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Yamanni-ryu
is a form of Okinawan kobudo whose main weapon is the bo, a non-tapered, cylindrical staff. The smaller buki, such as sai, tunfa (or tonfa), nunchaku, and kama are studied as secondary weapons.
Yamanni Chinen Ryu has been described in the past as an "unknown" style, whereas it is in fact more correctly a hidden style. As it is technically very demanding, its membership has never numbered more than a handful of senior teachers. It is, however, much respected-even revered-in Okinawa, and considered the root from which much of modern bojutsu springs.
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