TONFA: The tonfa is a cudgel-type weapon with a 2-foot long,
flat body and a 6-inch-long handle one quarter of the way
down the main body and placed perpendicular to same. The
tonfa is wielded by holding the handle in the clenched fist with
the main piece lying alongside the outside of the user’s forearm,
with the part of the weapon directly opposite the handle
protruding outward from the side of the fist. Often used in
modern times by police for riot control, the tonfa can be twirled
to bash a foe (as with a club), or the weapon’s outstretched
section can punch or gouge a victim.

The tonfa is easily held and carried along the arm of the user.
At distances of 50 feet or more the snug-fitting tonfa may not
even be spotted, and its presence will always go undetected if
measures are taken to hide the weapon.

The tonfa is another Okinawan weapon, and a traditional
instrument in many martial arts. The tonfa may count as a
secondary weapon, but only when it is used with another tonfa
as the primary weapon.

by Randy Bowman
 

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