Why Japan Decided to Preserve Ancient Martial Arts that are Impractical Today

Today, Japanese BUDO martial arts are trained all over the world. You too might be currently training in or have trained in Karate, Kendo, or Judo etc. yourself.

The Japanese martial arts that have become mainstream today are called "gendai-budo," and the former arts are called "ko-bujutsu," which are various methods of using weapons and fighting techniques that were practiced by samurai.

However, even though ko-bujutsu and gendai-budo have the same roots,
if you unravel their history, you will find that they differ greatly in content and purpose.

So today, as a Japanese budoka living in Kyoto, I will explain about the history of ko-bujutsu in Japan and the 9 main kinds of skills. I will also talk about how gendai-budo was born from ko-bujutsu and the 9 martial arts included, as well as their differences.

At the end of the video there is a really important message that I want to share through today’s topic, so I hope you can enjoy this video till the end.

For those of you who are currently practicing gendai-budo, I believe learning about ko-bujutsu will help you to deepen your understanding of Japanese martial arts in general.

If you are training in either ko-bujutsu or gendai-budo, please let me know in the comments what you train and why!

●Japan Kobudo Association Official Website
http://www.nihonkobudokyoukai.org/
●Japan Kobudo Promotion Society
http://kobushin.jp/
●Gendai Budo Nippon Budokan
https://www.nipponbudokan.or.jp/english

[Time codes]
0:00 Let's START!
2:16 The History of Ko-bujutsu
7:41 How Gendai-budo was Born
11:10 The Differences Between Kobujutsu & Gendai-budo
12:48 Today's Conclusion

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