WEAPON a Hardwood Bo (Either 4-, 5-, Or 6-Foot in Length)

AGAPE BLACK BELT CENTER This seminar is designed to give students exposure to the use of the BO, showing them the basics and giving them a basis to use them and a foundation to be able to practice more and improve with them on their own. As part of the fee for the seminar each student will receive WEAPON a hardwood bo (either 4-, 5-, or 6-foot in length).

SEMINAR The Introductory Weapons seminar will cover:

 Explanation of the use and suspected histories of the bo, nunchaku, sai, and tonfa.  Isshin-Ryu Bo Basics with a traditional grip, as Sat, June 6, 2015 well as exposure to the first bo form (of four) in the Isshin-Ryu system called: Tokumine-No-Kun. 3-5pm (2 Hours)  Basic strikes and blocks.  Exposure and practice with a more flashy, spinning style of bo that uses an uncommon thumbs-in grip. This includes a number of tricks and drills that are excellent for weapons forms tournaments. 34 Elton St. Rochester NY 14607  Basic strikes, spins, and tricks. Seminar Fee $40 (Includes Bo)  Basic strikes, bounces, and spins. 8 years old & Up  A sampling of more advanced tricks.

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Master Ra to make arrangements. After the seminar Sensei Jason Wallace will be giving an each participant will receive a hand-out listing some Okinawan weapons seminar at Agape Black Belt Center links to recommended resources to help in further in June 13, 2015. Sensei Jason is currently a student at practicing with the bo, as well as a brief list of the Agape in Hapkido and Kumdo, having been training here techniques shown at the seminar as helpful reminders. for nearly two years. He started his martial arts training at the age of 12 in Isshin-Ryu Karate, eventually Based on interest, this may become a recurring series of attaining his second-degree black belt (Yi Dan) in 2001. seminars here at Agape Black Belt Center, so investing Sensei Jason has over six years of experience teaching in these weapons may allow the student to more easily martial arts and is now a college participate in these and continue to improve and be professor. shown more advanced techniques over time. This will Isshin-Ryu Karate is an Okinawan be accomplished in a variety of ways, through doing martial art that uses a variety of basics on line all together to partnering up to clash bos traditional Japanese peasant to get a feel for the blocks. Some techniques will even weapons including the bo staff, be done on the heavy bags while others will be done nunchaku (”nunchucks"), sai, and down the floor in turns. tonfa. This weapons seminar will be "Due to potential legal concerns, we at Agape Black Belt Center feel it an introduction to the use of the bo is the better part of discretion to not offer any nunchuck instruction or and nunchaku, with instruction both foam nunchuck at the upcoming weapons seminar. As such, the charge for weapons will be reduced to $10 for just a bo staff. The in traditional Isshin-Ryu bo and a seminar will focus solely on the two different styles of bo staff use more modern and flashy twirling bo described. Apologies for any inconvenience." style."

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