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_]

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.

[tengu]

Wish Okinawan Kobudo was like that in my area.

[southpawmoose]

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

[sinjofin]

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.

[sinjofin]

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

[Priestbokmei]

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.

[lucasfitzgerald]

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

[DigitalArtisan]

Not sold on the turtle shield, micro spear combo.

[DrMARDOC]

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