Thank you very much for the comments. Yes. Tonfa has such a potential yet only few care about. If you have solid karate background, it is not difficult to learn tonfa. If you are a karate guy who has retired from sport competition should take up tonfa so that you can appreciate karate more!
Thanks for posting. This was a very good video. There were a lot of techniques shown, but I learned a lot from using the Tonfa as a block. This video showed me a lot more techniques for blocking with the Tonfa; I did not realize it could be so effective with a block and trap move. Thank you for posting.
i appreciate that you actually go into a form of sparing. As a practitioner of weapon sparing (Heavy foam Fighting or DAG) i understand what a sparing session teaches. With all respect i do notice the lack of safety gear so intensity is forcibly and understandably held back. I would like to see a form of HEMA sparing match with proper gear of foam weapons so that intensity can resemble a common struggle. I am sure that Tonfa is an especially versatile weapon just like hook swords ( i bring this up because HEMA fan boys would discredit such a weapon with out seeing it used in sparing [ which there is a real Refereed fight with vs i believe a spear of sword]) that can useful but should be demonstrated in a full resistance sparing match. If this happens I will keep an eye out.
Many thanks, Jonathan. We are now figure out which protective gear to employ to push the intensity of sparring up. Sword man can wear Kendo protectors. And Tonfa guy? Maybe Nihon Kempo's gear? What do you think?
@@tonfadojo-okinawa there is a weapon sport called HEMA that use metal weapons and they use a form of padded armor along side with a fencing helmet. The brand name im un sure of but a good call to a guy named skallgrim can help
I'm no martial artist, but I have an instinct for best weapons... I'm glad you mentioned hook swords, because at first glance I thought little of the potential, but my gut feeling told me they're great weapons. Tonfa as well. Also I believe the gunstock club has outstanding potential
Many thanks, Warani! A wooden traditional tonfa is more effective by faaaaar! But it is toooo dangerous! So, we use hard rubber tonfa for training for safety reason.
@@tonfadojo-okinawa thank you sensei, I'll practice by the wooden tonfa then (I'm not karateka but silat practitioner though) 😊 I found your videos by far most practical and informative on tonfa, keep posting videos please Sensei 😊🙏 respect from Indonesia 🙏
Unfortunately, most people don't care, it's not sold well in turkey. According to my personal ideal in Tonfa, I have a very good defense age of 16 and I have almost these moves Thanks a lot for the video
In Williams attacks he seems to favor using the short part of the Tonfa to strike but this means he has to close distance slightly. I am wondering why he doesn’t just spin the Tonfa into the side of the opponents head. I would be interested in your comment of punching with the Tonfa versus spinning.
Thank you very much, James. Spinning tonfa is super effective attack. It is extremely hard to read where it comes. Willem is very good at spinning tonfa and he can obviously do it if he wants. But in the form of free sparring (30% intensity), and we are not wearing any protective gears, so he deliberately NOT to spin it for SAFTY reason.
Thank for giving us the opportunity to learn can I have some of tonfas to learn more about the technique. If you like . I wonder if I have that one pair of that I'll learn how to defend my self for the bullies in our town, I always bullied in our town,school,and more places. Again thank u sensei for giving as a knowledge arigatou gozaimashita. I
@@rabbitazteca23 Police are getting away from sticks of any kind, since they get so much bad press when they have to pound on people. I wouldn't be surprised if the training is being scaled back.
Sir a very good and interesting video, every one has their own training method and yours is a good one.If you don't mind I would like to use some of your training method in my teaching. Never too old to learn. O'Sensei Jimmy Gough American Shorin-Ryu Training. astkarate
Atlantic Seaboard area in Cape Town, South Africa. I am a personal trainer. I teach tonfa, a portion of Self-defence KOBUDO in personal training base. If you happen to live nearby, please let me know. I am really happy to make tonfa friends!!
Thank you for sharing your courtesy about your Tonfa training. I really can see that you are a subject matter expert/master. Unfortunately, I am thousands of miles away. Do you have a book or videos that I can purchase for training? Thank you.
Well-practiced.Appreciate on your hard work and passion .But they are have some of problems in real life. In fact, we can't predict and control the bad guy because of their aggressive and sword, knife...are favor weapon is useful than tonfa. Some time, tonfa, baton, police stick... look like the toys with modest damage. Therefore, I hope you can fix and find out the best decision for us. Many Thanks.
