What are some weapon based martial arts?

Question

If there's any such thing.....?

Besides kali. I looked into it, the club near me isn't very good!! (unfortunetaly)

Answer 1

In Okinawa there is a whole weapons based style called Kobudo. Many Okinawin karate's also teach weapons as well as empty hands.

Kung Fu has numerous weapons, but no weapons based styles as far as I know. Most styles want you to learn the basic's of empty hands first before weapons.

Answer 2

Bushido.  The way of the Samurai.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido

Answer 3

learn weapons on your own man.  I've spent years developing my own weapons forms, techniques and Katas.  One such example is at http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseac... and scroll down that page.  Watch this whole video on chucks dude.

You won't find anything better than what you can accomplish on your own through constant practice, research and developement.  If you're not experienced in the martial arts by at least 15 years or so I wouldn't even worry about Martial Arts weapons dude because you won't be able to grasp the concept.  You might mimic what you see, but you'll never understand the concept of weapons in its trusest meaning.

Martial Arts weapons should be something that little kids at about age 10 start out at and develope over their entire life span any thing else is weak and foolish.

Answer 4

Most martial arts have weapon training for advanced students, even some that are not known for it - some Tae Kwon Do schools teach short sword and staff techniques, and some Muay Thai schools teach Krabi Krabong.  

Look for a school near you and ask the instructor if they offer weapon based arts.  

In most schools you shouldn't expect to go in day one and start handling weapons - you will have to learn open-hand techniques and graduate to weapon techniques later.

Answer 5

do you mean "practical" weapon arts like learning to fire a firearm or concealable stick arts like the jitte, jo (short stick) or escrima (sort of concealable, just walk with a cane).

knife is probably the most realistic weapon art you can take (depending on your state's concealed weapon carry laws)- however like anything else, if you aren't prepared to use it when your life depends on it, it is better to not take it at all.

or arts that are not as practical because you won't be walking around with some semblance of that weapon like arts that teach traditional japanese sword like non-sport kenjutsu or rapier fencing or chinese jian?

whatever you chose- same rules apply- if you are just doing kata, you aren't training you are dancing.

Answer 6

In japan there is one called "Kendo" meaning "way of the sword" It's totally legit.

Answer 7

Kobudo ~ The practice of many traditional weapons from Okinawa, such as bo staff, nunchuku, sai, tonfa, kama, oar and others.

Iaido and kendo ~ sword practice.

You can find martial arts schools that mix these into their classes. But you may be fortunate enough to have a school nearby who teaches the traditions of weapons practice...

Answer 8

ninja numchucks!!!!!!

Answer 9

Kendo-- Japanese Fencing

Arnis-- Filipino Stick Fighting

Kyudo-- Japanese Archery

Answer 10

All I know of is Bushido and Wu Shu both sword fighting styles

Answer 11

well in japan theres kendo, the use of a katana and in thailand theres krabi krabong which is just a system of using any kind of weapon.

Answer 12

kendo i think uses weapons of a sort