Today, we translate “Karate” to empty hand, so then why do we practice with weapons? “Kobudo”, in the world of karate, is often translated to weapons, when in fact it means Old Martial Way. Learning karate is not just about learning the empty hand techniques as Okinawans originally also practiced with weapons. That being the case, at Tahoma Karate, we too practice the art of Okinawan Weapons.

While the empty hand karate techniques at Tahoma Karate are Hayashi-Ha Shito-Ryu, of which the larger orginazation practices Kinshin-Ryu Kobudo, we at Tahoma Karate practice Yamanni-Ryu Kobudo.