List of martial arts weapons
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The following is a partial list of martial arts weapons.
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Bow and Arrow
- Crossbow
- Longbow (English bow)
- Yumi (Japanese longbow)
- Bow
- Composite Bow
- Korean bow
- Reflex bow
- Compound bow
Knife
- Balisong (Butterfly Knife)
- Bowie knife
- Dagger
- Deer Horn Knives from the Chinese martial art Baguazhang
- Traditional Indian fighting Dagger
- Katar a push knife
- Kris (traditional weapon in South-East Asia)
- Kukri
- Kirpan
- Kujang
- Kunai
- Makhaira (or a short sword)
- Rondel
- Tantō
- Vettukathi
Western fencing weapons
Short staff or stick weapons
- Arnis sticks
- Hanbo
- Jō (Japanese stick weapon)
- Kurunthadi
- Kubotan
- Otta
- Shillelagh
- Tambo
- Tonfa
- Yawara
- Yubi-bo
Long weapons (staff and spear weapons)
- Arbir (Indonesian halberd)
- Bisento (Chinese origin halberd)
- Bō (Japanese staff weapon)
- Eku
- Gun (staff)
- Ji (halberd)
- Jogo do Pau (Portuguese Staff and baton)
- Guan dao or Kwan dao (large Chinese halberd)
- Kurunthadi
- Ox tongue
- Lathi
- Pudao (long handled sword)
- Halberd
- Monk's Spade
- Nagamaki (Japanese polearm)
- Naginata (Japanese polearm)
- Qiang (spear)
- Quarterstaff
- Sarissa
- Sibat (Filipino/Indonesian spear)
- Spear
- Taiaha (Maori wooden duelling spear/staff)
- Kanabō (Japanese iron staff)
- Yari (Japanese spear)
Sword
- Arming sword
- Bokken (Japanese wooden swords, also known as bokutō)
- Bolo
- Broadsword
- Butterfly sword
- Chisakatana
- Claymore
- Daitō
- Dao
- Dopplehänder
- Falcata
- Federschwert (Steel sparring sword used in European martial arts)
- Gladius
- Golok
- Großes Messer
- Iaito (Practice weapon used in Iaido)
- Japanese sword
- Jian
- Kampilan
- Katana
- Kodachi
- Khopesh
- Kopis
- Longsword
- Nagamaki
- ninjatō
- Nodachi
- Pata
- Pulwar
- Rapier
- Shamshir
- Scimitar
- Scramasax
- Shinai (Katana-like sword made of Bamboo strips, used in Kendo)
- Single-sword (Cut & Thrust, sometimes called the "German rapier")
- Talwar
- Tachi
- Taijijian
- Wakizashi
- Waster (Wooden European sword simulator)
- Xiphos
- Zweihander
Composite weapons
- Kusarigama
- Manriki or Manriki-gusari
- Nunchaku
- Meteor hammer
- Three sectional staff (sān jié gùn/sansetsukon)
"Soft" weapons
- Chain whip
- Rope dart
- Whip (Bullwhip)
- Lariat
- Tabak-Toyok
- Meteor hammer
- Urumi
- Surujin
- Bolas
- Flying claws
- Dragon beard hook
Truncheons
Sickle
- Arit
- Kama (Japanese sickle, see also kusarigama)
- Chicken Sickles
Shields
Short range projectile weapons
Clubs
- Mace
- Mere (hooked jade or carved wooden flat club)
- Patu (sharpened jade blade)
- (used by Native American warriors - see Okichitaw)
- Shillelagh
- Morning star
Miscellaneous
- Bayonet
- Brass knuckles
- Tessen (Iron fan)
- Fu (a battle ax)
- Tomahawk
- Korean Fan/Mu Puche (Tempered Birch Fan)
- Shobo
- Wind and fire wheels