If you show the tonfa wielding opponent that you are coming in high but then change up and strike low you will really make hake his knee caps un comfortable!
Actually a cane, walking stick and umbrella would be a good open carry as compared to tonfa....but what do I know, I've only been training for fifty seven years
@@alfredocalzoni8161 Tonfa its good for short range, u musst move Ur body in Short range, swing and spin Hits are useles, the range for this to far, and body is open by the way, i'm don't do this spinning bullshitt, im spaaring or warm up, no time for this
Absolutely outstanding demonstration of the glorious Tonfa, sir.
Extremely grateful 🙏 ❤
I'm brasiian boy. Instructor of tonfa. Thankx
Thanks, I never realized the potential for Tonfa before.
Thank you very much for the comments.
Yes.
Tonfa has such a potential yet only few care about.
If you have solid karate background, it is not difficult to learn tonfa.
If you are a karate guy who has retired from sport competition should take up tonfa so that you can appreciate karate more!
Thanks for posting. This was a very good video. There were a lot of techniques shown, but I learned a lot from using the Tonfa as a block. This video showed me a lot more techniques for blocking with the Tonfa; I did not realize it could be so effective with a block and trap move. Thank you for posting.
Thank you very much for such an encouraging comment!
Thank you for showing this so clearly and effectively. This was exactly what I've been searching for!
i appreciate that you actually go into a form of sparing. As a practitioner of weapon sparing (Heavy foam Fighting or DAG) i understand what a sparing session teaches. With all respect i do notice the lack of safety gear so intensity is forcibly and understandably held back. I would like to see a form of HEMA sparing match with proper gear of foam weapons so that intensity can resemble a common struggle. I am sure that Tonfa is an especially versatile weapon just like hook swords ( i bring this up because HEMA fan boys would discredit such a weapon with out seeing it used in sparing [ which there is a real Refereed fight with vs i believe a spear of sword]) that can useful but should be demonstrated in a full resistance sparing match. If this happens I will keep an eye out.
Many thanks, Jonathan. We are now figure out which protective gear to employ to push the intensity of sparring up.
Sword man can wear Kendo protectors.
And Tonfa guy? Maybe Nihon Kempo's gear?
What do you think?
@@tonfadojo-okinawa there is a weapon sport called HEMA that use metal weapons and they use a form of padded armor along side with a fencing helmet. The brand name im un sure of but a good call to a guy named skallgrim can help
I'm no martial artist, but I have an instinct for best weapons...
I'm glad you mentioned hook swords, because at first glance I thought little of the potential, but my gut feeling told me they're great weapons. Tonfa as well.
Also I believe the gunstock club has outstanding potential
آموزش شما بسیار متفاوت است و با بخششزیاد تکنیک ها را آموزش میدهید
Desde Colombia muchas gracias!!! estoy aprendiendo mucho
Beautiful video 👍 thanks for sharing this.
Thank you very much!!
Amazing video with calming voice, keep up the good work.
Tonfas are so sweet man, definitely my favorite martial art weapon
Tonfa +Kama are my favourite mixed pair combo.
Arigato gozaimasu. This is extremely informative and great drills
hi Sensei, i do Shorei Kai Kobudo in Italy ,, of all the videos i watched on youtube, this is one of the best!
great demonstration of techniques, thank you very much!
Great video and great martial arts masters.. Thank you for showing me this...
I hurt myself often when swing tonfa . It’s hard to retrieve it to the forearm position.
really good video thank you for this video Sensei. Which is better or more effective, the traditional wooden tonfa or police tonfa?
Many thanks, Warani! A wooden traditional tonfa is more effective by faaaaar! But it is toooo dangerous! So, we use hard rubber tonfa for training for safety reason.
@@tonfadojo-okinawa thank you sensei, I'll practice by the wooden tonfa then (I'm not karateka but silat practitioner though) 😊 I found your videos by far most practical and informative on tonfa, keep posting videos please Sensei 😊🙏 respect from Indonesia 🙏
Great video master
Thank you Sensei! Very good information, very well presented!
wow ive never actually seen the artform before very practical, nice video thankyou.
Unfortunately, most people don't care, it's not sold well in turkey. According to my personal ideal in Tonfa, I have a very good defense age of 16 and I have almost these moves Thanks a lot for the video
thank you Sir. Well done
Interesting! Thanks from Texas.
"The Tonfa is my prefered weapon of choice."
