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Karate Kids, advanced classes, and
private tuition in martial arts for all the family
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 What’s Kobudo? 
Kobudo is a Japanese term that means ‘old martial way’. This
term applies to our club as we try to follow the traditional martial ways.
Kobudo also is used to refer to martial arts weaponry systems. This term also
applies to our club because we provide private instruction in nunchuka and
bo/staff.
Weapons training can be taken alongside your karate training.
Training with weapons can enhance your hand-eye coordination, your speed, and
make you a well rounded martial artist, as well as being lots of fun and
impressive at demonstrations. Children under the age of 18 must have parental
consent. Please speak to Sensei Kim if you wish to know more about weapons
training or to arrange training sessions.
Nunchuka and
bo/staff are taught for demonstration purposes only and not for actual
combat.
If you have always
wanted to have a go but did not know how to start or you have tried learning
off a video or DVD and found it too difficult, try a personal lesson.
Nunchuka are two equal sized
pieces of wood or metal that are held together by either a chain or rope. One
end of the nunchuka is held in your hand while the other end whips around,
hopefully where you want it to go! It is a weapon known for its speed and was
made famous by Bruce Lee in 'Enter the Dragon'.
Bo/staff is a single long piece
of wood, usually 5 or 6 foot long and is a weapon of length used in olden
times to dismount attacking horse riders.
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