Weapons Training

Weapons training begins at Orange Belt, starting with the Bo. Why? Because by the rank of Rokkyu, a student has gained enough experience, responsibility and discipline to begin weapon training. The bo is the first weapon learned because of it's simplicity and versatility; these skills can be passed on to subsequent weapons learned later on.

To view the page for each listed weapon (if available), click on the weapon name in the list.

Guidelines:
(*) Indicates a prerequisite must be met

Rokkyu (orange belt): Begin learning the Bo (long staff)

Sankyu (purple belt): Choose a 2nd weapon (sword, sai, tonfa, kamas, escrima, or nunchuku)

Ikkyu (red belt): Choose a 3rd weapon (any of above OR *broad sword, *3-sectional staff, jo, spear, eku)

Shodan (1st degree black): Choose a 4th weapon (any of above)