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The Numb-Chuck ABCs (pt. 2)

Posted on 19. Aug, 2010 by Jesse in Archive, Kobudo

Note: This is part two of “The Numb-Chuck ABCs”. If you haven’t read part one, you really should. It will make you smart, rich and sexy.

Okay, time for part two in my attempted answer… (READ MORE)

The Numb-Chuck ABCs (pt. 1)

Posted on 14. Aug, 2010 by Jesse in Archive, Kobudo

I recently received a very handsome e-mail from a very handsome reader.

It goes (slightly abbreviated):

“Jesse-san! Maybe you would write some stuff about Numb Chucks? (nunchaku, but for the longest time, I thought it

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“You can’t bring your Kobudo weapons to the pub can you?”

Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by Jesse in Archive, Kobudo

Almost exactly one year ago (8th of January, 2009) I made a poll on a popular Karate internet forum, trying to find an answer to why there are so few people training Kobudo in Karate… (READ MORE)

From Okinawa to The World – A Short Story on Spirit

Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by Jesse in Archive, Kobudo

I remember it like yesterday:

It was a beautiful hot August day in Okinawa, and we – around 40 people from my Kobudo dojo – were training like mad for the upcoming demonstration we were… (READ MORE)

Haiku – Kobudo Style

Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by Jesse in Archive, Kobudo

I guess everyone has heard or read about haiku, the famous Japanese form of short poetry stretching back to the 1600s. Combining simplicity with emotional language and content, in a quite compact form, they come… (READ MORE)

The Secret to Why Kobudo Never Became Popular

Posted on 05. Apr, 2009 by Jesse in Archive, Kobudo

Since the modernization (and subsequent popularization) of Karate in the early 1900, Karate has spread to almost every part of the world. East to west, north to south. I even heard they have a Karate… (READ MORE)