Hmm what do you give a Kobudo legend that has everything? I recently built a pair of extended Tonfa for my Kobudo teacher and living legend Kaicho Takashi Kinjo. These were based on a traditional set of Tonfa I had hand crafted and customised for…
Over the years I have used a number of different styles of Sai as each manufacture made them just a little different but not exactly to fit me or were too heavy, needed to be chromed (that would peer off over the years), were hollow…
Being a perpetual martial arts student, in my case focusing on Okinawan karate and kobudo, is a journey that never ends. It is a path that challenges the mind and body, pushing us to reach our full potential, and constantly grow. Through relentless training and…
The below exerts were taken from an Okinawa times article from a few years ago, and are great descriptions of Koburyu philosophy and my teacher Kaicho Takashi Kinjo chairman of the Okinawan Kobu-ryu Karate-do Kobudo kobu-kai. "If you do not continue to evolve, you will…