All Martial arts Weapons and a description of each nad usage in different martial arts styles and types of martial arts.
For instance, the sword. Everyone knows what a sword looks like and generally how it used, but each type of martial arts has its own uses and martial arts style on how the sword would act in combat. A great scource on swords is the Chinese swords guide.
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This site is spectacular at filling you in on anything you could possibly want to know about swords and martial arts styles that use them.
Another very popular weapon would be the ninja throwing star. It has been on movies, tv shows, and cartoons so exposure has not been small! There are many arts that use the weapon and I must say from personal experience that the weapon is a lot of fun to practice. If you would like to try for yourself, visit the link below...
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Are you more interested in self defense equipment? Click the link! This site shows what kind of self defense products work best as well as how to handle yourself in certain situation. It is a very good resource for anything self defense.
Generally speaking, weapons used in a system can be determined by the origin of the art. For example, you won't find a chinese style using nunchakus due to it being a Japanese weapon. Although there are always exceptions to any rule.
All martial arts weapons have strengths and weaknesses. Each system uses their weapons differently. To fully understand, take a look at our weapons history page. Just click here. We go into detail on the history of weapons in general.
This list is not complete as of yet, but the following is a list of different martial arts weapons. Click the link to see the history and some of the styles the use the weapon.
If you are still curious and want more please check out these ancient Chinese weapons
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