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Sai (weapon)

Index Sai (weapon)

The sai (釵) is a traditional piercing melee weapon used in Okinawa. [1]

23 relations: Baton (law enforcement), Buddhism, Celiac plexus, Donn F. Draeger, Handle, Hinduism, Indonesia, Jitte, Kata, Kihon, Malaysia, Melee weapon, Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawan kobudō, Silat, South Asia, Swastika, Taira Shinken, Tekpi, Thailand, Tine (structural), Trishula, Vietnam.

Baton (law enforcement)

A baton or truncheon is a roughly cylindrical club made of wood, rubber, plastic or metal.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Celiac plexus

The celiac plexus or coeliac plexus, also known as the solar plexus because of its radiating nerve fibers, is a complex network of nerves (a nerve plexus) located in the abdomen, near where the celiac trunk, superior mesenteric artery, and renal arteries branch from the abdominal aorta.

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Donn F. Draeger

Donald Frederick "Donn" Draeger (April 15, 1922 – October 20, 1982) was an internationally known teacher and practitioner of Japanese martial arts.

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Handle

A handle is a part of, or attachment to, an object that can be moved or used by hand.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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Jitte

A is a specialized weapon that was used by police in Edo period Japan.

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Kata

, a Japanese word, are detailed choreographed patterns of movements practiced either solo or in pairs.

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Kihon

is a Japanese term meaning "basics" or "fundamentals." The term is used to refer to the basic techniques that are taught and practiced as the foundation of most Japanese martial arts.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia.

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Melee weapon

A melee weapon, or close combat weapon, is any weapon used in direct hand-to-hand combat; by contrast with ranged weapons which act at a distance.

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Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Okinawan kobudō

, literally "old martial way of Okinawa", is the weapon systems of Okinawan martial arts.

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Silat

Silat is a collective word for a class of indigenous martial arts from a geo-cultural area of Southeast Asia encompassing most of the Nusantara, the Malay Archipelago, and the entirety of the Malay Peninsula.

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South Asia

South Asia or Southern Asia (also known as the Indian subcontinent) is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan SAARC countries and, for some authorities, adjoining countries to the west and east.

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Swastika

The swastika (as a character 卐 or 卍) is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon from the cultures of Eurasia, where it has been and remains a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, Chinese religions, Mongolian and Siberian shamanisms.

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Taira Shinken

was a Japanese martial artist, born as in 1897 on Kume island in the Ryūkyū archipelago.

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Tekpi

The tekpi is a short-handled trident from Southeast Asia.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a unitary state at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces.

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Tine (structural)

Tines or prongs or teeth are parallel or branching spikes forming parts of a tool or natural object.

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Trishula

Trishula (Sanskrit: त्रिशूल, IAST: triśūla) is a trident, commonly used as the principal symbols in Hinduism and Buddhism.

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.

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Sai Blade, San-Ku-Chu.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_(weapon)

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