| This article is going to cover some of the most | | | | kamas were basically for farming. They gradually |
| common martial arts weapons. We're not going to go | | | | morphed into the weapons we know today due to |
| through all of them but we will try to go over the most | | | | there use by the Okinawan Farmers. |
| standard ones and show you how to use them. | | | | Generally Kamas were used for cutting the wheat and |
| However, these aren't improvised weapons, but the | | | | nun-chucks were for beating the wheat. A lot of |
| most common martial arts tools. | | | | people mistakenly call the nun-chucks by the wrong |
| The Katana is one of the most popular weapons. The | | | | name. It's not numb-chucks, it's nun-chucks. The |
| Katana is the typical Japanese sword that you see in | | | | Okinawans also defended there home land with more |
| samurai movies. The Katana is typically held with both | | | | traditional weapons such as the bowstaff. Again, these |
| hands and is used as a slashing weapon. Often these | | | | were traditional weapons. They usually did not have |
| are referred to as the samurai sword . However, this | | | | access to arms forgeries capable of making Katana's |
| is the wrong term. That's just where they were | | | | to the quality the Samurai had. These were really farm |
| standardly used. Sometimes the samurai would also | | | | tools and sticks that they would find, because they |
| carry two less common blades called the wakazashi | | | | were just farmers and they were revolting -- this was |
| and the tanto. | | | | the best they could typically find and use as weapons. |
| The Japanese samurai would typically carry all 3 of | | | | When we go to China, we see a lot of other great |
| these, the katana, the wakazashi and the tanto. These | | | | martial arts tools such as the straight sword , the |
| tools would be used for different situations, depending | | | | broad sword, the waxwood staff, and the spear. |
| on the range. For long range fights, the samurai would | | | | These were mainly kung fu tools used in the Chinese |
| probably have his katana out. But the Samurai would | | | | martial arts. The straight sword was a very long |
| usually rather use his wakazashi or Tanto for closer | | | | one-handed sword used mainly for stabbing, the broad |
| combat situations. Some other Japanese weapons -- | | | | sword is generally more of a wide slashing type |
| these are more for traditional people, like the farmers | | | | one-handed weapon . The waxwood staff was a |
| and such. The farmers basically decided to revolt, but | | | | flexible, almost whip-like staff that was used generally |
| they generally couldn't own katanas because that was | | | | in kung-fu. A common modification was to add a |
| for the noble samurais, so they decided to rely on their | | | | spear tip to the waxwood staff and then it becomes |
| farming tools. This is where we get nun-chucks, | | | | a kung fu spear. These are just some of the most |
| kamas, and even the bowstaff. Nun-chucks and | | | | popular oriental weapons. |