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A shuriken (Japanese 手裏剣; literally: "hidden hand blade") is a Japanese concealed weapon that was used as a hidden dagger or metsubushi to distract or misdirect. [1]

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Batarang

A batarang is a roughly bat-shaped throwing weapon used by the DC Comics superhero Batman.

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Boomerang

A boomerang is a thrown tool, typically constructed as a flat airfoil, that is designed to spin about an axis perpendicular to the direction of its flight.

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Caltrop

A caltrop (also known as caltrap, galtrop, cheval trap, galthrap, galtrap, calthrop, jackrock or crow's footBattle of Alesia (Caesar's conquest of Gaul in 52 BC)), Battlefield Detectives program, (2006), rebroadcast: 2008-09-08 on History Channel International (13;00-14:00 hrs EDST); Note: No mention of name caltrop at all, but illustrated and given as battle key to defend Roman lines of circumvaliation per recent digs evidence.

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Chakram

The chakram (cakram; chakkar; cakeram) is a throwing weapon from India.

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Clostridium tetani

Clostridium tetani is a rod-shaped, anaerobic species of pathogenic bacteria, of the genus Clostridium.

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Concealed carry

Concealed carry (carrying a concealed weapon (CCW)), refers to the practice of carrying a handgun or other weapon in public in a concealed or hidden manner, either on one's person or in close proximity.

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Consolidated Laws of New York

The Consolidated Laws of the State of New York are the codification of the permanent laws of a general nature of New York enacted by the New York State Legislature.

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Gram

The gram (alternative spelling: gramme; SI unit symbol: g) (Latin gramma, from Greek γράμμα, grámma) is a metric system unit of mass.

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Ittō-ryū

, meaning "one-sword school", is the ancestor school of several Japanese Koryū kenjutsu styles, including Ono-ha, Mizoguchi-ha, Nakanishi-ha, Kogen, Hokushin, and Itto Shoden.

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Japanese language

is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language.

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Japanese sword

A is one of several types of traditionally made swords from Japan.

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Katana

Historically, were one of the traditionally made that were used by the samurai of ancient and feudal Japan.

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Kukishin-ryū

, originally "Nine Gods Spirit School" (also translated as "Nine Demon Gods School" by many modern groups having different lineages) is a Japanese martial art allegedly founded in the 14th century CE by Kuki Yakushimaru Ryūshin (Yakushimaru Kurando).

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Kunai

A is a Japanese tool originally meant for farming in the Tensho Era of Japan (1573–1592).

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Makibishi

The term makibishi (撒き菱 or 撒菱) refers to the Japanese version of the caltrop.

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Metsubushi

or gantsubushi are a variety of implements and techniques that were used in feudal Japan by samurai police and other individuals to temporarily or permanently blind or disorient an opponent.

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Miyamoto Musashi

, also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, was a Japanese swordsman, philosopher, writer and rōnin.

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Osaka

() is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Ryū (school)

is a Japanese kanji referring to a school in any discipline.

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Samurai

were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.

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Seiko Fujita

Seiko Fujita (藤田 西湖, February 10, 1898 – January 4, 1966), born Isamu Fujita, was a Japanese martial artist who was 14th Headmaster or Soke of Kōga-ryū Ninjutsu and considered by some to be the last true ninja.

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Shurikenjutsu

is a general term describing the traditional Japanese martial arts of throwing shuriken, which are small, hand-held weapons used primarily by the Samurai in feudal Japan, such as metal spikes bō shuriken, circular plates of metal known as hira shuriken, and knives (tantō).

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Tantō

A is one of the traditionally made Japanese swords (''nihonto'') that were worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan.

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Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū

Written as 天眞正傳香取神道流 prior to 1946 adoption of Tōyō kanji.

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Tetanus

Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is an infection characterized by muscle spasms.

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Togakure-ryū

is a historical tradition of Ninjutsu known as the "School of the Hidden Door", purportedly founded during the Oho period (1161–1162) by (also known as), who learned his original fighting techniques from a Chinese monk named Kain Dōshi.

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Wind and fire wheels

Wind-and-fire wheels are mêlée weapons, wielded as a pair, associated with Chinese martial arts such as baguazhang and taijiquan.

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Yagyū Shinkage-ryū

is one of the oldest Japanese schools of swordsmanship (kenjutsu).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuriken

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