tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817555596932791212024-02-19T11:29:03.352-08:00Okinawa Bo - Traditional Martial Arts Kobudo WeaponTraditional Okinawa martial arts, in particular karate, employs kobudo (weapons). One traditional weapon is a oriental farmer's transporting pole known as bo, a weapon of self-defense taught to karate students worldwide. Karate students from Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa and Tempe in the Phoenix valley also learn this weapon along with their karate lessons. Members learn several forms, applications & sparring with bo.Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281755559693279121.post-18887196425934986022019-01-19T15:50:00.005-08:002022-01-21T10:20:55.853-08:00Bo and bojutsu in Mesa, Arizona, traditional Okinawan martial arts.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4twcMmU-rxCY3HxXa39sRciBqtqC20nMVFhxPBPSymdtlqLMx-bN9TK3beG8NFTF3F_SRLCvBNGq24K1I8MRggBr0gTzVLxiWLqhUe8x6lq5ycv8HVXOHJ-JJSbPGvbX15WYTKlF2TtWtJ93IzlwLUH-qMlm_IFI4hQRU3e7TgPA6syON4BA8gGFOmQ=s2672" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1934" data-original-width="2672" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4twcMmU-rxCY3HxXa39sRciBqtqC20nMVFhxPBPSymdtlqLMx-bN9TK3beG8NFTF3F_SRLCvBNGq24K1I8MRggBr0gTzVLxiWLqhUe8x6lq5ycv8HVXOHJ-JJSbPGvbX15WYTKlF2TtWtJ93IzlwLUH-qMlm_IFI4hQRU3e7TgPA6syON4BA8gGFOmQ=w640-h464" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In addition to traditional <i>rokubo</i> (6-foot staff) there are many other similar Okinawa <i>bo</i>-weapons, such as <a href="http://hbjutsu.blogspot.com "><i>han-bo</i></a> (3-foot), <i>jo</i> (4-foot), <i>ku-bo-tan</i> (hand stick), <i>nitan-bo</i> (two sticks), <i><a href="https://martialartssupermarket.com/product-category/weapon/bo-staffs/oar/">eku</a></i> (oar), <i>bokken</i> (wooden sword), <i>kona-bo</i> (club), <i><a href="http://www.matayoshikobudouk.com/nunti-bo-fifth-weapon-of-matayoshi-kobudo/">nuntei-bo</a> (a <a href="https://martialartssupermarket.com/product/nunti-bo/">fishing</a> tool), </i>to name a few. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Rokubo</i>: Of all of the kobudo weapons in the Shorin-Ryu arsenal, few are as traditional as <i>bo</i> (棒術). <i>Bojutsu</i> is a martial art that is part of all <i>Shorin-Ryu</i> styles with the exception of <i>Shotokan</i>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <i>tenbin</i> is a pole that Asian farmers place across their shoulders in order to carry buckets at either end. Most are made of bamboo and measured by <i>shaku</i> (尺), which is a Japanese unit of 0.994 feet in length. The majority of <i>bo</i> used in <i>Shorin-Ryu </i>are <i>roku</i> <i>shaku</i>, or about 6-feet in length. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzOvWbx6p1w3SdKjST3ZubBkxtGbF0zI3a2uz9j-4p2fEM4KZ-xd2AwPOgelxGbkS2L0b86iF3SPo7txTnYYg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prior to 1961, <i>shaku</i> was a common unit of measurement. The unit was equivalent to the average length between mature bamboo nodes. But, there are >1,000 species of bamboo; each grows to different heights, diameters and lengths between nodes. Bamboo includes small annuals to giant perennial timber bamboo, some of which are the fastest growing woody grass plants on earth; known to grow 3 to 4 feet per day. Different species of bamboo vary from a few to 120 feet tall and have diameters as great as 12 inches (now that would be one heck of a <i>bo</i>). Bamboo has been around for some time and there are even species of bamboo preserved in the fossil record 30 to 40 million years ago. The Japanese <i>kanji</i> for bamboo is the ideograph (竹) which represent twigs of bamboo with leaves. </div> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj15W0mTNSgjL-9q1PdQAkxJ2KU1lJyjbDd07FASkFu_yE9qAu8GiX8r1ocK-seUHNE2JuF66UiiMDYyCMog7a_UXFwfh8X2ZvqlIyyOg7z4Moebc0ut1gKWRf1IDfoI_YMdMJzqSFvTJc9GZCZ3FmgiI8ocQx1wt5PAZSSsVVMB2Fqr4IqxZLhakucYQ=s292" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="292" data-original-width="249" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj15W0mTNSgjL-9q1PdQAkxJ2KU1lJyjbDd07FASkFu_yE9qAu8GiX8r1ocK-seUHNE2JuF66UiiMDYyCMog7a_UXFwfh8X2ZvqlIyyOg7z4Moebc0ut1gKWRf1IDfoI_YMdMJzqSFvTJc9GZCZ3FmgiI8ocQx1wt5PAZSSsVVMB2Fqr4IqxZLhakucYQ=w341-h400" width="341" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A transporting tool, the roku-bo can easily be <br />converted to a weapon of self-defense.