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Keywords: flail, numchuks, weapon, sticks, chain

noon-chaw-kuu) a weapon of two short sticks tied together by a flexible chain or rope (some call these numchuks)

wooden flailing weapon

Two wooden batons linked by a short chain or cord to make an awesome weapon. Used originally as a rice flail, it is found in most cultures throughout Asia.

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Jointed end of a grain flail, used as a weapon.

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An Okinawan weapon consisting of two sticks connected by rope or chain. This was originally used by the Okinawans as a farm tool to thrash rice straw.

myhreweb.com

grain thresher, or flail, used both as a weapon of defense and offense; consists of two short wooden sticks joined together at one end by a short length of rope, leather or chain; normally a two- handed weapon

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The nunchaku (Chinese: é›™ç¯€æ£, shuÄng jiÃ© gÃ¹n; å…©ç¯€æ£, liÇŽng jiÃ© gÃ¹n "Dual Section Staff"; äºŒç¯€æ£, Ã¨r jiÃ© gÃ¹n "Two Section Staff"; Japanese: ãƒŒãƒ³ãƒãƒ£ã‚¯ nunchaku ; æ¢¢åæ£, shÅshikon "Boatman's staff"; åŒç¯€æ£, sÅsetsukon "Paired sections staff"; äºŒç¯€æ£, nisetsukon "Two section staff", also sometimes called "nunchucks", "numchuks", or "chain sticks" in English) is a martial arts weapon of the Kobudo weapons set and consists of two sticks connected at their ends with a short chain or rope. The other Kobudo weapons are the sai, tonfa, bo, eku, tekko, tinbe-rochin, surujin, and kama. A sansetsukon is a similar weapon with three sticks attached on chains instead of two.

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