Japanese often does not have a direct translation to English. This often leads to there being multiple "correct" names for the same weapon in English. For searching sites, and finding weapons generally the first name listed below is used, sometimes though, an alternate name is in use. If a weapon which is included in other sections of this site, is not included, then that name should be considered the accepted name, IE sai When doing independent research, please utilize the following.
Note: This is not an exhaustive list, and aims to capture the major kobudo systems which teach various weaponry and katas.
Matayoshi Kobudo was pioneered during the TaishÅ period (1912-1926) by Matayoshi Shinko and his son, Matayoshi Shinpo. This system is practiced today and there are approximately 2,000 dojos acroos the world. The only common kobudo weapon without kata in this system is the yari.