Awesome Karate Weapons
Awesome Karate Weapons
Ok so when they asked me to write about karate weapons I instantly thought that this would be really cool because I can write about ninjas! Seriously, who does not like to write about ninjas? But in my research for this piece I was disappointed to find out that ninjas were like the scavengers of the martial arts world and that they picked whatever discipline suited them. Ninjas did, however, use some pretty cool karate weapons. I bring up ninjas not only because ninjas are so cool but also because the average person's only exposure to true karate weapons is probably through the ninjas they have seen in the movies or on television. That is why I believe that ninjas offer a high educational value and I will use ninjas as guides through our tour of karate weapons.
Actually, the younger readers will recognize many of the karate weapons we will be talking about because they are used by certain ninja turtles that they may have seen. The first of these karate weapons, and probably the most popular, is a sword known as a katana. Most people are familiar with a katana in some form or another as pretty much any large bladed sword with an ornamental handle and a large decorative disc at the base of the sword where it meets the handle is a katana. These things hurt so avoid getting whacked by one if you can.
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The next karate weapon to look at looks like a police billy club but with the handle sticking out of the side rather than being on the end. You traditionally see ninjas holding these weapons along their forearms and then striking with them with lightning fast ninja speed. Then you have the sais. A sais is the little dagger type karate weapon with the out of control handle that looks like a moustache. The ninja will either strike within arms' length with these or throw them with the deadly accuracy only ninjas possess. The final karate weapon we will look at is the kama. The kama is basically a small version of a farmer's scythe which is that big thing with the blade that Death carries around with him. The kamas usually have straps on the handle so the ninja can fling them around with deadly accuracy.
So the lesson here is don't mess with a ninja because they know a lot of ways to really hurt you and they are carrying some very cool weapons with them. Plus ninjas are sneaky and they dress in black so you don't see them coming. Well, you could see them coming in the day light but that is difficult because we all know that ninjas are nocturnal and feed on human flesh by night to survive. I think I have my cool characters dressed in black confused.