Sensei is very entertaining, informative, and skilled (not necessarily in that order :P ). Thanks for sharing, Sensei. I look forward to finding and watching more of your tonfa videos :)
I really appreciate a person who will own their mistakes "online"! your a cool dude, and I appreciate your instruction..... That hopefully I'll never need.
Wow, 9 years ago,, Where does time fly.. Still trying to figure out why you were blocked on my Facebook. Found that many were now that I wanted as Friends . Can't figure,, ,God bless Joe
Buenos días, excelente tutorial básico, bien explicado los ejercicios, en forma rápida y luego despacio, para poder ver como es la rutina y luego poder practicarla, las tima que no este en español para poder entender lo que dice el instructor Gracias.
Great video, thanks for sharing your techniques with the world. I love tonfa but have very little formal training with them from long ago. Recently I made a pair from galvanized steel tubing used for fence posts, with a mig welder. They're pretty great, super lightweight, very strong, they whistle slightly and you can use them as big combat-cookie-cutters that notch a 2 inch wide whole up to 8 inches into the target (a truly brutal wound). In practice I have found them to be very strong but not completely indestructible, you could not just bash rocks with them all day but I think that's true of most materials. I have a video suggestion if you're still making this style of demo... how about a mix of tonfa and kama, one in each hand? I've found some really effective mixtures of hooking an opponent to drag them off balance and directly into a strike from the other weapon. The tonfa arm can provide nice defense while the kama arm can penetrate and fatally exploit key weak areas in armor like the underarm, crotch, underside of jaw, and back of knee. I made my own kamas too, they're quite a bit heavier than normal but have great durability and penetration from that at the expense of edge sharpness.
Hi Joe I wanted to ask you even if this demo is bad czcams.com/video/ElN3diaDoD0/video.html do you have any thoughts on this new tonfa model and or would you discourage its use I mean I guess one minus is the extra handle could make it easier to grab? thoughts please thank you.
Look up the kuai/guai. It is the chinese forerunner of the tonfa.chinese styles like pak mei,southern praying mantis teach the weapon. Look at the classic chinese film "challenge of the east" for a fun comparison! There are several videos that will show chinese forms with the weapon, both single and double pair.
@@KENPOJOE1 Good research,Yes they are in the Chinese country's but the origin is still Okinawan, look at Tonfa and Selection. Origin of Kabudo.I taught Okinawan Shorin-Ryu 10 years at the American Sholin Temple of the Northern Prayin Mantis and never seen any text of Tonfa originating in china always was sent Okinawan weapons as a reference.Peace Brother in the Arts.
@@mirecmusic due to Okinawa's close proximity to Fujian province in china where Pak Mei (white eyebrow), chow gar/chu gar southern mantis and fijian white crane kung fu all use the kuai/guai (crutch) as weapons. Check out not only forms with the weapon but also Jesse Encamp ( the Karate Nerd) visits china where he visits some of those studios and they demonstrate that weapon. Just because you couldn't find it in certain texts you looked at doesn't mean it didn't happen! Begood, Kenpojoe
Nice drills! I will add these to my training. Thank you Sifu.
Thank you Sensei .
What a fun guy!
Nice drills. You seem to be a very good teacher and a very nice person !
Thank you!
From Brazil.
Sensei is very entertaining, informative, and skilled (not necessarily in that order :P ). Thanks for sharing, Sensei. I look forward to finding and watching more of your tonfa videos :)
Thanks for your time and knowledge Sensa. It was all so great fun. Meny teacher do not use fun In there teaching methods.
Great tutorial. Thanks!
I really appreciate a person who will own their mistakes "online"! your a cool dude, and I appreciate your instruction..... That hopefully I'll never need.
For sure, too many trying to maintain an illusion of perfection online :)
The mark of a honest teacher.
I was thinking the same thing :)
a couple of these drills I picked up on after a few hours of playing with some of my home made tonfa
Very good video, makes me consider getting a pair of tonfa.
I made them .... Lit
I think a pair of tonfas are very practical weapons. I think boxers can convert punches to tonfa strikes
Power to the tonfa right on!😁
Masterful
thanks for this kenpojoe i’m taking lessons from you on here!
nice lesson
AWESOME
Cool stuff....I'm just preparing for a world-cup at WMAC and a part of it is a form with tonfa and sai. The last spin I gonna use...great!!!
really cool
Gonna learn tht..n its fun
Wow, 9 years ago,, Where does time fly.. Still trying to figure out why you were blocked on my Facebook. Found that many were now that I wanted as Friends . Can't figure,, ,God bless Joe
What a good tutorial
Thanks! Sensei Yamashita and Sensei Stolsmark always made those moves looks easy lol...(Still do I'm sure)
Buenos días, excelente tutorial básico, bien explicado los ejercicios, en forma rápida y luego despacio, para poder ver como es la rutina y luego poder practicarla, las tima que no este en español para poder entender lo que dice el instructor Gracias.
Great video, thanks for sharing your techniques with the world. I love tonfa but have very little formal training with them from long ago.
Recently I made a pair from galvanized steel tubing used for fence posts, with a mig welder. They're pretty great, super lightweight, very strong, they whistle slightly and you can use them as big combat-cookie-cutters that notch a 2 inch wide whole up to 8 inches into the target (a truly brutal wound). In practice I have found them to be very strong but not completely indestructible, you could not just bash rocks with them all day but I think that's true of most materials.
I have a video suggestion if you're still making this style of demo... how about a mix of tonfa and kama, one in each hand? I've found some really effective mixtures of hooking an opponent to drag them off balance and directly into a strike from the other weapon. The tonfa arm can provide nice defense while the kama arm can penetrate and fatally exploit key weak areas in armor like the underarm, crotch, underside of jaw, and back of knee. I made my own kamas too, they're quite a bit heavier than normal but have great durability and penetration from that at the expense of edge sharpness.
"KENPOJOE nice tonfa drill thumb up
Hesfukinhillarious!X
Hi Joe I wanted to ask you even if this demo is bad czcams.com/video/ElN3diaDoD0/video.html do you have any thoughts on this new tonfa model and or would you discourage its use I mean I guess one minus is the extra handle could make it easier to grab? thoughts please thank you.
Big boss man used to whoop some ass with tonfa
Murag walhon si manong
Tonfa was not originated in china.It came from Okinawa it was not a crutch.
Look up the kuai/guai. It is the chinese forerunner of the tonfa.chinese styles like pak mei,southern praying mantis teach the weapon. Look at the classic chinese film "challenge of the east" for a fun comparison! There are several videos that will show chinese forms with the weapon, both single and double pair.
The film is "Shaolin challenges ninja" or "heroes of the east" check it out
@@KENPOJOE1 Good research,Yes they are in the Chinese country's but the origin is still Okinawan, look at Tonfa and Selection. Origin of Kabudo.I taught Okinawan Shorin-Ryu 10 years at the American Sholin Temple of the Northern Prayin Mantis and never seen any text of Tonfa originating in china always was sent Okinawan weapons as a reference.Peace Brother in the Arts.
@@mirecmusic due to Okinawa's close proximity to Fujian province in china where Pak Mei (white eyebrow), chow gar/chu gar southern mantis and fijian white crane kung fu all use the kuai/guai (crutch) as weapons. Check out not only forms with the weapon but also Jesse Encamp ( the Karate Nerd) visits china where he visits some of those studios and they demonstrate that weapon. Just because you couldn't find it in certain texts you looked at doesn't mean it didn't happen!
Begood, Kenpojoe