Small hand weapons of Asian martial arts and personal defence, including the tonfa, bo staff, sai, shuriken, bagh nakh claws and the iron knuckle and chain weapons of Okinawa and Japan. A weapon belongs here when its cited article describes it as a martial arts, concealed or hand-held weapon of this kind. It excludes swords, daggers and firearms, which sit in their own groups. Many of these weapons grew from farming tools and everyday items on Okinawa and in Japan and India, and they were kept in use in martial arts training after the societies that produced them changed.
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Wikipedia: Tonfa
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The tonfa (Okinawan: トンファー tonfā, Japanese: 旋棍; rōmaji: senkon Chinese: 柺; pinyin: guǎi lit. old man's staff / "crutch", also spelled as tongfa or tuifa, also known as T-baton) is a melee weapon with its origins in the armed component of Okinawan martial arts where it is known as the tunkua.
Wikipedia: Bo (staff)
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A bō (棒) (pong (Korean); pang (Cantonese); bang (Mandarin); kun (Okinawan)) is a staff weapon used in Okinawa.
Wikipedia: Sai (weapon)
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The sai (Japanese: 釵, lit. 'hairpin'; Chinese: 鐵尺, lit. 'iron ruler', or Sau cha 手叉 lit. 'hand-fork' in Cantonese) is a pointed melee weapon from Okinawa.
Wikipedia: Tekkō
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The tekkō (鉄甲; lit. "iron", "armor") are weaponized stirrups and horseshoes which originated in Okinawa, Japan, and they fall into the category of "fist-load weapons".
Wikipedia: Tekkan
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The tekkan (Japanese: 鉄管; lit. "iron pipe"), also known as tetsu-ken or tettō (鉄刀; lit. "iron sword"), is a Japanese weapon that was used during the Edo period until the beginning of the 20th century.
Wikipedia: Kusari-fundo
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Kusari-fundo (鎖分銅) is a handheld weapon used in feudal Japan consisting of a length of chain (kusari) with a weight (fundo) attached to each end of the chain.
Wikipedia: Chigiriki
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The chigiriki (契木) is a Japanese flail weapon.
Wikipedia: Shuriken
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A shuriken (Japanese: 手裏剣; lit. 'hand-hidden blade') is a Japanese concealed weapon used by samurai or ninja or in martial arts as a hidden dagger or metsubushi to distract or misdirect.
Wikipedia: Bagh nakh
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The bagh nakh, vagh nakh, or vagh nakhya (Marathi: वाघनख / वाघनख्या, Bengali: বাঘনখ, Hindi: बाघ नख, Urdu: باگھ نکھ, lit. tiger claw) is a fist-load, claw-like dagger, originating from the Indian subcontinent, designed to fit over the knuckles or be concealed under and against the palm.
Wikipedia: Chakram
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The chakram (Sanskrit: cakra, cakram; Punjabi: cakkra, cakkram) is a traditional throwing weapon originating from the Indian subcontinent.
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