Wen Hsiu Quan

Much of my childhood was spent playing Ninja. With the television as the authority of what Ninjas did and what weapons they used I have deemed the Nunchaku the most essential part of my arsenal. When I got my hands on martial arts books, however, I found that the Nunchaku and the Ninja did not have any connection whatsoever. I have learnt that the Nunchaku rather shared its history with Karate on the Ryukyu Islands of which Okinawa is the capital. I still loved the weapon regardless of this revelation. Now... like many Kobudo and Kobujutsu students and people who have gotten their information from the same sources as I would tell you that this weapon was originally a farm implement. I had no reason to doubt this story, but I was to learn a new story long after I had finished high school. You see... Some people swore that this flail weapon was used by Ryukyu farmers to beat rice grains off the stalks. To this day I wonder whether it is the most effici...

If it isn't fun you won't feel like doing it, right?

Known to some as a part of the Okinawan Karate arsenal and to others as the Chinese two-sectional staff this is yet another weapon which is not extremely effective, but that can with the appropriate skill, surprise and incapacitate adversaries. Be sure to have attacks ready and available for when you do have the room to use the waepon to its fullest potential or when you are in a close quarter situation or confined space that does not allow for flailing movements. The attacks are not swinging attacks, but rather whipping attacks with the force thereof concentrated on the point of impact. Should the force not be concentrated like this the result is usually the user hitting himself.