:D Is a shinai made out of bamboo? :D

It certainly is my friend!!

Then i dont think Mike wants to see them when he gets back!

:( .........I dispair!!! :( ..........okay since it now seems that we are officially a MCFORUM....what about nunchuks :angry: what are they made of??.....also bokkens while where on the subject what about them....then maybe we can discuss taekwondo for a while...also id like to tell you all about my ninjitsu training :( ........i fail to see the relevence of any discussion on Japanese weaponry etc.....as....and here`s the improtant bit!!!
A: YOU ARE STUDYING A CHINESE ART
B: YOU SHOULDNT BE TRAINING WITH WEAPONS, YOU HAVNT LEARNT HOW TO USE YOUR HANDS AND FEET YET!!!!
C:..............REFER BACK TO A.........
:angry: :angry: :angry: RANT OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...FEEL BETTER FOR THAT!!
As a side note if any of the Japanese students in the W.B.K want to come and dicuss weponry skills etc fine....then it would be a well informed and worth while discussion.........

the japanese studetns of the WBK and UMA are very welcome to join us as this is an open forum. I must say though the nunchucks like the tri sectional staff was once used as threshers in the paddy fields. So is the origin Chinese????

B) ............That book came in handy then!! ;) ....my impression of the orginal threshing tools was that they where vastly different to what are now refered to as nunchuks....i.e one handle shorter than the other........mandarin = liang?! shuang?!san ji?!!The origin of this weapon is still a matter of controversy and debate. Both the geographical point of origin and its original function are not agreed upon. The two most prominent theories are: a modified OAKINAWAN(japanese)farmer's tool and an original flail-weapon brought from CHINA by sailors.
Also referred to as a rice flail or karate stick, the nunchaku are often explained as an ancient tool used by farmers for threshing rice, it is uncertain whether the nunchaku were used in their exact form for this purpose, as the equal length of the sticks would make rice flailing impractical.A long pole with a short stick attached by chain is a more common shape for a grain flail but the best shape for a flail depends on the crop. The flails currently used in martial arts classes may have been modified for convenience. Another common explanation is that nunchaku were originally the bit that placed in a horses mouth to aid in steering. While this is logical, the shape and materials used would have been heavily modified for martial arts use. As for the 3 sectional staff again history has a funny habit of being changed along the way...again the practicallity of a a 3 sectional staff in its current form being used as a rice flail again is impratical....the sheer length of it would make it unsuitable for crop rotorvation..so again we head back to the smaller flail above.......history books write a diiferent lineage of the development of the tri sectional....Before Chao Hong-Yin became the first Emperor of the Sung Dynasty (960 A.D.) he was a Shaolin trained Martial Artist known throughout Northern China for his expertise as a bodyguard and escort. Once while guarding a lady of the Royal family and her entourage on a journey to Beijing they were attacked by five bandits. Chao quickly turned and struck the first attacker in the head with his "gwan" (staff). Such was the force of the blow that it broke Chao's favorite weapon into two pieces - one long and one short. The bandits were awestruck by Chao's skill and power and fled into the forest. Naturally, Chao was displeased with the condition of his precious staff but in the next town he had the local Blacksmith reconnect the two pieces with iron rings and created the first "Dai-Si-Jo" or "Two-Section Big Stick".

Unfortunately, the long section of the staff had been weakened during the attack and it soon broke in twain. Once again Chao had the broken sections rejoined and consequently created the world's first "Sam-Jit-Gwan" or "Three-Section Staff".

Chao realized the devastating potential of his new weapon -- it was small and easily carried and conceiled, it could be used for poking or striking like a broadsword, it could be used as a whip and it was very useful for joint-locking techniques.

Chao's fame with this weapon spread and soon other escorts and bodyguards were using the "Three-Section Staff" also. It soon became the signture weapon of escorts who would carry a banner with a picture of the weapon as a warning to potential thieves that the person or persons being guarded were well-protected by a highly-trained Martial Artist......maybe just one theory.... ;)

i heard the name of them in mardarin is something like 'sho mi gung' im probably wrong though.