</i></td></tr></tbody></table>The length of many ancient bo include <i>hasshaku</i> (7.96 feet) or <i>hasshaku gosun </i>(8.45 feet). Modern martial arts supply houses sell <i>rokushaku-bo </i>(6-foot <i>bo</i>). Confusion arises from another archaic unit that was also referred to as <i>shaku</i>. This third <i>shaku</i> was 14.9 inches, or the length of an average whale whisker (had no idea whales had whiskers). Anyway, it was adopted by law in Japan in 1881 for measuring cloth. To distinguish between the two common <i>shaku</i>, the cloth <i>shaku</i> was referred to as <i>kujirajaka</i> (<i>kujira</i> meaning whale) while the bamboo <i>shaku</i> was referred to as <i>kanejaku</i>. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Okinawan karate practitioners train with bo, which is also a Japanese samurai weapon. A bo could out-reach <i>katana</i> (samurai sword). Unlike most Okinawan bo techniques which grasp the bo by splitting the pole into thirds, Japanese samurai grasped the bo near one end to achieve maximum reach. Many techniques that apply to samurai <i>bo</i> also apply to <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yari">yari</a></i> and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naginata">naginata</a></i>. When it comes to the shape of <i>bo,</i> most are familiar with <i>maru-bo</i>, or round staff. But there are <i>kaku-bo </i>(four-sided), r<i>okkaku-bo</i> (six-sided) and <i>hakkaku-bo</i> (eight-sided). There is even an archaic bo known as the <i><a href="https://samuraiswords.store/kanabo/">konabo</a></i> (also <i>konsaibo</i> and <i>tetsubo</i>) which looked more like a caveman’s version of a club studded with iron.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Bo kata</i> of <i>Seiyo Shorin-Ryu </i>include <i>Kihon Bo, Sho No Kun, Sho Ken No Kun, Suuji No Kun, Choun No Kun Dai, Choun No Kun Sho, Bojutsu Shodan, Bojutsu Nidan, Bojutsu Sandan</i>. 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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Of all of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://az-kobudo.blogspot.com/"><u><b>kobudo</b><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></u></a></i>weapons in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>Shorin-Ryu</b></i> arsenal, few seem more traditional than <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>bo</b></i>. The <i><b>bō</b></i> is the weapon most people begin their <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>kobudo</b></i> training. The <b>martial arts</b> discipline of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>bo</b></i> known as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>bojutsu</b></i> includes distinct styles; however, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>bo</b></i> is also part of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://seiyokai.blogspot.com/"><u><b>Shorin-Ryu</b></u></a></i> styles. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">For more than 3 decades, <b><i>Shorin-Ryu Karate & Kobudo</i></b> was part of the curriculum in the Department of Physical Education, Department of Kinesiology, Department of Extended Studies, and University Club Sports at the <strong>University of Wyoming.</strong> The martial arts were one of the more popular classes and club activities on campus and often highlighted at various university events.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>Kobudo</b></i> was taught along with <b>traditional </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">karate </i>by Professor of <i>Budo</i> <i>Soke</i> Hausel. It was relatively inexpensive martial arts weapon for students to purchase from local lumber or hardware stores: all that was needed was a 6-foot wooden dowel or closet rod. But most dowels are made of pine and can not be used safely for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bunkai</i> (practical practice): most snap when struck with force. Thus university students, staff and faculty were asked to purchase Oak or a similar hardwood dowel. On Okinawa, martial artists attain <i>bo</i> from backyards using <i><b><a href="http://kamajutsu.blogspot.com/">kama</a></b></i> or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>katana</b></i> and cut a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>bo</b></i> from a bamboo garden - but not in Laramie where temperatures periodically exceed -30oF in winters.