List of martial arts weapons
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The following is a partial list of martial arts weapons.
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[edit] Bow and Arrow
- Crossbow
- Longbow (English bow)
- Yumi (Japanese longbow)
- Bow
- Composite Bow
- Korean bow
- Reflex bow
- Compound bow
[edit] Knife
- Balisong (Butterfly Knife)
- bowie knife
- Dagger
- Deer Horn Knives from the Chinese martial art Baguazhang
- Katar a push knife
- Kris (traditional weapon in South-East Asia)
- Kukri
- Kirpan
- Kunai
- Makhaira (or a short sword)
- Rondel
- Tantō
- Vettukathi
[edit] Western fencing weapons
[edit] Short staff or stick weapons
- Arnis sticks
- Hanbo
- Jō (Japanese stick weapon)
- Kurunthadi
- Kubotan
- Otta
- Shillelagh
- Tambo
- Tonfa
- Yawara
- Yubi-bo
[edit] Long weapons (staff and spear weapons)
- Arbir (Indonesian halberd)
- Bisento (Chinese origin halberd)
- Bō (Japanese staff weapon)
- Eku
- Gun (staff)
- Ji (halberd)
- Guan dao or Kwan dao (large Chinese halberd)
- Kurunthadi
- Ox tongue
- Lathi
- Pudao (long handled sword)
- Halberd
- Monk's Spade
- Nagamaki (Japanese polearm)
- Naginata (Japanese polearm)
- Qiang (spear)
- Quarterstaff
- Sarissa
- Sibat (Filipino/Indonesian spear)
- Spear
- Taiaha (Maori wooden duelling spear/staff)
- Kanabō (Japanese iron staff)
- Yari (Japanese spear)
[edit] Sword
- Arming sword
- Bokken (Japanese wooden swords, also known as bokutō)
- Bolo
- Broadsword
- Butterfly sword
- Chisakatana
- Claymore
- Daitō
- Dao
- Dopplehänder
- Falcata
- Federschwert (Steel sparring sword used in European martial arts)
- Gladius
- Golok
- Großes Messer
- Iaito (Practice weapon used in Iaido)
- Japanese sword
- Jian
- Kampilan
- Katana
- Kodachi
- Khopesh
- Kopis
- Longsword
- Nagamaki
- ninjatō
- Nodachi
- Pata (weapon)
- Pulwar
- Rapier
- Shamshir
- Scimitar
- Scramasax
- Shinai (Katana-like sword made of Bamboo strips, used in Kendo)
- Single-sword (Cut & Thrust, sometimes called the "German rapier")
- Talwar
- Tachi
- Taijijian
- Wakizashi
- Waster (Wooden European sword simulator)
- Xiphos
[edit] Composite weapons
- Kusarigama
- Manriki or Manriki-gusari
- Nunchaku
- Meteor hammer
- Three sectional staff (sān jié gùn/sansetsukon)
[edit] "Soft" weapons
- Chain whip
- Rope dart
- Whip (Bullwhip)
- Lariat
- Tabak-Toyok
- Meteor hammer
- Urumi
- Surujin
- Bola
[edit] Truncheons
- Jitte
- Sai
- Blackjack (weapon) or Slapjack (weapon)
- Telescopic baton (See ASP, Inc.)
[edit] Sickle
- Arit
- Kama (Japanese sickle, see also kusarigama)
- Chicken Sickles
[edit] Shields
[edit] Short range projectile weapons
[edit] Clubs
- Mace
- Mere (hooked jade or carved wooden flat club)
- Patu (sharpened jade blade)
- Gunstock war club (used by Native American warriors - see Okichitaw)
- Shillelagh
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Bayonet
- Brass knuckles
- Tessen (Iron fan)
- Fu (a battle ax)
- Tomahawk
- Korean Fan/Mu Puche (Tempered Birch Fan)
- Shobo
- Wind and fire wheels
