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Karate Weapons

Karate Weapons include many things like swords, knives, kendo sticks and throwing stars. Many of these weapons were derived from farming tools. There are five traditional Okinawan weapons, the Bo, Kama, Nunchaku, Sai, and Tonfa.

Many Okinawan Karate styles include these five Karate Weapons in their training to some degree. Training with these five weapons helps to develop similar muscles as used in karate as well as hand-eye coordination and heightened reflexes. Many of the striking and blocking techniques practiced in everyday Karate can be easily adapted to use when armed with these weapons, making the transition to training with these weapons relatively easy and most beneficial to people who are using them.

One shortfall of all weapons (including knives, guns as well as traditional martial arts weapons) is that you need to carry them with you at all times for them to be of any practical self defense use. Something that is almost impossible in everyday life. No matter how good you are with your chosen weapon, if you don't have it with you when you need it, it is useless.

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