Dim Sum Posted December 25, 2002 Posted December 25, 2002 im trying to find out as many chinese weapons as poss, can anyone tell me if these are not chinese weapons or any that i have not wrote down. Straight Sword Boardsword Tiger Hooks Hammers Wind & Fire Wheels Twin Daggers Tiger Forks Kwan Do Spear Monk Spade 3 Section Staff 9 Section Whip Unicorn Swords Bo Staff Jo Staff Short Axe Butterfly Knives Meridian Axe Long Axe Two-handed Boardsword Mandarin Duck Razors Pudao Nunchaku Tonfa Sabre Kama Dan Pian Shuang Fu Nan Dao Shang Pian Shuang Fu Mace Wing ChunSan ShouJeet Kune Do
Kensai Posted December 25, 2002 Posted December 25, 2002 Tonfa - Okinawan (maybe Chinese) Sabre - what sort of saber? Kama - Japanese/Okinawan. Two-handed Boardsword - not to my (limited) knowledge.
omnifinite Posted December 26, 2002 Posted December 26, 2002 I would think the Nunchaku would be Okinawan too. Same with the Sai if it's in that list with a different name. Don't quote me on it though. 1st Dan HapkidoColored belts in Kempo and Jujitsu
Tobias_Reece Posted December 26, 2002 Posted December 26, 2002 I think many people would agree with me that it is very difficult to catagorise weapons into where they originated. IN MY STYLE(!!!)The tonfa were thought to have originated from a farming tool - but I'm sure a similar weapon was used in other countries before this. The kama is an interesting on. Once again, in my style it was thought to have originated from a farming tool- yet if you look at egyptian mythology the Anubis Guardians wielded sickle shaped weapons very similar to kama. Also, sickle tools would have been developed in the early ages of man.......so chances are a bronze age peasant used his sickle to defend himself when he was attacked by a nasty animal. So maybe, nearly every weapon you can think of would have been at some point a chinese weapon (as they were used by a chinese person ). But good question..........got me babbling. About the two handed broadsword........I'm sure that many kind of swords were introduced to China with the invasion of different 'groups'. Its like the Crusades in the middle east - if the middle east people hadn't seen a broadsword, I'm sure they would have been forced to learm about them as they found that they were being chopped in two by these giant weapons used by the invaders. Once again I am purely using my LIMITED knowledge. Good question though. (whats a unicorn sword - do u mean a kryll?) "You Are Never Given A Dream Without Also Being Given The Power To Make It True. You May Have To Work For It, However"Principal Kobudo Instructor & OwnerWest Yorkshire Kobudo Academy2nd Kyu (Matayoshi Okinawan Kobudo, IOKA UK)
Tobias_Reece Posted January 1, 2003 Posted January 1, 2003 Oh look a tumbleweed.... "You Are Never Given A Dream Without Also Being Given The Power To Make It True. You May Have To Work For It, However"Principal Kobudo Instructor & OwnerWest Yorkshire Kobudo Academy2nd Kyu (Matayoshi Okinawan Kobudo, IOKA UK)
Tobias_Reece Posted January 1, 2003 Posted January 1, 2003 Oh well, no-one likes my posts. Looks like I better put on my gangster hat and smile at the neighbours (credit to TS757 for the phrase) "You Are Never Given A Dream Without Also Being Given The Power To Make It True. You May Have To Work For It, However"Principal Kobudo Instructor & OwnerWest Yorkshire Kobudo Academy2nd Kyu (Matayoshi Okinawan Kobudo, IOKA UK)
Dim Sum Posted January 6, 2003 Author Posted January 6, 2003 http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kungfusupply/Weapsind.html unicorn swords are on that page. aint had a chance to look on here lately been doing 12 hours a week training Wing ChunSan ShouJeet Kune Do
Tobias_Reece Posted January 6, 2003 Posted January 6, 2003 Right, I see - not a krill then "You Are Never Given A Dream Without Also Being Given The Power To Make It True. You May Have To Work For It, However"Principal Kobudo Instructor & OwnerWest Yorkshire Kobudo Academy2nd Kyu (Matayoshi Okinawan Kobudo, IOKA UK)
Shogun Posted April 29, 2003 Posted April 29, 2003 i looked at the pic of the "two handed broadsword". this is also known as the "pudao" or "horse cutter" and i beleive it is a chinese weapon used mainly in Wushu Kung-Fu. just my 2 cents Man to man, Soldier to soldier, Dust to dust.
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