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">When the <b>University of Wyoming Shorin-Ryu Karate & Kobudo Club </b>began to expand in the 1990s, the club was recognized as one of the two top <strong>Juko Kai International</strong> <u>associated schools</u> in 1999 – which was not easy being that JKI is a large organization. There were nights when as many as 50+<b> </b>students appeared in the Education Building Gym with 6-foot bo-staffs. In Physical Education classes in Corbett Gym, as many as 110 students attended class each semester. More would have attended, but 110 was the absolute cutoff limit due to space. This was an impressive showing of student interest, particularly when one compares the size of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wyoming">University of Wyoming</a> to other universities and community colleges. At the time, UW only had 10,000 students. As a comparison, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa_Community_College">Mesa Community College</a> in Mesa, Arizona is more than double the size of UW.</span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br /></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">It was a challenge keeping everyone in one piece in these classes; so Professor Hausel spaced the students with strict orders for no one to practice by themselves for fear that someone might accidentally walk into a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>bo.</b></i> Everyone carried their <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>bo</b></i> in a vertical position held against the right (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">migi</i>) shoulder. In this way, Professor Hausel was able to keep everyone safe from a rogue swing. The classes focused on basic strikes (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">uchi</i>), blocks (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">uke</i>), forms (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://seiyo-meikyo.blogspot.com/">kata</a>)</i>, and a few applications (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bunkai</i>) on crowded <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>kobudo</b></i> nights, and all classes ended without a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>bo</b></i> imprint on the side of anyone's head (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">atana</i>). This went on for more than 3 decades as students, staff, faculty and the community were exposed to a large variety of traditional martial arts. Thousands of university and Wyoming community members participated in <i><a href="http://universitywyomingkarate.blogspot.com/">karate</a></i>, <i>kobudo</i>, <a href="http://sdclinic.blogspot.com/">self-defense</a>, <i><a href="http://ski-jujutsu.blogspot.com/">jujutsu</a></i>, <i><a href="http://hojojutsu.blogspot.com/">samurai</a> arts</i>, <a href="http://self-defense-women.blogspot.com/">women's</a> self-defense, sorority, martial arts history, Christian, Institute of Religion, Chinese New Year and International Community classes, clinics, and demonstrations during this time. Professor Hausel brought the Okinawan martial arts to the University of Wyoming in 1977 and classes and clinics continued over the next 35 years. <a href="https://everipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hausel/">Professor Hausel</a> donated time to teach most martial arts classes and clinics, and he had other duties on campus related to geological research and writing. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">So why is there inconsistency in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">shaku? </i></span>Prior to 1961, shaku was a common unit of measurement in Japan. The unit was derived from nature and equivalent to the average length between mature bamboo nodes. For those fascinated by bamboo, it should be obvious that the length between nodes will vary from plant to plant and between individual stocks in a single plant. But it is even more entertaining when one learns more facts about bamboo. There are >1,000 species of bamboo; each with different heights, diameters and even different lengths between nodes. The species includes small annuals to giant perennial timber bamboo. It is the fastest known growing woody grass plant in the world and has been reported to grow as much as 3 to 4 feet per day. </div>
