Weapons Classes

Okinawan Kobudo, Machimura Ito ryu, Advincula's Combat Escrima and Chinese Sword and Sabre.

    The weapons class covers a wide range of area of study. Okinawan kobudo is the study of old Okinawan weapons. This includes the staff (bo), sai, Tuifa (tonfa), eku (kai) and kama's. We practice basics, traditional Okinawan kata or forms, two man drills and sparring.
    The Machimura Ito Ryu is a Samurai sword system developed by master Ronald Lindsey during his study of the sword during his 40 plus years of practice. This system covers Iaijitsu and Kenjitsu. We practice basics, kata and two person drills. Some of this class is done with real swords.
    Master Advincula developed his system, Advincula's combat Escrima, from his 60  years of study. He was also a U.S. Marine hand to hand and weapons  instructor. In class we practice with sticks with an eye to using edged weapons. This class uses single stick, double stick, knife, sword and dagger and the double sword.

    The Chinese sword and sabre come from my study of Taiji. We practice the 13 section sabre, the 67 section straight sword, Sam Masich's two man sword, two man sword drills and sparring.

The Academy of Asian Martial Arts

Mr. Lindsey leading a sword class.