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Parts of a modern sai. Monouchi, the metal main prong of the sai, that is either round or faceted.; Saki, the sharp point of the main prong. [6]Yoku, the two shorter metal side prongs of the sai, which usually point in the same direction as the main prong, with the exception of the manji sai developed by Taira Shinken, which has the direction of one of the side prongs reversed, causing the ...
Ufuchiku kobudo (大筑古武術) sometimes referred to as ufuchiku kobujutsu or ufuchiku-den is a form of Okinawan kobudō.In this form, the main weapon is the sai, and other weapons such as bō, eku, tuifa (or tonfa), nunchaku, tekko, teko, techu, nuntesu, kama, gusan, sanjakubo, kusarigama, nawa, uchibo, surujin, kyushakubo, nuntesu bo, jingasa, renkuwan, sansetsukun, naginata, tessen, and ...
1 SAI is equipped with Ratel 20 Infantry Fighting Vehicles, [5] Ratel 60 mm (2.4 in) Mortar Platform Vehicles, Ratel Command Vehicles with mounted 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns, Kwevoel 100 Armoured Trucks for IFV Recovery, field maintenance, fuel bunkers and water provision, [6] Samil 50 and 100 logistics trucks, Samil 20 trucks for its ...
sais, misspelling of sai, a type of dagger-like weapon (sai in plural form is simply sai Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title SAIS .
Tekpi is a weapon typically wielded in pairs, with one in each hand. It is utilized just like its shape would suggest, as it is a weapon used for fast stabs and strikes similar to a knife or a kris. But it is quite versatile and can be used in other ways as well. Defensively, the tekpi is useful at effectively countering bladed weapons. The two ...
The following are the non-pulmonic consonants.They are sounds whose airflow is not dependent on the lungs. These include clicks (found in the Khoisan languages and some neighboring Bantu languages of Africa), implosives (found in languages such as Sindhi, Hausa, Swahili and Vietnamese), and ejectives (found in many Amerindian and Caucasian languages).
There are actually 2 weapons which resemble the Sai in Medieval China, actually 3 if you count the Trident (as those who reference the Indian Trishula seem to want to)which is an edged weapon. The one which closest resembles the sai is called the Iron Ruler, (鐵尺) also called the brush-holder fork (筆架叉)a blunt weapon used by law ...
The design of the weapon, including the quillon (crossguard) shape, blade profile and blade length, are specific to each style of martial arts, the precise lineage, and individual. [4] For example, some martial arts lineages flip the butterfly swords between the forward and reverse grip like a Sai; they consequently need a quillon that will fit ...