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Confusion arises from another archaic unit that was known as shaku. This shaku was equal to 14.9 inches, or the length of an average whale’s whisker (I had no idea whales had whiskers). It was adopted by Japanese law in 1881 for measuring cloth. To distinguish between the two different Japanese shaku, the cloth shaku was referred to as kujirajaka (kujira meaning whale) while the bamboo shaku was referred to as kanejaku.</div>
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Not only did Okinawan <i>Tode</i> and <i>Karate</i> practitioners train with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bo</i>, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bo</i> was also employed by Japanese <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">samurai</i> because of the considerable reach on a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">katana</i>. Unlike most Okinawan <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bo</i> techniques which grasp <i>bo</i> by splitting the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bo</i> in thirds, the Japanese <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">samurai</i> grasped the bo near one end to achieve maximum reach to stay out of reach from a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">samurai</i> armed with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">katana </i>(sword). Many techniques that apply to Samurai <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bo</i> also apply to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">yari<span style="font-style: normal;"> and </span>naginata</i>.<br />
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Professor Hausel retired from the University of Wyoming and moved to the Phoenix Valley, where he still teaches every week of the year at the <b>Arizona Hombu Karate Dojo </b>in<b> Mesa.</b> Classes are available to adults and families. In the past, <i>Soke</i> Hausel taught martial arts not only at the University of Wyoming but also taught some classes at <b>Arizona State University</b>, <b>University of New Mexico</b> and the <b>University of Utah</b>. <br /></div></div>
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Karate and <span style="font-weight: bold;">martial arts</span> are more than kicking and punching. They are dynamic arts with a variety of disciplines. One discipline is known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%8D"><em>bo</em></a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%8Djutsu"><em>bojutsu</em></a> and has been around for centuries and practiced in a <a href="http://seiyo-shorinryu.com/">martial arts school</a> in the East Valley of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona">Phoenix</a> at the border of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler,_Arizona">Chandler</a> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert,_Arizona">Gilbert</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa,_Arizona">Mesa, Arizona</a>. Students in traditional Okinawa karate schools typically learn <i>bo</i> and other <em><a href="http://az-kobudo.blogspot.com/">kobudo</a> </em>weapons. But only at a few schools can they also learn other Okinawa and Japanese martial arts, such as <i>samurai</i> weapons and modern weapons along with <em>Shorin-Ryu</em> <a href="http://mesa-te.blogspot.com/"><i>karate</i></a> training. At the <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo01pfZPF_zpKStxra4k0rw">Seiyo</a> no Shorin-Ryu karate </i>schools, students have the opportunity to learn many of these arts.</div>
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Imagine a stick. Imagine a 6-foot-long stick (6 <em>shaku</em> in length) with an Oriental carrying the stick across his shoulders and at each end is a suspended bucket. Now imagine that Oriental walking along a rice paddy dike when he is accosted by a tax collector from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satsuma_Rebellion">Satsuma Samurai</a> clan!</div>
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Can he defend himself? Does he have any weapons? If he has been training in Okinawan <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Drin-ry%C5%AB"><i>Shorin-Ryu Karate</i></a>, he has weapons that include his hands, his transporting stick, referred to as a <i>bo</i>, and even the buckets. Training in<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawan_martial_arts"> Okinawan martial arts</a> teaches use all of these as weapons including many other weapons in an ancient art known as <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawan_kobud%C5%8D">kobudo</a></i>.</div>
