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| BRIEF HISTORY REVIEW |
After the 1400s Okinawan farmers began to use their tools of work as weapons, since in the Port of Tumai the
commerce was exerted by means of the interchange of food of first necessity of that time (sugar, rice,etc) with
countries such as Taiwan, China, Indonesia and Malaysia. In 1600, the army of shogun SATSUMI invaded and
conquered the islands of the Japanese Archipelago Ryu Kyu. In order to avoid rebellions in Okinawa ( most
important of the islands) it prohibited the natives the carrying and the use of any type of weapons.
Samurai (the military), committed all types of injustice submitting the invaded town to oppressions and
humiliations, reason why the Okinawans in the necessity to defend themselves of the abuse, perfected the Chinese
techniques fused with the native techniques of martial arts. While some perfected the techniques of the combat with
the hands, others did their own thing using their daily instruments of work as weapons. The handling of these
conventional weapons of Okinawa, was generically denominated as KOBUDO (weapons way); these being: Bo,
Tunfa, Eku-bo, Saku-bo, Sai and kamanti. The kobudo techniques were jealousy hidden to the foreigners, until the
beginning of the present century, in which the teachers began to disclose their secret art, first in Japan and after
World War ll to the rest of the world.
Sensei Shigeo Nakazato its the only one to teach the system Chikin Bo and other systems of Kobudo not known.
commerce was exerted by means of the interchange of food of first necessity of that time (sugar, rice,etc) with
countries such as Taiwan, China, Indonesia and Malaysia. In 1600, the army of shogun SATSUMI invaded and
conquered the islands of the Japanese Archipelago Ryu Kyu. In order to avoid rebellions in Okinawa ( most
important of the islands) it prohibited the natives the carrying and the use of any type of weapons.
Samurai (the military), committed all types of injustice submitting the invaded town to oppressions and
humiliations, reason why the Okinawans in the necessity to defend themselves of the abuse, perfected the Chinese
techniques fused with the native techniques of martial arts. While some perfected the techniques of the combat with
the hands, others did their own thing using their daily instruments of work as weapons. The handling of these
conventional weapons of Okinawa, was generically denominated as KOBUDO (weapons way); these being: Bo,
Tunfa, Eku-bo, Saku-bo, Sai and kamanti. The kobudo techniques were jealousy hidden to the foreigners, until the
beginning of the present century, in which the teachers began to disclose their secret art, first in Japan and after
World War ll to the rest of the world.
Sensei Shigeo Nakazato its the only one to teach the system Chikin Bo and other systems of Kobudo not known.
- BO
- EKU BO
- SAI
- TUNFA
- SHAKU BO
- KAMANTI
