Kubodo

[Goju_boi]

Hey guys I just had my first kobudo class yesterday night.It was great.It's harder than I thought , but very fun and entertaining.I started of with a bo staff which so far looks very good if you know how to use it.I asked my sensei what lineage of kobudo we practice at our dojo and I believe he said Yamashita Kobudo.So Yellow belt Andrew can you tell me more about that lineage of kobudo and how it's like compared to others?

[AndrewGreen]

"So Yellow belt Andrew can you tell me more about that lineage of kobudo and how it's like compared to others?"

Well that's gonna all fall apart if he keeps posting

Anyways, do a search for "Tadashi Yamashita" and you should pull up some stuff. His stuff is kinda in the mix of Traditional and hollywood flashy stuff, which makes sense given his acting background.

Not sure his Kobudo lineage, but he is a Shorin ryu stylist

[Goju_boi]

Oh I just asked him because it says on his info that he practices it.Anyways,so Yamashita Kobudo is a flashy weapons style?

[Andrew_Patton]

Yamashita Kobudo is far from a flashy style, Sensei drills the basics far more than anything else. Yamashita sensei teaches a mix of Matayoshi Kobudo and Shorinka Shorin-Ryu's weapon system. both are not flashy systems.

BUT, I will say one thing, he is still somewhat hollywood, and if asked he will show a bit of 'flash' (I can only think of two occasions, one with Kama, and another with Nunchaku) but then make sure you know that it's only good for movies or the like.

[Goju_boi]

Yamashita Kobudo is far from a flashy style, Sensei drills the basics far more than anything else. Yamashita sensei teaches a mix of Matayoshi Kobudo and Shorinka Shorin-Ryu's weapon system. both are not flashy systems.

BUT, I will say one thing, he is still somewhat hollywood, and if asked he will show a bit of 'flash' (I can only think of two occasions, one with Kama, and another with Nunchaku) but then make sure you know that it's only good for movies or the like.

I didn't think it was flashy either when I started practicing either,and the other advanced people didn't look flashy either.Hey can you tell me more about yamashita kobudo?

[Andrew_Patton]

Not much else to say about Yamashita Kobudo, other than, out of the Thirteen weapons Sensei Matayoshi taught Sensei Yamashita teaches IIRC twelve. This is because of the lack of fondness he has for Kuwa, he just dosn't like it. I don't really blame him, because, except for a few nuances, kuwa is exactly like an Iyeku.

"Anyways you say a lot of the weapons are chinese weaponry,so will the way that you wield any of the weapons be the same or similar as someone in a Kung-Fu class"

Yes, unless the kung-fu class you ask of is a Wushu class. Matayoshi Sensei learned kobudo before Wushu was around and all of the weapon systems in Matayoshi kobudo were meant for combat. Although I will say that I have seen some Dao and shield forms that looked almost exactly like Matayoshi style Tinbe.

If you need weapons, don't bother with the cheapie century ones, ask your instructor to get Shureido weapons (Century bo's are okay though) or Yamashita Sensei does carry weapons e.g. Sai (Shureido IIRC), Tonfa, Kama, Tinbe, and Sword (Iai-to or Mogito (aluminum alloy blades)).

[Goju_boi]

I don't know where my sensei get's his weapons from,but I do know that all of them are wood.Unless youre willing to pay more for the meta weapons.Also what is IIRC ? Thanks for the info.