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	Okinawan Weapons/Kobudo History
		Weapons were developed for the same reason that karate was developed, the Okinawans needed to defend themselves.
		The weapons the Okinawans used however were not weapons in the traditional sense.
		Without traditional weapons, the Okinawans were left either with their hands or the implements of their livelihood.
	home.comcast.net /~thekarateacademy/reference/history/weapons.htm (2235 words)

	Qwika - similar:Weapon
		A personal weapon is a weapon that can be carried and employed by a single person, although their use may be restricted to specialist members of attack or defense teams.
		An Okinawan weapon is a weapon developed in Okinawa and employed in the fighting system known as Okinawan kobudo also known just as Kobudo.
		Attacking with the weapon usually entailed swinging the weighted chain in a large circle over one's head, and then whipping it forward to entangle an opponent's spear, sword, or other weapon, or immobilizing his arms or le...
	www.qwika.com /rels/Weapon (1359 words)

	Okinawan weapons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Okinawan weapons are a group of weapons developed in Okinawa and employed in the fighting system known as Okinawan kobudo, Ryūkyū Kobujutsu and also just as Kobudo.
		The weapon is metal and of the truncheon class with its length dependent upon the forearm of the user.
		One of the hojoundo (basic moves) for this weapon utilizes the fact that a fisherman fighting on the beach would be able to fling sand at an opponent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Okinawan_weapon (1461 words)

	Okinawan Weapons
		As a weapon, it was used in conjunction with various karate stances and techniques, and in defense against sword attacks.
		The Kama: In 1470, when traditional weapons were confiscated by the Japanese military, Okinawan commoners utilized the Kama as a fighting blade, often attaching a chain to the base for greater reach.
		The Tonfa was developed as a weapon by the Okinawans, specifically for use in conjunction with karate.
	www.angelfire.com /ak4/tw/Okinawan_Weapons.html (1069 words)

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		Little did the authorities realize that the Okinawan people were such a nationalistic race and so strongly devoted to freedom that they would go to any lengths to deceive and/or hide the weapons they needed to fight their oppressors.
		Soon the weapons masters became a most feared force in the battle for political freedom, feared by the Japanese and idolized by the Okinawan people whose protectorate they were.
		The unique aspect associated with the Okinawan version is that the Tinbe (shield) made use of the shell of a turtle (large sea turtle) with a handle or straps fastened to the back to provide a hand grip on the shell.
	www.enter.net /~ikkf/article2Q97.html (3054 words)

	Okinawan Weapons
		All weapons by Shureido of Okinawa and the Tekko from www.bushifitness.com.
		Because weapons were banned throughout part of their history, they used their own initiative to disguise weapons as innocent everyday household tools.
		One theory regarding the weapon called a sai is that it was originally the head of a pitchfork, which a farmer would detach from the handle when he was attacked.
	www.okinawankarateclub.com /weapons/index.htm (377 words)

	Kobudo History
		To counteract the decrees than rendered them weaponless, Okinawans as well as the inhabitants of the other islands within the Ryukyuan chain became highly proficient in the use of implements such as water-bucket carrying poles, boat oars, and grist mill handles as means of self protection.
		The nunti is a threepronged weapon that is sometimes incorrectly referred to as a manji-sai, with one of the outside prongs facing in the opposite direction, toward the handle, and which often attached to the end of a bo.
		Knife-like weapons that could be concealed within clothing and easily produced when needed are the kaiken (six- inch knife), juken (bayonet), and the tanto (dagger with a blade measuring eight to sixteen inches in length).
	www.yamashitabudokan.com /OkinawanKobudoHistory.htm (2580 words)

	MSISSHINRYU.COM \| Okinawan Weapons
		The essence of the weapon is the kumite, exploring distance, angles and footwork.
		The efficient use of the weapon is much reliant on the dexterity of the practitioner with his thumbs, which the tang is balanced and rotated on along with the loosening and tightening of the grip from the small finger for striking and consolidating power.
		This weapon is undoubtedly not a farming implement and was clearly design for the purposes of combat.
	www.msisshinryu.com /weapons/printableweapons.html (2096 words)

	GRAPPLING WITH THE NUNCHAKU
		It is also a popular weapon at many tournaments, in that the execution and maneuvers with the weapon are beautiful to behold.
		Training with the weapon also improves hand speed, as the weapon is accelerated, the hands move quickly to catch the swinging section.
		No weapon should ever be carried, or attempted to be used on the street, or in self defense, without complete and total mastery, whether by an individual citizen or by a police force.
	kempo.4mg.com /articles/nunchaku.htm (1565 words)

	Ninja Weapons
		Their arts also led them to devise many weapons that were specific to the tasks they needed to accomplish, and this further led to a differentiation between the tools that standard ninjas used and those used by female ninjas, called kunoichi.
		A knife that was traditionally worn by samurai as a secondary weapon.
		The manrikigusari was mainly used as a defensive weapon to parry strikes from swords or staffs and to disarm or restrain opponents.
	www.piratesversusninjas.net /ninjaweapons1.html (6331 words)

