Tag Archives: Kobudo

Random thoughts on the term “Enbu”

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Andreas Quast

Investiture envoy Wang Ji for 1683 noted on a place for drill in arms and for the practice of martial arts in Naha, used by the officers and men of the Tenshikan (the lodgings of the Investiture envoys and their followers, … Continue reading →

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Choun no Kon – (Bojutsu Kata Series)

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Andreas Quast

Chōun no Kon is currently  handed down in the Taira Shinken lineage kobudō. The homonymous Chōun no Kon handed down in the Matayoshi lineage kobudō, although having the pronunciation, is written with different Japanese characters and it is a different … Continue reading →

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Kumibo – 3rd Okinawa Dentō Kobudō Championship, Feb. 2011

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Andreas Quast
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Headlock – 3rd Okinawa Dentō Kobudō Championship, Feb. 2011

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Andreas Quast
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Standard lineages from Okinawa Karate Kobudō Exhibit, 1997

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Andreas Quast

Here are some standard lineages of Okinawa Karate Kobudō for reference.

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Okinawa dojo directory, 2005

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Andreas Quast

Below is a statistical analysis I prepared in 2005. It used the data provided by the Okinawa dōjō directory, which was prepared by an Okinawa Prefecture educational office in 2003 or 2004, I don’t remember exactly. It provided the following … Continue reading →

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Über den Gusan

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Andreas Quast

pricht man vom Okinawa Kobudō, fällt hier und da der Begriff des Gūsan. Der Gūsan ist eine ganz bestimmte Stockwaffe. Es ist nicht viel darüber bekannt und man kann es vielleicht eine Nischen-Methode nennen. Im westlichen Verständnis handelt es sich dabei um … Continue reading →

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On Sesoko no Kon (Bojutsu Kata Series)

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Andreas Quast

or some reason exponents of Ryukyuan martial arts (RMA) like Okinawan dialect. So, as everyone likes it so much these days, Sesoko no Kon is pronounced Shisuku nu Kun in the native dialect. I really didn’t make this up. Rather, … Continue reading →

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“Bo” and “Ken” 1866

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Andreas Quast

s another snippet of Ryūkyūan martial arts history during kingdom times, the scene of this short post are the laws in Ryūkyū. I guess most people are unaware that there were actual laws that regulated physical violence, the use of weapons etc. … Continue reading →

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Bushi Higa

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Andreas Quast

ere’s one snippet from my archives. It’s one of the oldest newspaper articles on Karate, from Ryūkyū Shinpō, January 21, 1914. I copied it some years ago at Okinawa Prefectural Library. Bushi Higa When this newspaper published the article series … Continue reading →

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