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DHAMMIKA KOBU-JUTSU RYU INTERNATIONAL

According to many years of practising Kobu-Jutsu and Kobu-do including Okinawan and Chinese Oriental weapons from world renowned legendary Masters, Shihan Athula founded his own Kobu-Jutsu style name the same as his Karate style Dhammika, Kobu-Jutsu Ryu International.
Meaning of using its only Kobu-Jutsu is the way of traditional weapons used only for the self protection and to attach the opponant in a real and dangerous situations. Therefore Shihan Athula also use his Weapons techniques in a same traditional manner.
In early 1970's Shihan Athula started to learn some of old weapons style which is comming from India call Sirambaram from one of the old master who tought only secretly to his beloved persons.
Later in the mid of 1970's on he started to learn Chinese Oriental Weapons also under the Legendary Chinese Grandmaster Chew Choo Soot -10th Dan, who knows 18 Chinese Oriental Weapons.
In early 1980's on Shihan Athula started to learn Okinawa Kobu-Jutsu. His first Kobu-Jutsu teacher was late Legendary Grandmaster Motokatsu Inove -10th Dan, who was a founder of Ryu Kyu Kobu-Jutsu. Later Shihan Athula learned same Kobu-Jutsu style from son from Moktokatsu Inove who is now a present Grandmaster of his style.
After he met late Legendary Grandmaster Soke Teruo Hayashi -10th Dan, who was a founder of Okinawa Kobu-Do Kenshin Ryu he stared learning Kobu-Do for a long time.
Travelling several times to Malaysia, China and Japan to practice weapons Shihan Athula learned and see the variety of  all three kind of weapons systems.
According to his vast knowledge of weapons and the way weaponary styles are slowly dieing in the world Shihan Athula decided to create a new weapons style which is gathered with all of his knowledge of weapons including Malayalam Sirambaram, Chinese Oriental weapons, Okinawan Kobu-Do and Okinawan Kobu-Jutsu together a one style. 
As he believed if some one can learn Bo better, then it will mostly help to learn all the other weapons as its gives most of the basic knoledge for the all kind of weapons.
Therefore in Dhammika Kobu-Jutsu Ryu mainly consider Bo training.
There are 10 Bo Katas in this style. Also Nuncha-Ku, Kama, Tonfa, Sai and Sword are the other main weapons which is practice in this Style.
Shihan Athula said real weapons training is not just to learn a little bit kihon to learn a Kata. Its gives very nice and effective techniques which members can practice with a partners.Then we do some free fighting with partners, only using the techniques what they have learned. Through practicing with partners we can see the effective and dangerous side of the weapons training. Also it is very enjoyable practicing with partners. This is the special side of Dhammika Kobu-Jutsu Ryu.  

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