A sickle is a hand-held agricultural tool with a variously curved blade typically used for harvesting grain crops or cutting. The sickle is a weapon in German and Japanese martial arts.
A pole weapon or pole-arm is a close combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is placed on the end of a long shaft thereby extending the user's effective range. The pole arm is commonly used in Chinese martial arts.
A halberd is a two-handed pole weapon consists of an axe blade topped with a spike mounted on a long shaft. It always has a hook or thorn on the back side of the axe blade for grappling mounted combatants. The Halberd is used in many Chinese martial arts.
A spear is a pole weapon consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. Spears can be divided into two broad categories: those designed for thrusting and those designed for throwing.
A mace is a blunt weapon like a club that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful blows. A mace is an ancient weapon which nowadays is used in combat training gymnasiums.
A wand is a thin hand-held stich made of wood or ivory. In modern times, wands are ceremonial and have associations with magic but there have been other uses for wand for martial arts trainings.
A dagger is a small knife used for stabbing and cutting enemies. There are many versions of dagger differs in every culture, there are eastern, western, Africa and contemporary daggers of all shapes and sizes.
A voulge is a type of pole-arm that existed alongside the similar glaive in medieval Europe. A voulge has curved blades and it main purpose is for hacking. A voulge looks something like a squashed bardiche head, or just a meat cleaver attached to a long pole.
Many warriors believe that each Katana sword has its own soul those with a great history in particular. To lose this sword is a dishonor and the warrior which loosed the sword is considered to be an irresponsible man. This sword is almost never used in battle and using it is considered to be a dishonor on the sword's soul.
Escrima refer to a certain class of Filipino Martials arts that emphasize stick and sword fighting. Escrime is commonly used in Kali and Arnis de mano and in other local Filipino Martials arts.
Tonfa is a traditional Okinawan weapon from which the modern side-handled police baton is derived. It's from the Okinawan art of fighting using weapons made out of everyday use.
Ninja throwing stars became famous by the legend of the Shuriken ninja's. This throwing star usually comes in a 3 blades because the 4 blades throwing star is considered very difficult to control.
The nunchaku is a traditional Okinawan weapon consists of two short sticks connected at their ends with a short chain or rope. Nowadays nunchaku is the most familiar Martials art weapon in the world.
In Kobudo which is an Okinawin weapons style there is an excessive use in nunchakus . Altough not many actual Okinawin karate styles include the nunchucks. Many of the modern and sport karate's do, mainly for competition, and generally the way they are used is incorrect for fighting.
A pole-arm is a close combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is placed on the end of a long shaft, thereby extending the user's effective range. Glaives, poleaxes, halberds, and bardiches are all varieties of pole-arms.
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