karate weapon for student?
my son is a green belt in karate.
he has already mastered knumchunks, staff and sais.
he has to have a sword next w/ a funny name i cant spell.
wagasawshi?
can anyone help me?
People,
didnt mean to offend anyone.
when i say mastered i meant he has learned
certain routines, cadas?
The weapons he has so far are children’s versions for students.
Oh dear bloody god.
First of all, there is no way in hell any reputable Dojo would teach or let a student at that novice level train in or even touch a weapon. Second of all at that novice level he would yet to have mastered the basic art of Karate itself, never mind the Nunchucku, Sai or Bo, and the Wakizashi (I am assuming that is what you meant) is not a sword he would train in in the manner you mean.
Please, I beg you for your sons sake, educate yourself – and tell your son to do the same – in the martial arts before you let him quite literally play with things he would not understand.
wakizashi?
it’s kind of like a short sword, mostly used as an off-hand weapon
http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00716/wakizashi.jpg
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http://www.martialartssupermarket.com/index.cfm?action=main&catid=40
Try that. Look through that website and see if you can find it.
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Read my info
bo, sai and nunchaku take decades to master. you dont just twirl them around.
a wakizashi, is a razor sharp short sword that can cut your arm off. i have see experts slip and loose fingers and toes, this is not something for a child to use.
the do sell them that are not sharp, i dont teach children this weapon or the nunchaku because of how dangerous they are. nor do i teach those 2 to anyone under 1st kyu
edit:> a lot of do not consider weapons toys, i person teach no one under the age of 12 any weapon and have ages set for certain weapons.
there are too many place that do not know how to use martial art weapons correctly, they just teach students to twirl them in the air. because its fun for them, nunchaku i consider one that is very dangerous more to the user, used correctly they can generate enough force to break the skull. used incorrectly they put the user in the hospital.
the place your son trains, to me sounds like a mcdojo.to be using that many weapons at a young age or a low rank is to much, for most people to learn anything useful.
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30+ yrs ma
Oh dear bloody god.
First of all, there is no way in hell any reputable Dojo would teach or let a student at that novice level train in or even touch a weapon. Second of all at that novice level he would yet to have mastered the basic art of Karate itself, never mind the Nunchucku, Sai or Bo, and the Wakizashi (I am assuming that is what you meant) is not a sword he would train in in the manner you mean.
Please, I beg you for your sons sake, educate yourself – and tell your son to do the same – in the martial arts before you let him quite literally play with things he would not understand.
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Martial Artist student and teacher for over 23 years.
As Shihan said I seriously doubt that your son ahs mastered any of thes eweapons. Can he spar weapon to weapon and not getkilled? can he perform the techniques in the kata without thinking about them, and the weapon is an extention of his body? Does he go to a school where the main emphasis is on tournaments? I bet he does because in most traditional classes he would not even ick up a wepon until green or blue belt. I am sur ehe has learned to twirl them around, but does he understand what he is doing with them?
If he likes what he is doing great, however do not let anyone there tell him he has mastered ay of these weapons. As for the sword the only one it could be is what has been stated above.
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I have a really funny feeling that the only reason a wakizashi is used is because junior is too young/small for a full size katana…
I believe that he can probably twirl the weapons around and maybe even knows a couple patterns for each. But this is far from mastering them as the above have pointed out.
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the sword will be wakizashi.
green belt in karate and using nunchucks, staffs and sais and then wakizashi?
Can I give a friendly suggestion?
The dojo your son training in…..it sounds like a McDojo. There is no way in the world that a respectable karate dojo will teach all those weapons at that level and then label your kid as already mastered the weapons at that level.
Not to mention Karate itself means ‘Way of the Empty Hand’
Meaning that Karate do not use weapons in their practice.
Since the weapon of choice include nunchuck and sais (which falls more on the fancy side than effective side) I’d say it’s more like a Ninjutsu schools (which are about 90% McDojos)
I suggest pull your kid out of that school and put him in a decent BJJ school. Younger kid who is flexible (at least he should be flexible training in Martial Art already) will benefit much more from BJJ (Brazilian Jujitsu) and able to achieve higher level easier due to his flexibility.
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wakizashi.
though i’ve never heard of it being used in karate. technically speaking in most okinwan arts (karate) …weapon work is called kobudo, or kobujutsu.
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wakizashi its pretty much just a short katana.
whats the question? if you need to find somewhere good to buy it i sugest talking to the intrcutor first.
but in karate they shouldnt be useing weapons till brown or black belt.
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I think you need to find a better school. There is no way someone could master or even understand these weapons without at least 10 years in each weapon.
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Tonfa might be a good one for him to learn or possibly Kama (rubber or wooden of course)
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14 years Shito-ryu