Bōjutsu
The Kobudō discipline Bōjutsu [ boːdʑɯtsɯ ] ( Japanese 棒 術 , stick technique (s) ' ) is the art of fighting with the Bō (1.82 m long stick), also called "Kon" or "Kun" in Okinawa . This discipline includes all variants of the stick, such as Rokushakubo ("6-foot stick", 182 cm long), the Hanbō (half Bō) or the Jō (121 cm long). The Bō applies in many Asian martial arts, such as B. Kobujutsu , Karate-Dō , Aikidō , Iaidō , Jiu Jitsu or Ninjutsu as a secondary weapon, so it is used as an entry-level weapon or as a supplement to training.
history
The use of a stick as a weapon or tool is likely as old as humanity and can be found on every continent and in every culture on earth. The first known fighting system with the long stick developed in China, from where it reached Okinawa. It was there that the first katas of Bōjutsu emerged. The term "Con" is used in Vietnamese martial arts . In Chinese Wushu there is a variant called "Gun". However, this stick is thinner at one end than the other.
Oyakei Akahachi, Higa Matsu, Aburaya and Sakugawa were the first Japanese grand masters in Bōjutsu of the 18th century. At the end of the 19th century, the Masakatsu Bōjutsu was developed by Ueshiba Morihei , the founder of Aikidō . The Ryukyu Kobujutsu was systematized by Taira ham in the 20th century.
Current
Nowadays, Bōjutsu is a discipline in Kobudō or Kobujutsu . The Bō is the first, most important and fundamental weapon in Ryukyu Kobujutsu. The Bō alone accounts for 19 of 42 Kobujutsu kata.
Bōjutsu as a sub- discipline of the Ryūkyū Kobujutsu Hōzon Shinkōkai goes back to Taira Shinken. He was born on June 12, 1897 in the village of Nakazato on the island of Kumejima. He is officially registered under the name Maezato Shinken, which some kata names still remember. But he himself mostly used his mother's maiden name, Taira. In 1940, after the death of Yakibu Modens, he returned to Okinawa and founded the Ryūkyū Kobujutsu Hōzon Shinkōkai in Naha as the successor organization to Yakibu Modens Ryūkyū Kobujutsu Kenkyū Kai . In the early 1960s, he published his first book to make Kobujutsu better known. The title is Ryukyu Kobudo Taiken . In the following years he set up training and examination regulations in which Motokatsu "Gansho" Inoue played a key role. Kisho Inoue was born on October 30, 1954 in Shizuoka, Japan, and began training as a child with his father, Motokatsu Inoue. Kisho Inoue is committed to the care and preservation of the ancient arts of arms and organizes the worldwide dissemination through courses.
