Your favorite Kung fu weapon

[shaolin kungfu]

Even with a brick, practice makes perfect.

[ZIM]

germpest, my friend, I'm having difficulty deciding whether you are "plain" or "dam ned".

Clearly, I kept "Kung Fu" as a seperate category.

[BrentCarey]

Originally posted by Oso
If the buckle is of sufficient weight you could also translate rope dart or chain whip techniques.

Oh yeah, good point. I never thought of that. I don't wear a buckle that large, but plent of people in this region do.

Now that would be a match to see - the tobacco spitting, belt buckle swinging cowboy vs cat-on-a-rope.

-B

[shaolin kungfu]

Th cat-on-a-rope is the ultimate kung fu weapon. especially with urine-dipped feet.

[Stryder]

Ratans or butterfly swords, they can be used it almost the same way and window scrappers can be substituted for either if the situation arises.

[ZIM]

This is from "Duelling in America" by Major Ben C. Truman: "The coal miners
of Pennsylvania had a novel and painful way of fighting known as 'purring,'
or shin kicking, a style that originated in Wales. One 'purr' that occurred
in Port Richmond in 1883 was reported in the New York Sunday Mercury: 'At
two o'clock the men appeared, wearing Lancashire shoes toed with copper,
having submitted their feet for inspection to show that there were no
protruding nails, and James gave the word to purr. Grabby advanced
cautiously and appeared to forget about the shoulder straps until his second
reminded him of it. He took hold with apparent unwillingness, and then began
the most brutal and savage contest that two men could engage in. For fully
five minutes they sparred with their feet in a manner that was simply
wonderful. Blows were countered and returned with the same skill and
rapidity as shown by men fighting with their fists. Not once in that time
did either man more than touch his opponent's skin. Then McTevish, taking a
firmer hold on his opponent's collar, lifted his left foot and, after
keeping it poised for a moment, made a straight toe kick for his opponent's
right knee. Grabby deftly avoided the blow by spraddling his legs far apart,
and with almost inconceivable quickness brought his left foot around and
caught McTevish on the outside of the right calf. The flesh was laid open
almost to the bone, and the blood spurted out in streams. McTevish never
uttered a word. At the same instant that his own leg was cut he gave Gabby
what is known as the sole scrape. Beginning at the instep and ending just
below the knee pan, Grabby's left shin was scraped almost clear of skin.
Both men were evidently in pain, and angry. They kicked and countered a
dozen times again without doing any damage. Then Grabby, by some mishap,
lost his hold on his opponent's shoulder strap. In attempting to grasp it
again he lifted his eyes for a moment, and before he could recover himself
the calves of both of his legs were laid open by a double-foot kick. In
return for this he succeeded in delivering a terrific kick on McTevish's
knee, causing him to drop to the ground like a log, pulling the other kicker
on top of him. The seconds rushed forward and separated the men and took
them to their corners to bind up their wounds. The first go or round
occupied sixteen minutes. When the call of purr came again the purrers
hobbled to the centre and took another hold. They were, indeed, a pitiable
looking affair. McTevish's legs, although bound up in plaster, were bleeding
freely, and the exposed places looked like beefsteak. His opponent's shins
had both been scraped clean of the flesh, and the blood was oozing out from
between the strips of plaster. Without any preliminary sparring Grabby made
a vicious straight kick at this opponent's lame knee, bringing him to grass
again before he had time to think.'"

[Waidan]

Sweet Jeebus, the Welsh are a freakish lot.

[norther practitioner]

See, I'm just surprised noone has said, my fists are my favorite kung fu weapon, or my feet or something cheesey. On that note, I think my favorite kung fu weapon is now feet....

[Oso]

that was a cool story.

and people think they are tough these days...sheesh, we're all a bunch of pansies compared to that.

[greendragon]

STAFF because of it's superior range. #2 would be manriki kusari

[Laughing Cow]

Not sure about favorite weapon.

I like Bo, Jo, Hanbo, Kusari-kama, nice and versatile and useful in modern�@life.

Now for fun weapons I am trying to learn the Wind & Fire Wheels from a Video-tape, just because I like weird weapons.

Cheers.

[Shaolin Dude]

broadsword

[ComeToJesus]

Dual swords of any kind... broad, straight, claymore...

[shaolin kungfu]

2 claymores?

[ComeToJesus]

Oh yeah! If you have the strength for it, it's cool. Kinda like a kung fu barbarian heh.