Martial Arts Club

Master and student practise kobudo in the Dojo

Want to get fit and have fun at the same time?

Here at the Royal Armouries in Leeds you can learn two distinct and separate art forms of Martial Arts.

One with weapons Matayoshi Kobudo and one without ITF Taekwondo

Martial Arts is a great form of exercise which develops fitness, flexibility, co-ordination and strength.

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The Tudors

A weekend of Tudor themed activities.

Everyone learns about the Tudors at school but the Royal Armouries Museum brings the Tudor’s to life.

24 January

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Did you know?

America opens Japan in 1853

Gifts included: 15 rifles, 3 muskets, 12 cavalry swords, 20 army pistols, 2 carbines, 2 telegraph instruments, a model steam locomotive and tender, 4 volumes of John James Audubon’s Birds of America and 1 barrel of whiskey for the Emperor.

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