Okinawan Kobudō

Also known as

Ryūkyū Kobujutsu

Description

Okinawan Kobudō is the weapons system of Okinawan martial arts, encompassing traditional weapons such as the bō (staff), sai (trident), tonfa (handled club), kama (sickle), and nunchaku. It developed alongside karate in the Ryukyu Kingdom and was systematized in the 20th century by masters such as Taira Shinken and Moden Yabiku.

Related styles

Sibling style ofKarate

Longest documented lines

3 generations

Oshiro Toshihiro Kishaba Chōgi Chinen Masami Chinen Sanra

Sources

Okinawan kobudō - Wikipedialink history

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01KYJC7J3MB81B06881FVFYGAG

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Plain text

Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Okinawan Kobudō. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KYJC7J3MB81B06881FVFYGAG - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.

BibTeX

@incollection{martialis_01KYJC7J3MB81B06881FVFYGAG, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Okinawan Kobudō}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01KYJC7J3MB81B06881FVFYGAG}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }

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