Saturday, June 21, 2008

Traditional Okinawan Jinbukan Kobudo

Jinbukan Kobudo was founded by Katsuyoshi Kanei (1941~1993). He was a senior student of Shinko Matayoshi. Katsuyoshi Kanei along with Jamal Measara founded the International Okinawan KobudoKyokai.Jinbukan is credited to have introduced basics as a part of the training syllabus. Jinbukan Kobudo is represented in India by Shihan P.R.Ratnapala,3rd dan black belt.
Shihan Ratnapala has been teaching Jinbukan kobudo since 1983.