Kobudo What does it mean?...

[Kusotare]

"Ko" in this respect means Old.

It is reference to an old martial art.

As previously identified in this thread, the term has two general meaning these days.

Probably the Kobudo you are referring to is in terms of Okinawan weapon training. The other Kobudo is realised through training in one of the Koryu (lit old schools) of clasical Japanese martial arts.

Regarding the latter, this clip makes it easier to understand.

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[vantheman]

From what I can tell Kobudo means something along the lines of "Ancient Martial Way" or "Way of the Ancient Warrior". In my style of Kempo, we focus primarily on stick fighting (Escrima), knives, and guns as far as weapons are concerned. As far as traditional weapons go, we focus on mainly forms. Not a ton of Kobudo as taught is other schools.

Edited February 19, 2013 by vantheman

[Harkon72]

I was taught three nunchaku kata and one shin ken kata. The modern training I do is in Tanto Jutsu and the use of a Kubotan.