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  2. Nunchaku - Wikipedia

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    The nunchaku is most widely used in Southern Chinese Kung fu, Okinawan Kobudo and karate. It is intended to be used as a training weapon, since practicing with it enables the development of quick hand movements and improves posture. Modern nunchaku may be made of metal, plastic, or fiberglass instead of the traditional

  3. Okinawan kobudō - Wikipedia

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    Okinawan Kobudō is a Japanese term that can be translated as "old martial way of Okinawa". It is a generic term coined in the twentieth century. ... The nunchaku was ...

  4. Freestyle nunchaku - Wikipedia

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    Freestyle nunchaku refers to the use of the nunchaku weapon (used in martial arts and popularised by Bruce Lee and other martial artists) in a more visually stunning, rather than combative way. Nunchaku-do competitions are now held where marks are awarded based upon visual display rather than predefined kata .

  5. Ufuchiku Kobudo - Wikipedia

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    Ufuchiku kobudo (大筑古武術) sometimes referred to as ufuchiku kobujutsu or ufuchiku-den is a form of Okinawan kobudō.In this form, the main weapon is the sai, and other weapons such as bō, eku, tuifa (or tonfa), nunchaku, tekko, teko, techu, nuntesu, kama, gusan, sanjakubo, kusarigama, nawa, uchibo, surujin, kyushakubo, nuntesu bo, jingasa, renkuwan, sansetsukun, naginata, tessen, and ...

  6. Ryukyu Kobudo - Wikipedia

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    The Ryūkyū Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai (Society for the Promotion and Preservation of Ryukyuan Kobudo) was founded after World War II by Taira Shinken. [2]It is a recreation of the Ryukyu Kobujutsu Research Association founded by his teacher Yabiku Moden in 1911 and disbanded during the Second World War.

  7. Three-section staff - Wikipedia

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    Three-section staff. The three-section staff, three-part staff, triple staff, originally sanjiegun (Chinese: 三節棍; pinyin: sānjiégùn; Jyutping: saam1 zit3 gwan3) or sansetsukon (Japanese: さんせつこん), three-section whip, originally sanjiebian (Chinese: 三節鞭; pinyin: sānjiébiān; Jyutping: saam1 zit3 bin1), is a Chinese flail weapon that consists of three wooden or metal ...

  8. Taira Shinken - Wikipedia

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    After his death in September 1970, Taira was succeeded in Ryūkyū Kobudō Hozon Shinkokai in Okinawa by Eisuke Akamine [1] and in mainland Japan by Inoue Motokatsu. Taira created the nunchaku kata taught in Ryukyu kobudō Maezato no Nunchaku. [1] Taira is credited with composing Maezato no Tekko, a kata using metal horse stirrups.

  9. Nunchaku (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A nunchaku is an Okinawan martial arts weapon. Nunchaku or Nunchuk may also refer to: Nunchaku (Isabelle), a tool of the Isabelle proof assistant; Nunchuk (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe; Nunchuk (controller), a Wii Remote expansion