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In those days it was considered unmanly, sneeky, unfair, cowardly and - if only they'd had the words then - the action of terrorists to fight like that! Even the submarine was considered rather bad form when it was first introduced into the theatre of war. The European martial arts fell somwhat into disrepute since WW2 when eastern arts became trendy. However I am pleased to see a revivial in some of them. After all, if you practice the bo you should be interested in the quarterstaff, or the bokken with the sword/claymore etc. Far from being considered weak, the French had a healthy respect for the English longbowmen and their range and power were legendary. It is told that the British insult of the V-sign originally came from one of the many wars between Great Britain and France, as any longbowmen captured by the French had their bow-drawing fingers cut off. The two fingers were then presented by the English in the traditional insult towards the French, as in I still have my two fingers and I know how to use them! (I believe Americans use a rather cruder one-fingered version of this) (story might well be untrue but it's still good!!)

Being a big wussie and new to weapons I use chucks that are covered in foam! I got some chain 'chucks but think now I would have preferred string as the chain & ball-bearing tends to spin and is then even more difficult to catch!

Hi folks, I'm sure this has come up a gazillion times but I'm new here so be patient...any good resources out there for learning nunchuka kata? I do shotokan karate which doesn't include any weapons at all, but am interested in learning some techniques with weapons. I am practising the basic moves with the help of Fumio Demura's helpful tomes but would like some kata, which he doesn't seem to have. Any good ideas?