Master and student practise kobudo in the Dojo

Martial Arts Club

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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Firearms of the American Civil War Seminar

Martin Pegler, former senior curator of firearms at the Royal Armouries, looks at the development of small-arms in the United States during the first part of the 19th century.

11 October

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Guns and arrows

The first European picture of a firearm shows it shooting an arrow.