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A Report from Philippines: An Experience of Kobudo Seminar in Japan
For the past 16 years, I had been a kobudo practitioner in the Philippines. Sadly, this colorful but deadly art of weaponry has been partly
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An experience of "Ryukyu Kobudo Seminar" : A Report from an English Student.
Having only been living in Japan for three months and having not practised karate since my early teens, when I was invited to a three-day in
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A report from Sweden about “2017 Ryukyu Kobudo Kongo Ryu Seminar in Japan”
Starting at 10 am, finishing at 6:30 PM it was a long day full of hard work and patient guidance from the instructors on how to use the Bo i