Friday, 16 October 2009

Kobudo - Japanese and Okinawan

At the present time we talk about Eskrima as our main FMA (Filipino Martial Art) and Kali as the blade art.

Krabi Krabong is the weapons art of Thailand.

Kobudo refers to the Okinawan weapons tonfa and nuncha, also the kama and sai, and the Ok Bo.

Kobudo also refers to the Japanese weapons, Hanbo, Ninja To, Bokken, Katana, Jo, Bo, Yari and Naginata.

At some point we'll look for a term to distinguish Ok kob from Jap kob.

Though at this time, if we say Ok-kob and Jap-Kob, everyone will know what we mean.