Kodokan Judo Weapons

[pboylan]

I was flipping through the Bugei Ryuha Daijiten the other day, and glanced at the entry for Kodokan Ryu Judo. I'd been told that prior to World War 2 that weapons had been part of the Kodokan curriculum, but I'd never seen any documentation. Watatani lists the pre-war curriculum as being jujutsu, bo, and naginata. The kata from Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu were taught for bo instruction. This is wear Sugino Yoshino of Aikido fame was first introduced to TSKSR. Watatani even lists the TSKSR people who taught at the Kodokan. For the naginata, they seem to have had a set of kata that were developed from a number of different koryu. I wonder if these were similar to the naginata curriculum being taught in the school system at that time.

Has anyone seen or heard anything about these weapons at the Kodokan since WW2? I do a Shinto Muso Ryu Jo and Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu kenjutsu/iai, but I'd love to be able to add Judo Weapons to my practice.

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