WEAPONRY

Weaponry is taught to Upper Belt Students who first receive instructor approval. Most instruction is done with practice weapons that have neither edges or points and are heavily padded with foam. Nonetheless, students must wear padding and protection gear to ensure personal safety.

Weapons cannot be purchased or brought to class without instructor approval. Weapons training is an enhancement to the curriculum used to increase the basic "empty hand"- unarmed skills of the student, not to train the students how to specifically use weapons, most of which are not legal on the street. All weapons must be the non-operable training variety, i.e. no sharp edges and they must be wrapped in a foam covering.

WEAPONRY

Chanbara is a modern day version of KEN-Jitsu (Japanese samurai swordsmanship) and Japan’s national sport. Chanbara originated 30 years ago in Japan and is incorporated in their school system as football, baseball and other sports activities have been here and is growing across the nation. It has been very popular with kids and adults alike, both male and female. Chanbara uses foam padded samurai swords and other traditional martial arts weaponry (bo staffs, escrimas, nunchakus) that eliminates the need of years of formal training and the expense of bulky armor and bamboo swords that allows a one on one duel without the fear of injury. Protective head/eye/hand gear and trained referees are also used to further insure a safe activity.

The study of weaponry enables the Tae Kwon Do student to better develop their basic blocking techniques as well as self defense against attackers welding weapons.

WEAPONRY

The Sai is taught by our Head Black Belt Instructor, Mr. James Goodman. The Sai is a single or pair of 18 inch spikes which were used in construction of buildings in Okinawa. The Sai was developed into a formidable weapon with intricate Patterns or movements and Kattas.

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