AIZU-RYU KOBUJUTSU

Aizu-ryu as a style covers both unarmed Aiki-jujutsu and armed Kobu-jutsu. The weapons used in Kobu-jutsu are the traditional samurai arms with three distinct styles known as Ken-jutsu, the art of fencing with traditional Japanese swords, Batto-jutsu, the art of drawing and cutting in a singular fast action and Jo-jutsu, the art of fighting with staff weapons such as long and short staffs, spears and glaives. Techniques are practiced is pre-arranged two-man fighting sets called Kata before moving onto free practice with sparring weapons.

Weapon training enhances the empty-handed martial arts by improving hand-eye coordination, timing, speed and body conditioning as well as maintaining a sense of tradition in regard to the origin of the martial art.