Ryukyu Kobudo uses the following weapons: Bō (in various lengths), Sai, Eku, Kama, Tinbe-Rochin, Tekko, Nunchaku, Tonfa and Surujin.

[2] It is a recreation of the Ryukyu Kobujutsu Research Association founded by his teacher Yabiku Moden in 1911 and disbanded during the Second World War.

The Society preserves the kata learned by Moden:[2] Taira named Eisuke Akamine (1 May 1925 - 13 Jan 1999) as his successor[2] and the second President for Ryūkyū Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai.

In 2011 Akamine Hiroshi resigned as the President of the Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai and formed the Ryukyu Kobudo Shimbukan association, which carries on in the Nesabu Shimbukan Dojo in Tomigusuku.

He teaches Kobudo around the world via seminar as well as his home dojo in Tomigusuku Okinawa.