Kobudo ranking

[lordtariel]

I'm not sure if this should go into the testing forum or not, if so, I apologize. I was apparently unaware that you could gain ranks in Kobudo for my school. It's apparently determined by the number of kata that you know for the lower belts and some practical application in the later belts. Does you class have different ranks and what are the requirements.

[patusai]

I was not aware of this. I'd like to know too

[SaiFightsMS]

Some styles have seperate ranks for each weapon. And as with the style you learn different forms for different ranks and applications.

Some styles have a different ranking system whereby kobudo is one rank and to advance you pick up the next weapon and the skills associated with it.

[GOM]

Within my Karate school, we have a seperate Kobudo class. We don't have a belt system, instead we use Mudansha and Yudansha.

Grading for Yundansha -

Bo

Kihon no Bo (fundamentals)

Bo Kumigata (two-person set)

Tenryu no Kon,

Shuji no Kon,

Tonfa

Kihon no Tonfa (fundamentals)

Tonfa Kumigata (two-person set)

Sai

Kihon no Sai (basics exercise)

Sai Kumigata (two-person set)

Matsumura no Sai

Nunchaku

Taira Nunchaku Kata

Nunchaku Kumigata (Bo vs Nunchaku set)

Kama

Kanegawa no Kama

Kama Kumigata (Bo vs Kama set)

[Holland]

Many styles consider kobudo training an entirely different form or martial arts...and really it is.

In isshinryu we teach some kobudo, but in order to really get advanced weapons training I had to go outside our style. On top of running my own Isshinryu school, I train at a shitoryu school where the head instructor is a 6th dan in shitoryu and a 5th dan in Okinawan kobudo. I am on the verge of testing for my sho-dan in kobudo and I am looking forward to starting a seperate weapons class at my own school starting this May.

[lordtariel]

Good luck on the testing and it's good to see that you're going to add weapon classes to your dojo. It's pretty hard to find weapons training in many places.