This curriculum was implemented by the Tokushinryu Europe group and today it is systematically developed also in the Tokushinryu South America group. In addition to the kata curriculum, a specific syllabus of 2 sets of Kihon per weapon provides to all the kobudō student with a smooth transition into the more advanced kata.

Tichu – Tekko – Tōnfa – Ekū – Kama – Bō – Nunti Bō – Sai – Nunti Sai – Tinbe Rochin – Sansetsukōn – Gusan (Sanchaku bō) – Bachi In March 2019 Tokumura Sensei was promoted to Hanshi, Judan (10th Degree Black Belt), by the Ryūkyū Traditional Kobujūtsu Preservation Budo Association under the leadership of Nakamoto Kiichi Sensei. On April 28, 2001, Tokumura sensei was promoted to Hanshi, Kudan (9th Degree Black Belt), by the Ryukyu Traditional Kobujutsu Preservation Budō Association endorsed by it’s President Nakamoto Yoshikazu. The name utilizes the first kanji of Tokumura Sensei’s name “Toku” 徳 and the kanji for “shin” 身 which means “body” or “oneself” and refers to his (Tokumura Sensei’s) personal Kobudo” It is called “Tokushinryu Kobudo” by his direct students because many of the kata bear the name “Tokushin”. “With over 50 years of martial arts experience, Tokumura Sensei has developed his own style of Okinawa Kobudō. In October 1987 Tokumura Sensei left Isshinryū to study Gojuryu Karate at the Jundokan in Naha under Miyagi Chojun student, Miyazato Eiichi Sensei. In 1956 he began his first steps in martial art through Shorinji Ryu taught at the school he attended, until a year later he decided to visit the founder of Isshinryū Karate, Tatsuo Shimabuku sense at his Agena dojo, becoming in his student until the day of the teacher’s death on May 30, 1975.Īfter years of training, Tokumura sensei would study Kobudō under the tutelage of Master Eisuke Akamine who was the successor of the legendary and well-known Shinken Taira sensei. Born on October 25, 1941, in Heshikiya Village, Katsuren Okinawa, Master Kensho Tokumura impresses to this day for his imposing energy and passion in transmitting his Kobudo.

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