	ADVANCED THROWING PRINCIPLES OF OKINAWAN BUJUTSU
		Among the commoners the only problem was that the weapons ban was reinforced, which added to the emphasis on empty hand training and working with farm and fishing tools as weapons of self defense, since the people still needed to be able to defend themselves against Wako, pirates.
		The Okinawans at this time continued to hide their martial arts skills from the Japanese, all serious training was done in secret.
		The main concepts of Bushi Te, the warrior hand of Okinawa, were and are, all movements are the same, whether striking, throwing, or holding a weapon, and the most important principle of all, all training should be free form to avoid patterns of movement and a lack of spontaneity.
	kempo.4mg.com /articles/okinawan.htm (2258 words)

	Chinese Hawaiian Kenpo Academy (CHKA) Homepage
		This weapon is also used as an alternative to the straight stick police department baton.
		Sai are primarily defensive weapons with the shape allowing for the catching, manipulating and disarming of an opponent's weapon; but they certainly have their offensive capabilities.
		This weapon was developed during the Qing Dynasty primarily for civilian use.
	www.chka.org /weapons.htm (599 words)

	Nicho Tanbo: Okinawan Weapons - Excellent For Self Defense
		Thus the use of wooden weapons were passed on to those who could not develop the incredible skills through long years of training and were forbidden to possess swords or other actual weapons of war.
		But the wooden weapons were always trained with, for those times of peace, when the monks did not carry the weapons of war, and for teaching those who still could not openly carry weapons.
		Some modern Okinawan Kobujutsu practitioners believe that the modern tendency to use two weapons for training, as in the case of the Sai, Tonfa, and Tanbo, is a modern development of training, possibly originated by Shinken Taira, the great weapons master.
	kiyojuteryu.org:8084 /soke/articles/nicho.shtml (1501 words)

	video instruction in kobudo, the use of okinawan weapons
		OKINAWAN KOBUDO is the art of the weapons found in the Ryukyu Islands located in what is now southern Japan.
		Okinawan weapons have been an adjunct to karate training since the beginning of this century.
		Whether it was derived from a millstone-handle or a long crutch, the tonfa is one of the most popular Okinawan weapons.
	espytv.com /kobudo.htm (344 words)

	Karate Weapons -- Okinawan Kobudo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There are five basic Okinawan weapons: sai, nunchaku, bo, tonfa, and kama.
		The samurai sword is not considered to be typically part of Okinawan kobudo.
		But with the Japanese swordsman, who wielded these deadly weapons, occupying Okinawa during the formulative years of karate and kobudo, and understanding of the use of this weapon helps the student to better understand traditional Okinawan weapons.
	www.thekarateacademy.com /reference/weapons/index.htm (2409 words)

	Kodokan Boston \| Kobudo History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		They cover a large selection of weapons, and are somewhat notable in that they neglect the knife, sword, and spear, which are primary weapons in the rest of Asia.
		The martial artists the weapon forms can be traced back to were not farmers, they were primarily of the shizoku or pechin, (lower or middle nobility) class, international merchants, and government personnel.
		Similar weapon techniques, including the use of the bo, sai, tonfa, kama, guwa (hoe), and eku (oar) are common in Indonesia and China, and are not primarily peasant arts in those countries.
	www.kodokanboston.org /kobudo_history.html (1777 words)

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		The traditional weapons are all hand made, and thus may vary significantly from weapon to weapon.
		If your weapon sits our for an extended period of time and it begins to feel like the pours are open (rough), then you will want to sand it down with a fine grain sandpaper, prior to oiling the weapon again.
		With respect to the longer length weapons such as the bo, nunte bo, ekiu, etc. it is suggested that in addition to their individual weapons bags that you use some form of hard impact resistant container for transport.
	www.enter.net /~ikkf/article1Q97.html (3072 words)

	Okinawan Kobudo
		In 1470, when traditional weapons were confiscated by the Japanese military, Okinawan commoners utilized the Kama as a fighting blade.
		As a weapon, it could be used for spearing or striking and the horse hair rope could choke, block, or trap.
		Because the Okinawans were fisherman, this was a common device that was found around the beaches.
	www.aoskkf.com /weapon.html (988 words)

	Weapons: Sai
		Sai were used in pairs and may have been introduced to Okinawa as weapons of Chinese martial arts, then later taken and adapted by the Ryukyu styles.
		The shaft of the weapon was never bladed, which would have made any reversing action in order to strike with the hilt, or block with the shaft, along the forearm, completely impossible.
		Many of the weapons kata from the Ryukyu Islands were named after their founder, or their place of origin, and have been passed down to modern times.
	www.okinawankarateclub.com /weapons/sai.htm (258 words)

