Typical Weapons For Self Defense
Today we’re going to be talking about lots of different martial arts weapons. We’re not going to go through all of them…we’re just going to try to go over the most popular ones that you’ll see and how they were used and what styles they’re used in. Keep in mind these are traditional weapons, and not improvised weapons.
China also pioneered a lot of great weapons such as waxwood staff, the spear, and the one handed broad sword. These were Chinese martial arts arms that were used in kung fu. The straight sword was a very long one-handed sword used mainly for stabbing, the broad sword is generally more of a wide slashing type one-handed sword . The waxwood staff was a flexible, almost whip-like staff that was used generally in kung-fu. A popular modification was to add a spear tip to the waxwood staff and then it becomes a kung fu spear. So, those are some of the martial arts weapons on the Asian side. If you want to learn more self defense moves click the link in blue.
One of the most standard weapons, the katana. The Katana is the sword you probably think of when you think of a samurai wielding a sword . It’s held with two hands and it has a long curved blade. A lot of people give these a generic name such as a Samurai weapon .. However, this is the wrong term. That’s just where they were commonly used. Sometimes the samurai would also carry two less traditional blades called the wakazashi and the tanto.
Most fully armed Samurai would be equipped with all 3 weapons, the katana, the wakazashi and the tanto. These were the main martial arts tools and they would use them for different ranges. For example, if they were fighting at a longer range, they would probably have a katana because it’s the longest weapon. But, if they got caught in close combat they would typically rely on the shorter wakazashi or the even shorter tanto. If you want to learn how to use improvised self defense weapons, click the blue link.
Some other Japanese tools — these are more for popular people, like the farmers and such. Back in feudal Japan, the Island of Okinawa was being attacked by Samurai. The farmers had to defend their own lives, but all they had were traditional farming tools.. A lot of tools originated from these Japanese farmers, including nun-chucks and kamas. At the time, kamas and nun-chucks were only farm instruments. However, they were eventually adapted as improvised weapons for the farmers.
Generally Kamas were used for cutting the wheat and nun-chucks were for beating the wheat. One common mistake people generally make is the pronunciation. Despite what Napolean Dynamite might tell you, they are pronounced “nun-chucks,” not numb-chucks. The Okinawans also defended there home land with more standard arms such as the bowstaff. Again, these were popular arms. They generally did not have access to weapons forgeries capable of making Katana’s to the quality the Samurai had. These were really farm tools and sticks that they would find, because they were just farmers and they were revolting — this was the best they could usually find and use as improvised weapons .
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What exactly does Kendo teach you?
I love martial arts….not necessarily for the defensive advantages it gives you on the street (when it’s a fight for my life, I’ll stick to Krav Maga, not Kung Fu), but rather for the discipline, honor and ancient tec niches that it comes with. It’s like learning history.
More to the point, I’d like to learn how to appropriately wield a Samurai Katana. I heard Kendo teaches you how to wield one. Please verify this, and how well can it teach me? While your one the topic, why not let me know the other sorts of weapons Kendo could familiarize me with. Thanks.
Learning to “wield” a katana depends on how you define it.
Kendo will teach you a variety of things, from how to respect your sword, regardless if you are using a shinai, bokken, katana or shinken, to how to hold basic stances and utilize it to make successful strikes. It, over the long term will also teach you discipline and spirit, and nobility also.
Kendo, in the modern sense, where a lot of people learn it to play it as a competitive sport is only half the equation, while Kendo, when you include learning Kendo Kata, and understanding ki, zanshin, and performing mokuso, fills the other half, where you learn to control your distance, adding strength and confidence in your strikes, as well as developing the ability to read your opponents moves before they initate them.
In reality, sport Kendo is using a long object to strike someone. This means any long object, and also any short object is suitable, to the point of just bare hands, it just limits your distance and ability to “cut” your opponent. My umbrella I have is the same length as my bokken, so I know that with some confidence, if in a pinch, I could use my umbrella to fend for myself in a brawl if needs be. Getting clobbered with a wooden sword vs a metal tipped umbrella is about the same when in the hands of a person who knows how to use it.
Iaido is more about drawing techniques of the Katana from the saya (scabbard) to defend and attack, both from standing, and seiza. That said, if you wish to learn Iaido, it is very complementary to Kendo. A lot of high level Sensei in one, will also be very skilled in the other.
If you wish for something that is more rounded however in more “practical” use, finish moves, killer attacks etc, look towards Aikido and/or Kenjutsu.
I really hate it when people call Kendo “fencing”. As a former fencer, they are nothing alike to be compared in that way.
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