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Kyoketsu-shoge. The kyoketsu-shoge (Japanese: 距跋渉毛)[1] is a double-edged blade, with another curved blade attached near the hilt at a 45–60 degree angle. This is attached to approximately 10 to 18 feet (3–5 m) of rope, chain, or hair which then ends in a large metal ring. Likely used by ninja of the Iga province, it is thought to be ...
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. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Shuriken are also known as throwing stars, or ninja stars, although they were originally constructed in many different shapes.
To-Shin Do is a martial art founded by Black Belt Hall of Fame instructor Stephen K. Hayes in 1997. [1][2] It is a modernized version of ninjutsu, and differs from the traditional form taught by Masaaki Hatsumi ’s Bujinkan organization. [3] Instruction focuses on threats found in contemporary western society. [4]
Japan. Olympic sport. No. Naginatajutsu (長刀術 or 薙刀術) is the Japanese martial art of wielding the naginata (長刀). The naginata is a weapon resembling the European glaive and the Chinese guan dao. Most naginatajutsu practiced today is in a modernized form, a gendai budō, in which competitions also are held.
Ninjutsu (忍術), sometimes used interchangeably with the modern term ninpō (忍法), [1] is the martial art strategy and tactics of unconventional warfare, guerrilla warfare, insurgency tactics and espionage purportedly practised by the ninja. [2][page needed] Ninjutsu was a separate discipline in some traditional Japanese schools, which ...
Sai. (weapon) The sai (Japanese: 釵, lit. 'hairpin'; Chinese: 鐵尺, lit. 'iron ruler') is a pointed melee weapon from Okinawa. It was historically utilized in martial arts such as Okinawan kobudō and southern Chinese martial arts, and has been absorbed into the curriculum of many modern martial arts. Although similar weapons can be found in ...
Weapons used in the world's martial arts can be classified either by type of weapon or by the martial arts school using them. By weapon type. Melee weapons
Tekkō. A stirrup or D-shaped tekko. A clawed tekko-kagi. 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". By definition, a fist-load weapon increases the mass of the hand so that, given the physical proportionality ...