1994, he formed his own kobudo organization, the Ryukyu Dento Kobujutsu Budo Hozon Budo Kyokai in order to pass on his own kobudo consisting of Yamanni-ryu...
fears of the widespread teaching of the art of deception. Tō-te and Ryukyukobudō (deception) continued to be taught in secret. The ban was continued...
has an extensive background in Largo Mano Eskrima, Hindiandi Gung Fu, RyukyuKobudo and Combat Judo. He is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps who...
Renseikai RyukyuKobudo shureikan: Shusei Maeshiro (in association with Tsuneo Shimabukuro) Mikio Nishiuchi: International Okinawa Kobudo Association...
techniques, and Kobudo katas mostly of the RyukyuKobudo lineages. Shian Toma opened his dojo in 1960 teaching Shorin Ryu and Kobudo to the local populace...
Prefecture. Okinawa was ruled by the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1429 and unofficially annexed by Japan after the Invasion of Ryukyu in 1609. Okinawa was officially...
instructor. In 1929, Taira began his studies of Ryūkyūkobudō under Moden Yabiku. In 1932 after studying kobudō for three years and karate for 10 years, he...
Shinpo created the RyukyuKobudo Federation in 1970, which would be renamed in 1972 the "Zen Okinawa Kobudo Renmei" (All Okinawa Kobudo Federation). Matayoshi...
some of Ryukyu's military campaigns. Ryukyuan ships continued to officially operate until 1875. The origins of karate (Okinawan: tii), kobudō, and tegumi...
development of karate and kobudo, especially with respect to bōjutsu. Pechin (親雲上, Peechin) is social class of the Ryūkyū Kingdom. A resident of the...
[kaɽati]), also karate-do (空手道, Karate-dō), is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called...
committee-member for the Okinawan Karatedo and Kobudo Federation, vice-president of the RyukyuKobudo Ryu Kon Kai Association, chief committee-member...
Konishi and Taira Shinken where he studied the weapons practice of RyūkyūKobudo Hozon Shinkokai. Inoue went on to found his own style of karate called...
The surujin or suruchin is one of the traditional weapons of Okinawan Kobudo. It comprises a 150 -152 cm or 2-3(4,921 feet -4,986 feet or 6,5 feet -9.8feet)...
"world walker" in Japanese, was a karateka. He combined kobudō and karate techniques to found the Ryūkyū Hon Kenpo Kobujutsu Federation. Of pechin descent,...
styles. The tonfa belongs to a group of ancient weapons called kobudo weapons. When the Ryukyu islands were independent from Japan, Ryukyuans used the tonfa...
Kobujutsu of the Ryukyu Kobujutsu Hozon Shin Ko Kai by its founder Motokatsu Inoue. Higashi was involved in the formulation of the Canadian Ryukyu Kobujutsu...
in Okinawan karate, Matayoshio is perhaps best known for his practice of Kobudo. He started a dojo in the 1960s in memory of his father and called it the...