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a solid open fan made from metal and/or wood, similar to the gunbai used today by sumo referees. [3] The commander would raise or lower his fan and point in different ways to issue commands to the soldiers, which would then be passed on by other forms of visible and audible signalling. [4] War fans were also made as weapons. The art of fighting ...
The Scout class from the game Team Fortress 2 is able to use the "Fan O'War", a gunbai war fan. Keladry of Mindelan, Lady Yuki, and Princess Shinkokami in the Protector of the Small series written by Tamora Pierce regularly use steel-bladed fans called the shukusen, modelled after tessenjutsu, as weapons and in games.
This is a list of historical pre-modern weapons grouped according to their uses, with rough classes set aside for very similar weapons. Some weapons may fit more than one category (e.g. the spear may be used either as a polearm or as a projectile ), and the earliest gunpowder weapons which fit within the period are also included.
Weapons used in the world's martial arts can be classified either by type of weapon or by the martial arts school using them. By weapon type. Handheld weapons
Samurai holding a kanabō. The kanabō (金砕棒) (literally "metal stick" or "metal club") is a spiked or studded two-handed war club used in feudal Japan by samurai.Other related weapons of this type are the nyoibo, konsaibo, [1] [2] tetsubō (鉄棒), and ararebo. [3]
Some fist-load weapons may also serve, in the same manner, as the guard on a sword, to protect the structure of the bearer's hand. A variant of the weapon known as tekkō-kagi (手甲鉤, lit. "back of the hand hooks") is characterized by four iron nails like bear claws attached to a metal ring. Worn over the hands, the claws could be used for ...
A kinetic energy weapon (also known as kinetic weapon, kinetic energy warhead, kinetic warhead, kinetic projectile, kinetic kill vehicle) is a projectile weapon based solely on a projectile's kinetic energy to inflict damage to a target, instead of using any explosive, incendiary/thermal, chemical or radiological payload.
The suntetsu (寸鉄) is a Japanese concealed weapon. A suntetsu is a metal rod/spike about 15 cm (5.9 in) in length with a ring attached to it. The middle finger is inserted into the ring and the suntetsu rests in the hand by various grips. Suntetsu are small, easy to conceal and relatively simple to learn how to use.