ti kobujutsu association) .His style includes katas from both Ryu kyu and matayoshi systems .My Sensei Hanshi K P Ravindran also practice the same. But I am following matayoshi system only because of personal preference.
Thank you for your videos jesse , haven't been able to train since a bad day at the office,st Pat's day 97 . Luck a da Irish. But can live vicariously thru your most honorable vids .
For many people, Kobudo is useless as one cannot carry the weapons all the time and more importantly in most of the places carrying weapons are prohibited. However, in my opinion we need to see Kobudo from a different perspective. Kobudo provides a great learning and improvising opportunity as it teaches the way of fighting which allows you to turn almost anything available into a weapon at the time of crisis.
Currently training in stick fighting. Mostly because it’s a good work out. And there are some simplistic techniques that apply to open handed methods as well.
Thank you for this video. I practiced Kobudo with Adaniya Sensei, a student of Matayoshi sensei and this all resonated with what I was taught. The differences and sources (Kingay Ryuy !) was very enlightening. And as always, thanks for keeping it factual and not making any judgment on any style. You're awesome. :D
More kobudo, please! Its not mentioned in Brasil as much as karate, your channel is one of my main sorcers of the art and this weapons. I use your vídeos when I play RPG'S or wright my original storys.
I never had the chance to practice kobudo. I took some class of IAIDO and some class using the boo at Kenpo class. When I practice with my SAI I always use one of the karate yellow belt kata. But my favorite weapons are nunchucks and shurikens, I can practice those at home almost every day.
I really want to be able to learn Kobudo legitimately someday. I've been doing Kali-Arnis (our National Martial Art/sport) here in the Philippines and while it's a decent sort of substitute as a complement to my study of Karate, I still want to learn those weapons in Kobudo. 🙏👊🥋🇵🇭❤️
Thank you, THANK you, and THANK YOU! For posting a video about Yamane Ryu. I am very fortunate, honored, and blessed to have trained in Yamane Ryu under Shihan Nishime who if anyone has seen him in action, is one of the absolute best with the Bo. I have trained many weapon styles including Filipino Martial Arts which I love and although their Staff work is good, I have never seen another Bo system as good as Yamane Ryu and honestly, everyone I know who has seen it in action pretty much says the same thing. A few other things that separate it from other Bo systems are: * The Bo is not held in 3rds like many other systems * The reason for that is the Bo is very fluid and constantly moving * There are no blocks in the center of the staff between the hands as if their Bo is stronger, yours could break and you would get nailed on the head * The Bo is constantly in movement with your body. Therefore unlike many other systems that claim "the weapon is an extension of your hand", in Yamane Ryu, the weapon is in sync with your entire body * Neither hand EVER lets go of the Bo * You always have one palm up and one palm down * The Bo slides in your hands as to increase or decrease distance, range, and reach of the weapon I would LOVE to see you do more videos of this little known, yet BEAUTIFUL Art :). Arigato gozaimasu, Ousu
This is exactly the video we needed to see. Jesse, you are the Donn Draeger of the 21st Century in terms of how educational your materials are. Keep shining that light.
Japan has many systems of martial arts that have unbroken lineages dating back to the 1600s, and some that date further back than that, possibly back to around the first century
Okinawa had their own fighting systems way before Japan invaded. The same way they adopted karate, kobudo was a added addition too their budo curriculum.
As always Jesse, your videos are well filmed, edited, enjoyable and informative. I must work harder so my videos can have the same quality. I’m looking forward to the next one. 🥋
Thanks for the information You are doing a great service by giving the history of karate I am a martial artist but not a karate practicenor Keep up the good work
I wish to think that there is a reunion between Okinawan Karate and Southeast China. It is a new path of friendship and exchanging knowledge in martial arts.
Конго-но кун - это самая старая версия ката Сюси-но кун. Её выучил мастер Тайра Синкэн в начале 30-ых у одного из ведущих оружейников Окинавы - у мастера Ябику Модэн. В каких школах кобудо или рюкю кобудо, практикуют это ката?
Akamine Hiroshi Sensei learned the Tinbe and Rochin kata, Kanegawa no Tinbe, directly from Taira Sensei. I heard this from him directly. He learned it as a young lad after his father Akamine Esuke Sensei mentioned to Taira Sensei that he had talent for learning. So Taira Sensei decided to see if he could learn the Tinbe and Rochin.
I saw someone wanting to see a Kali/Kobudo video. If you ever found you way back to South Carolina again, I would be interested in helping with that video as I'm an assistant instructor in FMA. It would be a great honor to help with one of your videos. 🙏🙏
You explain karate in easy way, and that I can know how to use your method in my practice. Maybe you can discover silat in karate , I don't know maybe there was because Okinawa prefecture have diplomatic with Malacca sultanate in record of Ryukyu. Btw, keep going master ✊✊✊
