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Ki Exercises
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 Kobujutsu at United Dojos …
Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Steven Seagal...
You seen them in the Movies…
...Now come and play with the toys!
  
In 1477, during the Second Sho Dynasty, swords and other weapons were banned from Okinawa and the Ryukyu islands by Emperor Shoshin. It was as a direct result of Shoshin's edict that Okinawans turned to the development of karate (open hand) fighting. Although kobudo weapons are not really a part of karate, their development has shadowed the development and evolution of karate to the degree that they are almost inseparable.
In 1600 the Japanese invaded and occupied Okinawa. As a conquering army they used the continued prohibition of weapons as a method of controlling the population. Therefore only Japanese samurai's were permitted to own and carry weapons
Okinawan karate further developed from its Chinese roots. Just as the monks in China had developed weapons from seemingly innocent items such as the staff, so to did the Okinawans. These creative farmers and fishers resorted to adapting the implements of their everyday working life.
These weapons include the Bo, the Sai, the Tonfa, the Kama, the Nunchakus, the three sectional staff, Bokken (sword), Jo (short staff), Arnis, Knife fighting, and open hand techniques.
Along with the traditional kobujutsu weapons, advanced students will learn to use the deadly Japanese sword, the Katana.
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