List of martial arts weapons

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This is a partial list of martial arts weapons.

Contents 1 Bow and arrow 2 Knife 3 Western fencing weapons 4 Short staff or stick weapons 5 Long weapons (staff and spear weapons) 6 Sword 7 Composite weapons 8 "Soft" weapons 9 Truncheons 10 Sickle 11 Shields 12 Short range projectile weapons 13 Clubs 14 Miscellaneous 15 See also

[edit] Bow and arrow

• Yumi (Japanese longbow)
• Ya (Japanese arrow)
• Longbow (English bow)
• Crossbow

[edit] Knife

• Balisong
• Dagger
• Deer Horn Knives from the Chinese martial art Baguazhang
• Katar
• Kris (traditional weapon in South-East Asia)
• Kukri
• Kirpan
• Kunai
• Makhaira (or a short sword)
• Tantō
• Vettukathi

[edit] Western fencing weapons

• Sabre
• Small sword
• Épée
• Foil
• Main-gauche

[edit] Short staff or stick weapons

• Arnis sticks
• Hanbo
• Kurunthadi
• Kubotan
• Otta
• Tambo
• Tonfa
• Yawara
• Yubi-bo

[edit] Long weapons (staff and spear weapons)

• Arbir (Indonesian halberd)
• Bisento (Chinese origin halberd)
• Eku
• Gun (staff)
• Ji (halberd)
• 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
  • Bo (Japanese staff weapon)
  • Jo (Japanese stick weapon)
• Sarissa
• Spear
• Tetsubo (Japanese iron staff)
• Yari (Japanese spear)
• Sibat (Filipino/Indonesian spear)
• Taiaha (Maori wooden duelling spear/staff)

[edit] Sword

• Arming sword
• Bokken (Japanese wooden swords, also known as bokutō)
• Bolo
• Broadsword
• Butterfly sword
• Chisakatana
• Claymore
• Daitō
• Dao
• Dopplehänder
• Falcata
• Federschwert (Steel sparring sword used in European martial arts)
• Gladius
• Golok
• Grosses messer
• Iaito (Practice weapon used in Iaido)
• Jian
• Kampilan
• Katana
• Kodachi
• Longsword
  • Bastard sword
  • Greatsword
• Nodachi
• Nagamaki
• Pata (weapon)
• 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

[edit] Composite weapons

• Kusarigama
• Manriki or Manriki-gusari
• Nunchaku
• Meteor hammer
• Three sectional staff (sān jié gùn/sansetsukon)

[edit] "Soft" weapons

• Chain whip
• Rope dart
• Whip (Bullwhip)
• Lariat
• Tabak-Toyok
• Meteor hammer
• Urumi

[edit] Truncheons

• Jitte
• Rondel
• Sai

[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

[edit] Clubs

• Mace
• mere(hooked jade or carved wooden flat club)
• Patu(sharpened jade blade)

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Bayonet
• Brass knuckles
• Tessen (Iron fan)
• Fu (a battle ax)
• Tomahawk

[edit] See also

• List of martial arts-related topics
• Mêlée weapons