Matayoshi Kobudo

Zen Kobudo

Other Weapons

Although grounded in the traditional Okinawan (kobudo) weapons, the East-West Karate Weapon Arts Program is not limited to these weapons. Like the head of our style, Master Yamashita, our Head Instructor, Sensei John Dombeck, PhD., possesses a keen interest in a variety of Weapon Arts and traditions. Therefore, through experience passed on from Master Yamashita, O’Sensei Daniel Schroeder and elsewhere, East-West Karate offers training in a variety of weapon arts with origins other than Okinawa.

These weapons include:
Fist-Load Weapons	Flexible Weapons (belt, rope, etc.)
Knives	Jo
Balisong (Filipino Butterfly Knife)	Katana (Samurai Sword – both Aido and Jigen-Ryu battlefield combat)
Yari (Spear)	Naginata (Halbred/Bladed Polearm)