Okinawan Masters
Tode Masters / Bushi
Collective of Okinawan masters (Tode) who merged Chinese boxing with native Te and Kobudo farm tools.
Quick Facts
Date of Birth17. století
Era17th–19th century
Country of Origin
Okinawa (Japan)
Okinawa (Japan)Rank / TitleRoots of Karate & Kobudo
Active Years1600–1900
Biography
Okinawan masters secretly transmitted Tode (Chinese Hand). They adapted agricultural tools (sai, tonfa, nunchaku, kama, eiku) into improvised Kobudo weaponry.
Associated Martial Arts
Kyusho Jitsu (Pressure Point Art)Master→
Modern and traditional art of striking sensitive anatomical nerve points of the human body.
Okinawan KobudoMaster→A body of Okinawan weapon schools alongside the empty-hand ti from which karate grew. The commonest weapons are the bo, sai, tonfa and nunchaku.
Yamanni-ryu BojutsuMaster→An Okinawan staff-fighting school recognizable by its flexible, swing-driven staff movement, used instead of fixed, stopped blocking positions.