weapons?

[Eye of the Tiger]

In shotokan karate are you allowed to use weapons outside of karate such as numsticks or something like that?

 

 

[Pacificshore]

From my experience with Shotokan, the style does not normally offer weapons training. However, the club I was with for several years incorporated kobudo training by hooking up with another instructor in Okinawan kobudo.

 

It just depends on the club.

[SaiFightsMS]

There are Shotokan schools that teach kobudo. We work with Bo, sai, tonfa and nunchaku.

 

Some think that the kata jutte can be done as a bo kata.

 

 

[Eye of the Tiger]

No I mean are you allowed to take them out on the street.

[Withers M.A.A.]

What the heck is a numstick???? I think you mean nunchaku. You shouldn't be carrying weapons around the street. Are you that insecure?

 

 

[Pacificshore]

You should check with what your country's weapon laws say, concealed of not.

[ckdstudent]

Generally most countries will let you carry weapons so long as they're for a valid reason. The other day me and a friend took a couple of bokken and went to spar in the park, no one complained or stopped us, although they may have been just scared.

 

 

[Eye of the Tiger]

I was only wandering! I ment that weapon where there a 2 bits of wood with a chain in the middle. I don't know what it's called!

[SeiDoRyu]

Hi,

 

Yes, they are Nunchuka, don't worry about it i think we all got you meant.

 

I agree with the last post, as long as you can show a valid reason for having them, probably your karate license and that you are going training you should be ok, but every countries(and probably states) laws are different.

 

In the UK carrying a blade of more than 4 inches (i think) is illegal and classed as a deadly weapon but for non-bladed weapons i'm not really sure where the law stands.

 

Nunchuka will definitely be classed as a weapon and so using them on someone in the street would bump you up from just assault or aggravated assault to next level of offense (possibly even assualt with a deadly weapon)

 

hiding the nunchuka in your coat or whatever, in theory, could be classed as carring a concealed weapon.

 

All in alln it's not really a good idea unless your are going training.

 

Having said that though, anyone can pick up a branch or stick or bike chain, is that classed as a weapon? i don't know, probably.

 

 

 

[ This Message was edited by: SeiDoRyu on 2002-05-23 09:23 ]

[Tobias_Reece]

In the UK, anything that may be classed as a weapon IS a weapon.

 

When purchasing staffs (rokushaku-bo) from our local MA shop, they have to be wrapped in bin bags to show that they are not 'in use'

 

If you carry any blade (that can be classed as a weapon) you can be prosecuted again, unless its for tool purposes e.g. a carpenter can carry a penknife if he is using it, but if I carried one (I'm not a carpenter) and got caught I would be liable.

 

The law has really buckled down after events such as Dunblane. I think other countries should take heed.

 

Oh, BTW, someone I know went to the Czech Republic, and weapons were available on the markets - and I don't just mean wood tonfa. There were knuckledusters with big spikes, and AK-47s with no waiting period.

 

cya