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To learn this traditional martial art in <a href="http://chandler-karate.blogspot.com/">Chandler</a>, Gilbert, Mesa, Phoenix, <a href="http://tempekarate.blogspot.com/">Tempe</a> and Scottsdale, there is a traditional martial arts school in the East Valley of Phoenix that offer traditional martial arts weapons training and was located at the border of Gilbert with Mesa. The <i>Seiyo no Shorin-Ryu Hombu dojo</i> closed because of the loss of nearly 60% of its students due to the pandemic and masking by the CDC and Governor Ducey. With the loss of so many members, the organization could no longer meet the leasing requirements and closed its doors on March 1, 2021. However, they continue to train at non-commercial locations in Gilbert and Mesa, Arizona. For information, please contact <i>Soke Hausel </i>at <a href="mailto:sokeshodai@yahoo.com">sokeshodai@yahoo.com</a></div>
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<br />Soke Hauselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09158619309750219373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281755559693279121.post-59765715157090999922013-08-17T10:19:00.004-07:002022-01-21T10:59:36.809-08:00Mesa Karate Students Study Kobudo Weapons (bo)<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhz4LLcJROoYT2NaHsqxBls9JLRCbD1B6urFT7zDPRe-Uqopmp5SkeR7T_BOWwkmff4EzKOoTnqsLZt9fTFl-jUnns2g2N3b2_DutyyEcorEKF0iYHYanBNv_Gwu7hFpQlQIasxrN06TrgDqJ4qLfXEbCQQFTt4aN8ZgdIUZ1Y8XLSTacrrU4vRpmXtsQ=s2447" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="2447" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhz4LLcJROoYT2NaHsqxBls9JLRCbD1B6urFT7zDPRe-Uqopmp5SkeR7T_BOWwkmff4EzKOoTnqsLZt9fTFl-jUnns2g2N3b2_DutyyEcorEKF0iYHYanBNv_Gwu7hFpQlQIasxrN06TrgDqJ4qLfXEbCQQFTt4aN8ZgdIUZ1Y8XLSTacrrU4vRpmXtsQ=w640-h594" width="640" /></a></div><br />At the <b>Arizona Hombu martial arts school</b>, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Phoenix, Tempe and Apache Junction <b><i>karate</i> students</b> train in <i><b>kobudo</b></i> weapons including <b><i>bo</i></b> at the international <i>dojo</i> on Baseline Road and MacDonald at the border of <a href="http://mesa-te.blogspot.com/">Mesa</a> and <a href="http://gilbert-te.blogspot.com/">Gilbert</a>. The <i><b>karate</b></i> students are learning to use the<em> bo</em>. The <em><b>bo</b></em> is a common Okinawa weapon and farming implement used to carry material in the Orient by placing the stick over one's shoulders and balancing goods at both ends.</div>
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In times of trouble, merchants and farmers would take their <em><b>bo</b></em> and use it to fight off thugs and even samurai. Students in the <a href="http://karatearizona.blogspot.com/">East Valley of Phoenix</a> continue this tradition by learning <em>Kihon</em> (basics), <em><b>Kata</b></em> (forms), <em>Bunkai </em>(applications) and <em>Kumite </em>(sparring) with <em><b>bo</b>.</em> They are taught by expert instructors in <em><a href="http://arizonakarate.webs.com/karateclasses.htm"><b>Karate</b></a></em> and<b> <em>Kobudo</em></b>. </div>
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The <b>Arizona Martial Arts Students</b> began training with the <em><b>bo.</b></em> The students must learn by rote and demonstrate several <b><i>kata</i></b> (forms) and self-defense applications certify in<i><b> bo-jutsu</b></i>. They are expected to learn 8 to 10 <em><b>kata</b></em> and all <a href="http://seiyo-meikyo.blogspot.com/">self-defense applications</a> (<i>bunkai</i>) hidden in these forms (<i>kata</i>)</div>
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A variety of weapons arts are taught to students of <em>Seiyo No Shorin-Ryu Karate Kobudo Kai</em> (<span style="color: red;">西洋少林流空手道</span>) including <em>bojutsu</em> (<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" sb_id="ms__id946" style="color: red;" xml:lang="ja">棒術</span>) where students learn the art of the bo (<span style="color: red;">棒</span>), known to many in North America as the staff. In the<em> </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kory%C5%AB"><em>koryu</em></a> (<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" style="color: red;" xml:lang="ja">古流</span>) schools of Okinawa, Japan, and North America, the