Mother Theresa
Me tooooooo! I also love Bokken!
In Williams attacks he seems to favor using the short part of the Tonfa to strike but this means he has to close distance slightly. I am wondering why he doesn’t just spin the Tonfa into the side of the opponents head. I would be interested in your comment of punching with the Tonfa versus spinning.
Thank you very much, James. Spinning tonfa is super effective attack. It is extremely hard to read where it comes. Willem is very good at spinning tonfa and he can obviously do it if he wants. But in the form of free sparring (30% intensity), and we are not wearing any protective gears, so he deliberately NOT to spin it for SAFTY reason.
Thank for giving us the opportunity to learn can I have some of tonfas to learn more about the technique. If you like . I wonder if I have that one pair of that I'll learn how to defend my self for the bullies in our town,
I always bullied in our town,school,and more places. Again thank u sensei for giving as a knowledge arigatou gozaimashita.
I
Thank you very much for such a positive comment!
Bullies are nothing once you master tonfa!!!
Thanks but I don't no how to make my tonfa
24:10 I respect your hard work with your partner sensei, you are so passioned.Tks for introducing me very much about Tonfa skills. Osu
From which part of JP are you, sensei?
BTW Many thanks for your content. Most of times we only kata videos all around.
THANK you so much! This was so informative, practical and easy to follow.
When defending against the bokken, why are you grabbing the blade of the sword? Especially wrapping your arm around the blade.
Would love to see a sword vs Tonfa video!
Buenísimo video!!
ассаламалейкум сен сей чтобы Аллах был доволен тобой и твоей семьей. я тоже тонфами занимаюсь. чтобы были ученики старательные. аригато.
Very similar to the PR-24 style of nightsticks used by police. I recommend buying one for training or self defense.
Police nightsticks are tonfas. These batons were invented in Japan and then police forces adopted them.
I believe they are inspired by Tonfas and its ability to subdue. Though police people seem to not know how to use it well lol
@@rabbitazteca23 Heh, I can use a nightstick better than most cops in that case…
@@rabbitazteca23 Police are getting away from sticks of any kind, since they get so much bad press when they have to pound on people. I wouldn't be surprised if the training is being scaled back.
Deadly Weapon?
Sir a very good and interesting video, every one has their own training method and yours is a good one.If you don't mind I would like to use some of your training method in my teaching. Never too old to learn. O'Sensei Jimmy Gough American Shorin-Ryu Training. astkarate
Licht&Liebe_
Me trying to do this- get hit hard in the face and give up and go back to playing Nioh lol
Where is your Do-Jo??
Atlantic Seaboard area in Cape Town, South Africa. I am a personal trainer. I teach tonfa, a portion of Self-defence KOBUDO in personal training base. If you happen to live nearby, please let me know. I am really happy to make tonfa friends!!
Thank you for sharing your courtesy about your Tonfa training. I really can see that you are a subject matter expert/master. Unfortunately, I am thousands of miles away. Do you have a book or videos that I can purchase for training? Thank you.
Well-practiced.Appreciate on your hard work and passion .But they are have some of problems in real life. In fact, we can't predict and control the bad guy because of their aggressive and sword, knife...are favor weapon is useful than tonfa. Some time, tonfa, baton, police stick... look like the toys with modest damage. Therefore, I hope you can fix and find out the best decision for us. Many Thanks.
Muito bom
If you show the tonfa wielding opponent that you are coming in high but then change up and strike low you will really make hake his knee caps un comfortable!
Actually a cane, walking stick and umbrella would be a good open carry as compared to tonfa....but what do I know, I've only been training for fifty seven years
an umbrella? lol, I think you need more training.
@@BreaksFast guess you haven't seen Hapkido.....both the cane and umbrella were used......old time umbrellas were much more than what they are now
A locking on a katana ? 😅
I am sorry guys the hit with the stick doesnt work on the side only from above...all the rest is bs...
This is not sparring, not realistic semi Kontakt, u have not idea about cold weapons
i was waiting for a commentar like this. ty :) But what do you think about Tonfa in self defense?
@@alfredocalzoni8161 Tonfa its good for short range, u musst move Ur body in Short range, swing and spin Hits are useles, the range for this to far, and body is open by the way, i'm don't do this spinning bullshitt, im spaaring or warm up, no time for this
@@antonios8996 so You are using just the straight hits and protect/shield moves?