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[edit] Sickle Arit Kama (Japanese sickle, see also kusarigama) Chicken Sickles [edit] Shields Buckler Hoplon Hungarian shield Targe [edit] Short range projectile weapons Blowgun (fires Fukiya, poison darts or pins) Chakram Shuriken Sling [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 Morning star [edit] Miscellaneous Bayonet Brass knuckles Tessen (Iron fan) Fu (a battle ax) Tomahawk Kor Striking Punching - Boxing (Western), Wing Chun Kicking - Capoeira, Savate, Taekwondo, Kickboxing Other strikes (e.g. Elbows, knees, open-hand) - Muay Thai, Karate, Shaolin Kung Fu Grappling Throwing - Glima, Judo, Jujutsu, Sambo, Shuai jiao Joint lock - Aikido, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Hapkido Pinning Techniques - Judo, Wrestling Weaponry Traditional Weaponry - Fencing, Gatka, Kendo, Kyudo, Silambam Modern Weaponry - Eskrima, Jogo do Pau, Jukendo, Shooting sports Many martial arts, especially those from Asia, also teach side disciplines which pertain to medicinal practices. This is particularly prevalent in traditional Chinese martial arts which may teach bone-setting, qigong, acupuncture, acupressure (tui na), and other aspects of traditional Chinese medicine. sparring Full-contact Jiu-Jitsu and Judo bare-knuckled, full-contact judo, taekwondo, western archery, boxing, javelin, wrestling and fencing martial arts weapons Bow and Arrow Crossbow Longbow (English bow) Yumi (Japanese longbow) Bow Composite Bow Korean bow Reflex bow Compound bow Knife Balisong (Butterfly Knife) Bowie knife Dagger Deer Horn Knives from the Chinese martial art Baguazhang Jumbiyah Traditional Indian fighting Dagger Katar a push knife Kris (traditional weapon in South-East Asia) Kukri Kirpan Kujang Kunai Makhaira (or a short sword) Rondel Tanto Vettukathi Western fencing weapons Sabre Small sword Épée Foil Main-gauche Short staff or stick weapons Arnis sticks Hanbo Jo (Japanese stick weapon) Kurunthadi Kubotan Otta Shillelagh Tambo Tonfa Yawara Yubi-bo Long weapons (staff and spear weapons) arbir (Indonesian halberd) Bisento (Chinese origin halberd) Bo (Japanese staff weapon) Eku Gun (staff) Ji (halberd) Jogo do Pau (Portuguese Staff and baton) 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) Kanabo (Japanese iron staff) Yari (Japanese spear) [edit] Sword Arming sword Bokken (Japanese wooden swords, also known as bokuto) Bolo Broadsword Butterfly sword Chisakatana Claymore Daito 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 Bastard sword Greatsword Nagamaki ninjato Nodachi Pata 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 Zweihander [edit] Composite weapons Kusarigama Manriki or Manriki-gusari Nunchaku Meteor hammer Three sectional staff (san jié gùn/sansetsukon) [edit] "Soft" weapons Chain whip Rope dart Whip (Bullwhip) Lariat Tabak-Toyok Meteor hammer Urumi Surujin Bolas Flying claws Dragon beard hook [edit] Truncheons Jutte (or Jitte) Sai Blackjack or Slapjack Telescopic baton (See ASP, Inc.) [edit] Sickle Arit Kama (Japanese sickle, see also kusarigama) Chicken Sickles [edit] Shields Buckler Hoplon Hungarian shield Targe [edit] Short range projectile weapons Blowgun (fires Fukiya, poison darts or pins) Chakram Shuriken Sling [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 Morning star [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