The Ball and Chain

[Beka]

Maybe I've seen Kill Bill too many times that this needs to bother me at night.... but that large ball and chain device that Go-Go Yubari uses... what the heck is that?? I'm totally intrigued. We have some tennis balls on strings at my dojo which help for target practice, but I'm pretty sure they're also used as weapons, so I reckon what the Go-Go character uses is a real device (although maybe not with blades like that )

 

I was totally into it, so I stuck a string in a tennis ball myself, and I've been practicing swinging it around. I've gotten pretty good, too. One of the neighbor kids through some tangled up mardi gras beads on an electrical wire, and I was able to pull them off with my string-ball (which is what I call it for lack of a better name). It was pretty cool. Anyway, just curious.

 

here's a (blurry) pic, just in case you haven't seen it: http://killbill.movies.go.com/images/gallery/gogoyubari_01.jpg

[Pacificshore]

that the Ball and Chain are the wives and kids Juss kidding , but it looks like some kind of modified flexible mace. My 2cents

[Shogun]

I am not sure if that weapon actually ever existed, but if it did, it would be incredibly hard to control. Just so heavy and long.

 

But i recognized some of the moves the girl used with that weapon. Most of the moves come from the rope dart.

 

http://www.wle.com/media/W211.jpg

[tommarker]

it was very chain whip/rope dart-esque...