Clubs, maces, staves and weighted striking weapons used by warriors in antiquity and in traditional societies, from the Indian gada to the southern African knobkerrie and the Aboriginal Australian hunting club. A weapon belongs here when its cited article describes it as a club, mace, staff or weighted striking weapon. It excludes bladed weapons and spears, which sit in their own groups. Clubs are among the oldest weapons made and were used for hunting and fighting from Africa and Australia to India, and many carried status as well as force, as the gada did in Indian epics and warrior culture.
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Wikipedia: Gada (mace)
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The gada (Sanskrit: गदा gadā, Kannada: ಗದೆ, Telugu: గద, Tamil: கதை, Malay: gedak, Old Tagalog: batuta) is a mallet or blunt mace from the Indian subcontinent.
Wikipedia: Knobkerrie
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A knobkerrie, also spelled knobkerry, knobkierie, and knopkierie (Afrikaans), is a form of wooden club, used mainly in Southern Africa and Eastern Africa.
Wikipedia: Waddy
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A waddy, nulla-nulla, leangle or boondi is an Aboriginal Australian hardwood club or hunting stick for use as a weapon or as a throwing stick for hunting animals.
Wikipedia: Gun (staff)
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A gun (pronunciation [kwə̂n], English approximation: gwən, Chinese: 棍; pinyin: gùn; Jyutping: gwan3; lit. 'rod', 'stick') or bang (Chinese: 棒; pinyin: bàng; Jyutping: paang5; lit. 'rod', 'club') is a long staff weapon used in Chinese martial arts.
Wikipedia: Meteor hammer
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A meteor hammer (Chinese: 流星錘; pinyin: liúxīng chuí), often referred to simply as meteor (Chinese: 流星; pinyin: liúxīng) is an ancient Chinese weapon, consisting at its most basic level of two weights connected by a rope or chain.
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