Bojutsu (Weapons)
The
latest class for Young Gloves karate is Bojutsu which is a traditional
weapons class. The class is open to all current blackbelt students who
are training regularly within the club. Sensei Justin Thomas 5th dan
teaches this martial art at Birchen Coppice School 9.00pm-9.30pm. The
style is rooted in Okinawan Bojutsu. Okinawa is an outlying Japanese
island, uniquely known as the birthplace of various martial arts, notably,
weapons based systems.
Along with our Japanese roots, the style takes some modernistic aesthetic
movements (such as a few spins), and then combines these with our combat
training.
The combat section does not hail from one specific country, but rather
takes some of the most common sense staff fighting movements from Asian
and European fighting concepts.
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