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Okinawan Weapons:

Okinawan Kobudō can be translated as "old martial way of Okinawa".   Kobudo is also referred to as Ryūkyū Kobujutsu.  It refers to the classical weapon systems of Okinawan martial arts which include: rokushakubo (six foot staff, known as the "bō"), sai (short, three-pronged, unsharpened dagger), tonfa (handled club), kama (sickle), nunchaku (numchucks), ni-tanbo (a pair of wooden sticks) and others. 


Japanese Weapons:

kubotan, hanbo, tanto, boken, shaken, shuriken, manrikigusari,


Chinese Weapons:

three sectional staff, iron whip