staff is taught as a weapon rather than a twirling tool as is taught in most modern martial arts schools. </div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Traditional martial artists learn <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kihon"><em>kihon</em></a><em> </em>(<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" sb_id="ms__id9033" style="color: red;" xml:lang="ja">基本</span>) (basics) of the <em>bo</em>, <em>kata</em> (<span style="color: red;">形</span>) (forms) of the <em>bo</em>, <em>bunkai</em> (<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" sb_id="ms__id12782" style="color: red;" xml:lang="ja">分解</span>) (applications) of bo kata, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumite"><em>kumite</em></a> (<span style="color: red;">組手</span>) (sparring) with the bo including <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COH5q4UMf7A"><em>ippon</em></a> (one-step), <em>sanbon</em> (three-step), <em>kiso</em> (structured) and<em> juyu</em> (free sparring ) <em>kumite</em>. By doing so, these students become adapt in the <em>bo</em> as a weapon - exactly what it was intended for when not used as a farming implement.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">In 2011-12, several students in the <i>kobudo</i> class at the <i>Seiyo Shorin-Ryu</i> <i>Hombu</i> became experts in <a href="http://seiyo-tonfa.blogspot.com/">tonfa</a> and were certified in the weapons. They are currently working on <a href="http://sai-kobudo.blogspot.com/">sai</a> with periodic review of bo, <a href="http://nunchuku.blogspot.com/">nunchaku</a>, <a href="http://hbjutsu.blogspot.com/">hanbo</a>, <a href="http://kamajutsu.blogspot.com/">kama</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmob2hW-ZTU">kuwa</a> and manrikigusari.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sensei Borea of Japanese <a href="http://hojojutsu.blogspot.com/">samurai</a> lineage trains with bo at the Hombu<br />in Mesa, Arizona</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rich attacks Dr. Adam (6th dan) at the<em> Seiyo Kai Hombu</em> in Arizona.<br />(Top photo) <em>Sensei</em> Linton (3rd <em>dan</em>) attacks <i>Hanshi</i> Watson (9th <em>dan</em>) during<br />
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<strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%8D"><i>Bo</i></a> (</strong><span style="color: yellow;">棒</span><strong>), kon, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%8Djutsu"><i>bojutsu</i></a>, bodo </strong>or<strong> 6-foot staff</strong>, is a well-known fighting martial art (<strong>budo [</strong><span style="color: yellow;">(</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span style="color: yellow;">武道</span></a><strong>]</strong>or<strong> bujutsu [</strong><span style="color: yellow;">武術</span><strong>]</strong>) that has roots going back many centuries. Being that the bo was (and still is) a common tool used for transportation of goods in the orient, it was a natural weapon of farmers and fishermen in the Orient. We often picture oriental farmers carrying goods at each end of a bamboo stick balanced over the farmer's shoulders - this was the bo.</div>
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Our students at the <i>Seiyo Kai Hombu</i> in Mesa, Chandler and Gilbert learn this martial arts weapon along with other kobudo weapons. Like most <b><i>Shorin-Ryu karate</i></b> styles, we place considerable emphasis on 'bo' or the 6-foot staff. We have 11 bo kata and out students also learn applications (bunkai) of the techniques in each kata and also bo kumite (sparring).</div>
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Several years ago, while training at Scott Air Force base under my sensei (Dai-Soke Sacharnoski), we trained with samurai weapons and ended with mass kumite: about 50 martial artists in an hanger fighting anyone who came near us. Sometimes we fought one on one, and periodically, it was one vs 2 or 3 individuals. It was great training.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the Arizona Hombu in Mesa, we train in kobudo on Thursday evenings. In recent months, our students have been training in bo, <a href="http://hojojutsu.blogspot.com/">katana</a>, <a href="http://seiyo-tonfa.blogspot.com/">tonfa</a>, <a href="http://sai-kobudo.blogspot.com/">hanbo</a>, and <a href="http://sai-kobudo.blogspot.com/">sai</a>.</span></span></div>
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