In Okinawa and India, and China, learning the unarmed arts has always included the use of Kobudo weapons. On Okinawa, the principle applied: "The prerequisite for being a good karateka is mastering the Kobudo weapons. " On the way from traditional karate to sports karate, Kobudo fell more and more into oblivion.

To prevent this from happening, Sensei Yabuki Moden founded the Ryu-Kyu-Kobujutsu Association in 1925. He aimed to pass on the art of using traditional weapons. Sensei Taira Shinken was probably the most famous student of Sensei Yabuki Moden. He modified the katas of his masters, ordered them and thus developed 40 new Kobudo katas, which he named after the masters who created them.

Sensei Jinbukan Shinko learned the weapons Bo, Sai, Eku and Kama under his master Agena Shokuko. After that, he went to Chatan and practiced with Master Irei how to use Nunchaku and Tunkwa. In Manchuria, he also learned how to throw knives and lasso and horseback riding. In Shanghai, Master Kenai taught him Tinbei, Nunti, Surujin and other weapons. His son Jinbukan Shimpo continued his father's tradition.

One of his best students was Sensei Kanei Katsuyoshi, the founder of Jinbukan Kobudo. He added a primary school to the katas so that the students could initially practice the sometimes difficult techniques in isolation. The separate training of the basic school techniques makes the subsequent learning of a kata much easier. In 1993, Sensei Kanei passed away suddenly and unexpectedly.

One of his students was Sensei Measara Jamal, who brought Jinbukan Kobudo to Europe. Sensei Measara is recognized worldwide as an expert in Okinawa martial arts. He is in direct contact with the World Association of Kobudo on Okinwas. Together with Sensei Katsuyoshi Kanei he founded the International Okinawan Kobudo Kyokai Association.

Today's Kokusai Okinawa Kobudo Kyokai (Kobudo Association), under the current direction of Sensei Kanei Hitoshi, son of the legendary Kanei Katsuyoshi, strives to preserve and spread the unadulterated and traditional Kobudo as it was developed and taught by the old masters.