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[3] [4] [5] Since this style of dagger was usually made en suite with a cup-hilted rapier, the decoration of the knuckleguard tended to reflect that of the cup of the rapier. The edges of the guard are usually turned over toward the outside, possibly to trap the point of the opponent's blade and prevent it from slipping into the defender's hand.
Chigiriki belong to the furi-zue family of weapons (brandishing-sticks), [3] which include any type of stick or staff with a chain attached. It is also one of the shinobi-zue weapons (concealed staffs and canes), which were often hollow and had multiple uses, such as hiding other weapons like shuriken , or as a blow gun or breathing tube. [ 2 ]
The urumi is the weapon of choice of Kanroji Mitsuri, a character in the Demon Slayer manga series. [6] The urumi has made appearances in several video games. In the role-playing game Elden Ring, the urumi appears as a "Whip"-class weapon whose attacks cannot be parried. [7] In the Moba game League of Legends the urumi is wielded by the ...
The chart is a collaborative project between Mr. Bluestein, who created the bulk of it, and several dozen xingyiquan teachers from the West, who contributed information on their lineages and those of others. The chart project is well known in the xingyiquan community, and the information contained in it has never been disputed. An attempt was ...
The design of the blade is decorative along with being functional by causing unpleasant vibrations when parried. Still, the undulating blade is no more effective at cutting than a straight one. [3] An advantage over swords with a straight blade is that a waved blade could better distribute the force of impact and thus was less likely to break. [4]
The knout, a whip or scourge formerly used in Russia for the punishment of criminals, was the descendant of the flail. It was manufactured in many forms, and its effect was so severe that few of those who were subjected to its full force survived the punishment. The Emperor Nicholas I substituted a milder whip for the knout. [22]
A drawing from the Catalog of the Royal Armoury of Madrid by the medievalist Achille Jubinal in the 19th century. The original specimen was destroyed by a fire in 1884. The maquahuitl (Classical Nahuatl: māccuahuitl, other orthographic variants include mākkwawitl and mācquahuitl; plural māccuahuimeh), [4] a type of macana, was a common weapon used by the Aztec military forces and other ...
Bian (left) depicted in Chinese military compendium Wujing Zongyao. The bian (Chinese: 鞭; pinyin: biān; lit. 'whip') or tie bian (Chinese: 鐵鞭; lit. 'iron whip') and gang bian (Chinese: 鋼鞭; lit. 'steel whip'), also known as Chinese whip [1] or hard whip, is a type of tubular-shaped club or rod weapon designed to inflict blunt damage with whipping motion.