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WHAT IS Shorin-Ji Kobudo?? DOES ANYBODY KNOW??!???!!?


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what is Shorin-Ji Kobudo??

 

Just a guess here...Shorinji Kempo Kobudo (weapons) perhaps? Do they use weapons as a part of their art? I don't know. :-?

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"Weapons way." A generic term coined in the 20th century, which can be used to describe collectively all Okinawan combatives. However, it is more accurate to specify "Okinawan kobudo" in order to distinguish them from "Japanese kobudo."
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Good morning Lisa,

 

maybe I can help.

 

Shorin and Shorin-ji are mainstream Okinawan styles. Kobudo is somewhat of a misnomer for Okinawan Weapons arts for the traditional five weapons, sai, tonfa, bo, jo and kama. Usually an Okinawan weapons club will focus on just one weapon and perfect it. Other clubs will train a cross section of weapons that the Sensei has picked up in his search.

 

My Sensei, Sensei Richard Kim (deceased) spent over 70 years learning kata from every source he could find. He headed an international umbrella organisation covering a number of different styles and taught to each style in his seminars.

 

The Shorin-ji (Japanese not Okinawan, empty hand) karate lineage that I belong to does not have kobudo training but, under Sensei Kim's tutlelege, I learned many kata for each traditional weapon.

 

So, in my limited case anyway, it would be wrong to call my kobudo, Shorin-ji kobudo, tho it is the kobudo taught in my Shorin-ji club. That is why it is a separate black belt from the Shorin-ji and officialy called Okinawan kobudo.

 

Many of the other clubs I know of who teach weapons have the same sort of history...

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