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An original Kubotan keychain with keys attached. A Kubotan is a self-defense keychain weapon developed by Sōke Takayuki Kubota in the late 1960s. It is typically no more than 140 millimetres (5 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long and about 13 mm (1 ⁄ 2 in) in diameter, slightly thicker or the same size as a marker pen.
Shooting sticks are portable weapon mounts commonly used with rifles to brace the weapon on the ground, walls, and other features of the local terrain in order to provide a stable resting position to shoot from; reducing user fatigue and increasing potential accuracy.
Because it is easy to carve and use a yawara, it has been used as part of multiple self-defense styles in the western world. [2] In feudal Japan, some yawara included miniature claws on one end, allowing someone to "hook the opponent's clothing to pull the attacker off-balance and throw him". The claws could also be used to attack an opponent's ...
A baton (also truncheon, nightstick, billy club, billystick, cosh, lathi, or simply stick) is a roughly cylindrical club made of wood, rubber, plastic, or metal. It is carried as a compliance tool and defensive weapon [ 1 ] by law-enforcement officers , correctional staff , security guards and military personnel .
The singlestick itself is a slender, round wooden rod, traditionally of ash, with a basket hilt.Singlesticks are typically around 34 inches (86 cm) in length, and 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter, [failed verification] and thicker at one end than the other, used as a weapon of attack and defence, the thicker end being thrust through a cup-shaped hilt of basket-work to protect the hand. [2]
A sawed-off break-action shotgun of the type commonly known as a lupara. A sawed-off shotgun (also called a scattergun, sawn-off shotgun, short-barrelled shotgun, shorty, or boom stick) is a type of shotgun with a shorter gun barrel—typically under 18 inches (46 cm)—and often a pistol grip instead of a longer shoulder stock.
Emerson Combat Systems was developed as one of numerous eclectic martial systems that arose in the 1980s. Rather than teach individual philosophies and parameters of different fighting styles that he studied such as Jeet Kune Do, Kyokushin, Shotokan, Brazilian Jujitsu, Boxing, and Escrima; Emerson took elements that he thought were useful from those arts and presented them as part of a system.
A walking stick. A walking stick (also known as a walking cane, cane, walking staff, or staff) is a device used primarily to aid walking, provide postural stability or support, or assist in maintaining a good posture. Some designs also serve as a fashion accessory, or are used for self-defense.