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Demonstration of the use of a rope dart. The rope dart or rope javelin (simplified Chinese: 绳镖; traditional Chinese: 繩鏢; pinyin: shéng biāo, Japanese: 縄鏢 or 縄標: Jōhyō), is one of the flexible weapons in Chinese martial arts. Other weapons in this family include the meteor hammer, flying claws, and chain whip. It consists of ...
The main difference between the single-headed meteor hammer and a rope dart is that traditionally the meteor hammer has a rounded head. The head can traditionally weigh up to 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) [2] and is attached to a rope that can be 6 metres (20 feet) in length (in contrast a rope dart is typically 3.6 metres (12 feet) long). Because ...
Having a heavy object attached to a flexible chain or rope. Wielded by swinging, throwing, or projecting the end, as well as wrapping, striking, and blocking with the chain or rope, sometimes attached to another type of weapon. Chigiriki (Japanese) Cumberjung, double ended flail, flail with quoits [1] (Indian) Flail, fleau d'armes, kriegsflegel ...
Once attached, 50 to 100 men took hold of a rope and pulled until the wall came down. They were used as early as the Three Kingdoms period, as mentioned by Chen Lin : The hook carts join the fray and the nine oxen turn and heave, bellowing like thunder, and furiously smash the towers and overturn the parapets...
Several of the traditional weapons are practiced today at the many schools of Chinese martial arts around the world. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Weapons of China . Subcategories
Chuí (simplified Chinese: 锤; traditional Chinese: 錘; lit. 'hammer/mace') is a Chinese melee weapon that consists of a large, solid metal sphere on the end of a medium-long handle. [ 1 ] This weapon was traditionally used with brute force, as the strength needed to heft such weapons was considerable.
It features metal hand or claw on the end of a chain or rope. It is in the same family as the meteor hammer, rope dart, and chain whip. First appearing during the Ming dynasty (1368 – 1644 A.C.E.), the (shuang fei zhua) claw consists of two iron eagle claws attached together by a length of rope, much like a flying weight. These claws, however ...
Kyoketsu-shoge Kyoketsu-shoge. The kyoketsu-shoge (Japanese: 距跋渉毛, lit. "long-distance wandering hair" [1]) is a double-edged blade, with another curved blade attached near the hilt at a 45–60 degree angle.