	E-Budo.com - Sai <iron truncheon>
		It is a spear for all intents and purposes.
		Okinawan stylists followed suit, and we saw Goju and Shorin fighters using japanese and Korean stances and techniques in tournaments because the rules counted them higher scores.
		The Okinawans changed it from when they learned Kung Fu in Southern China, too.They implified it, and the body mechanics of Chinese Kung Fu were mostly lost in the Okinawan styles.
	www.e-budo.com /forum/showthread.php?t=2586 (4285 words)

	Okinawan kobudo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Okinawan kobudo (less commonly Ryūkyū Kobujutsu) is a Japanese term that can be translated as "old martial way of Okinawa".
		Kobudo traditions were shaped by indigenous Okinawan techniques that arose within the Aji, or noble class, and by imported methods from China and possibly other countries that traded with the Ryūkyūs.
		Okinawan Kobudo was at its zenith some 200-400 years ago and of all the authentic kobudo kata practiced at this time, only relatively few by comparison remain extant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Okinawan_kobudo (747 words)

	Isshinryu Karate - Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A Wooden oar used by the Okinawan's which was improvised as a weapon.
		An Okinawan weapon that is shaped like the Greek letter 'Psi' with the middle being much longer.
		A farm tool (believed to have been used as a handle for a millstone) developed into a weapon by the Okinawan's.
	www.isshinryu-karate.com /Terminology/Weapons.html (92 words)

	East-West Karate Okinawan Karate and Elite Weapon Arts
		Students may focus on and perfect one or a few weapons for self-defense purposes (Zen Okinawan Kobudo), progress in an elite traditional kobudo style (Matayoshi Kobudo), or learn the basics of a large variety of weapons (particularly useful for those who may one day face them, such as police officers and security personnel).
		Weapon Arts are the ability to use objects for defensive purposes.
		In addition he has also spent that time studying the incredible weapons arts (Zen Okinawan Kobudo) of the head of our karate style, the renowned Master Tadashi Yamashita, as well as training in a variety of other traditional weapon arts.
	www.ewkmartialarts.com /MAKobudo.htm (478 words)

	Kobudo - Shorin-Ryu Shorinukan Karate of Williamsburg
		The Okinawan art of kobudo consists of the use of agricultural and fishing implements that were developed as weapons.
		The bo is considered to be the quintessential Okinawan weapon and has varying lengths from six to nine feet in length.
		The rokushaku-bo (6 foot staff) is the weapon used most commonly and is extremely effective due to length and maneuverability.
	www.shoryukan.com /Topics/Skills/kobudo.html (993 words)

	Kobudo Weapons of Okinawa: The Kama
		The Okinawan art of kobudo is a separate, yet complementary art to that of karate.
		While the exact derivation of these weapons is shrouded in mystery, all were believed to have been derived from farming or fishing implements, which were the main livelihoods of the Okinawans.
		In either case, the average Okinawan had no weapons to defend themselves against thieves, bandits, or even the samurai.
	home.comcast.net /~thekarateacademy/books/kama (477 words)

	Seigokan Goju-Ryu Karate-Do Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		May be used as a club, or swung, or used as a lever to provide compliance holds by pinching the opponent's body parts in the crux of the lever.
		Sai: Okinawan short-sword-like weapon used singly, in pairs, or in threes.Typically has a round or octagonal shaft with blunt end and two-pronged grip.
		May be used by thrusting or swinging the blade or grip end, or can be used defensively along the arm or can be used to trap and break a long sword or staff.
	home.earthlink.net /~kalmans/glossary.htm (821 words)

	The History of Okinawan Karate Weapons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Although the Okinawan people were required to be subject to the new laws, they continued to practice life protection karate and kobudo skills with the undetectable farming implements that could be found around the farm and in the home without appearing as threatening weapons.
		The bo staff is the most popular weapon in the Okinawan martial arts to this day.
		This weapon is normally used in pairs but not limited to being used in connection with the staff connected by chain or ropes for reach and versatility.
	www.afpafitness.com /articles/OkKarate.htm (595 words)

	Tsuanmi Okinawan Karate & Kobudo Section 2
		Key issues discussed include the development of explosive striking power, the most vulnerable targets to attack, and the differences between applications as they are performed in the kata, and their use in realistic self defense situations.
		The Grand Master of Okinawan Kobudo, Shinpo Matayoshi, 10th Dan, Hanshi, demonstrates the sai, kama and nunti sai with a level of agility, power and focus that can only be acquired from a lifetime of serious study.
		This program includes detailed lectures on the sai and kama; basic techniques and kata for all three weapons; and demonstrations of practical combat applications in which he is assisted by the noted instructors Morio Higaonna and Hideharu Igaki.
	www.dragon-tsunami.org /Tsunami/Pages/section2.htm (1258 words)

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