Kodokai Dojo

Motobu Udundi is a rare martial art from old Okinawa. Unlike karate and most popular martial arts which were created for personal defense, this was designed for the battlefield. It is for destroying multiple enemies in an extraordinarily efficient manner. 

While strong people can be effective with any martial art, Motobu Udundi is also well suited for those small in stature. Fluidity, deception, and brutally effective techniques make this very different from the type of training you find in the typical martial arts school. If you are looking for versatile no-nonsense self-defense, this is the martial art for you.

While encompassing a broad variety of weapon and empty hand skills, Motobu Udundi is not ungainly. All techniques are based upon shared principles.
 
A warrior needed to be able to fight with empty hands if he lost his sword, or to pick up someone else's dropped weapon. With this in mind, this style was designed so one could use anything else as a weapon, or nothing but ones bare hands. No matter where you work, shop, walk, or live there are things you can use as weapons of self-defense.

Well-suited for training a person to survive and escape violence, the evasive actions and attacking methods of Motobu Udundi are quick, clever and decisive. It is as much a martial art for today's world as it was for times of strife in the island kingdom on Okinawa.

The Difference Between Sport and Bujutsu
Popular martial arts such as judo, kempo, taekwondo, ju-jitsu, karate and mixed martial arts have a lot to offer.  These arts, however, are primarily for one-on-one engagements. Practice methods assume that there will be one opponent. And he won't have a weapon. And your hands will be free.

Motobu Udundi is different. It is designed specifically for multiple attackers. Your hands may hold something that you can use as a weapon, they may be empty, or your hands may even be tied together. You may be sitting and you may be a lot smaller than your attackers. They may have you surrounded. Practical beyond the training hall, Motobu Udundi even teaches techniques for walking through crowds in a defensive manner.

Below are some examples of how the techniques and strategy of Motobu Udundi is designed for multiple attackers.

• Motobu Udundi is not just defense but also has many ways of attacking. Sometimes the best defense is a good offense. 
  
  
•  Motobu Udundi has no karate-type blocking movements. Instead, the enemy's attack is met with an immediate counter-attack.
  
  
• Many martial arts plant both feet firmly on the ground. On Okinawa this is called a "death stance" because to use this when attacked means you are about to be killed. Motobu Udundi teaches that "standing still in combat equals death". When both feet are on the ground at the same time you are standing still.
  
  
• Karate is empty-handed defense (the word "karate" means "empty hand"). Motobu Udundi is about using anything as a weapon. Training includes knives, ropes, short sticks, long sticks, canes, swords, spears, boat oars, etc...
  
  
• Motobu Udundi techniques are designed to incapacitate an opponent with one technique so that one can immediately move from attacker to the next. Combinations of blocks and strikes are considered too slow for actual use against multiple enemies.
  
• Motobu Udundi has no stepping back or backing up. Backing up is considered a deadly mistake.

Interested in Joining?
In the world of martial art schools with striped belts, black belt clubs and plastic trophies, Motobu Udundi is a refreshing alternative- there are only two belts, white and black. If you are more interested in getting a colored belt than practicing martial arts this is not for you.

How to Begin
You don't need any previous martial arts experience to join because you will begin in our general martial arts classes. These classes will provide the skills that you will need to jump into Motobu Udundi classes safely as well as some karate skills that you may find useful. When we feel that you are ready we will invite you into the more advanced classes.

Motobu Udundi is open to people age fifteen and older, with permission from Sensei.