7/31/2019 Impact Weapons Assassins Tradecraft http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/impact-weapons-assassins-tradecraft 1/18 Impact Weapons FREE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT: www.assassinstradecraft.com Greatly Increase Effectiveness of Strikes This page will provide you with an introduction to a wide variety of Impact Weapons. You will find links on this page to other learning resources, images and descriptions of Impact Weapons that can be classified into a number of different "sub-categories". This is an effort to develope at least a loosely organized scheme of classification, or "TAXONOMY", to facilitate systematic study. •Canes- Walking sticks and sword canes. •Batons-Solid- solid batons, nightsticks, billy clubs, short-stick or "jo" (Japanese). •Batons-Collapsible- with coil spring or steel tube. •Yawara stick or koppo stick- variously called a "palm-stick, pocket-stick, Dulo-Dulo, Shobo, Chizikunbo or Kubotan". This category also includes the "Shu-Chu" and the Okinawan "Tecchu" •Blackjacks- made with either a coil spring or a flat strip of spring-steel. •Sand clubs- Small leather sack filled with sand or birdshot/buckshot •Saps- Palm Sap, flat-slapper or SLAPJACK, short sap. •Sap Gloves and Gauntlets-Gloves with powdered lead, lead shot, and/or metal plates sewn into or attached to the outside •Brass or metal knuckles-sometimes called "knucks", 4-finger knuckles, 2-finger knuckles and 1-finger knuckles, the classic "D-KNUCKs, B-Knucks" and Japanese Ninja Shuko and "Tekken". •Plastic, Nylon or Lexan fistloads-These instruments are undetectable using conventional metal detectors.
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Many of these weapons are terrifc force multipliers in the Assassin's Tradecraft. Each has a specific use.
You may want to look at an old manual for the Yawara Stick. I have included the link (below). Techniques
would be similar for BOTH the Koppo and Yawara Sticks.
FREE! Old Yawara stick Manual
•Koppo sticks (Image above-Don Rearic)-Impact can either be "diffuse", meaning spread out over a
given area or it can be FOCUSED, meaning concentrated within a smaler area. NOTICE THE DENTS IN THE
2X4! These dents clearly indicate that the impact was FOCUSED!; and what formidable Impact Weapons
they can be. Koppo sticks can be made of wood dowels or metal rods. They have cord that aids in
retention (holding on to it when you're in a scuffle) The ends are rounded, and the rod amplifies the
impact of a strike. It will focus all the impact of a strike in an area the size of a dime. Koppos can also beused for pressing and poking various sensitive spots on the body.
•Yawara Sticks
-These are similar to koppo sticks but without the cord for retention.
Karate Master Tak Kubota has a version of this he calls a "Kubotan" along with a series of techniques to
arrest and subdue. Free! Official Kubotan Manual
•Shu-Chu ("T-Handled" striking instruments)
with these Impact Weapons, the "Peg" that protrudes from the side of the Shu Chu stick extends outbetween the index and middle fingrs. Thus, you have three directions in which to strike:
1.Forward, as in a normal punch
2.Downward, as in a "hammerfist" little-finger side
3.Upward, jabbing thumb-side of the stick under the jaw.
Although directed at law enforcement and security types, this book has several good chapters on
Blackjacks, Flat Slappers, Palm Saps and Sap Gloves. I have a copy in my own library. Well worth
reading. -Rich Dallas, Security Specialist
Another tool worthy of being included in the "Assassin's" arsenal of impact weapons is the
"BANDANDO". From what I understand, the bandando is a brand name, and I believe it is no longer inproduction. The idea is so simple and innovative that one could devise a similar item for offense or
defense in close combat.
The folowing is an illustration from rollinghitch1262. It shows a pattern for a bandana that has secret
hidden pockets in it, sturdily sewn, of INDENTICALLY PATTERNED MATERIAL. The hidden pockets can be
heavily loaded with coins, stones (in a pinch) or with old padlocks. Perhaps the padlocks could even be
chained together. With matching material, this would amount to a lower profile slungshot. A slungshot
that is camouflaged from the casual observer. The chain could also be useful in fending off knife attacks.