Ages 8+

Kobudo (literally translated as “ancient martial art”) is a traditional Okinawan weapons art. Over the course of training, students will learn to use 12 different primary weapons and a number of secondary weapons, all of which are derived from authentic Okinawan farming and fishing tools. The first six months of study are devoted to learning the roku-shaku bo (six-foot staff).

Classes generally consist of a brief warm-up, after which the class is broken up into rank groups in order to work on varying curricula. The weapons in our curriculum include bo, sai, tonkua, nunchaku, tekko, nunti, eku, kuwa, kama, tinbei, sansetsukun, suruchin, chisai sansetsukun, nunti sai, nagagama, mugei, kuramon-bo, and more.

Mountain Stream Budo is the official New York State branch of the Okinawa Kobudo Doushi Rensei-kai ® , an international organization founded in Okinawa by Gakiya Yoshiaki-sensei, and presently presided over by Hanshi Neil Stolsmark, 9th dan. All students of kobudo at MSB will become members of the OKDR ® upon registration.

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Mountain Stream Budo is the premier kobudo school in Beacon NY and the Hudson Valley!