what japanese/korean martial art uses weapons?
teaches you how to use them. and weapons like katana, war fan, staffs, etc. not just nun chucks. i really want to learn how to use a katana
but i’d also like to learn hand and foot combat, not just swordsmanship
You’ll find it a little challenging to find a class that teaches hand-to-hand combat as well as swordsmanship. This is generally because the sword is a way of life to many, and they devote themselves to learning it.
That said, some kenjutsu clubs teach unarmed combat as well. In them, the hands become swords in the sense that throws, strikes and joint locks all come from cutting movements, towards your opponent’s centre or in a way that destabilises or hurts them. It’s always the most practical of arts, but when you spend that much time studying the use of a weapon, it really does become an extension of yourself. You meld with it perfectly and everything flows around you, making perfect sense. You reach a state of harmony where you yourself become the sword and the sword itself becomes you. Armed or unarmed, you are the same.
Having said that, there are some Japanese martial arts that do include sword training but are predominantly hand-to-hand fighting. Aikido, Karate and Ninjutsu are the ones that come to my mind. They all teach a variety of weapons including staves (long and short), tonfa, nunchakus, kama etc. I’ve never heard of anywhere that teaches the use of the war fan, but that sounds like a ninjutsu style to me.
I don’t know about japan or Korea but i know that Kung Fu is a good place to learn with swords and staffs even nunchucks. It will also teach you a lot of hand to hand combat and mental discipline.
all of them
Im not sure about korean or japanese but there is a fillipino art called eskrima weapons that teaches the use of weapons and defense against weapons.
Try good ol gun-fu!
i think most kung fu places will teach what you are looking for
Tang Soo Do teaches long stick fighting and sword. But you have to advance a little to do sword. It also teaches great hand and foot techniques. It is a korean martial art developed during the ancient korean wars.
they are call nunchaku ant nun chucks or any other variation.
there are over 40 weapons in kobudo.
bo, sai, tonfa, kama, nunchaku are only the major ones, there are a lot of minor ones as well
http://www.scribd.com/doc/10325156/Complete-Book-of-Kobudo-weapons
and swordsmanship is combination’s and footwork