A 3 foot long stick. It can be used either with a single hand or two hands. This picture is showing the Double overhand grip on the weapon. This is a great weapon to use for joint manipulations such as locks and chokes. Striking ability is good until the attacker moves in close. At that point it is used more for locks, pressure points, chokes and moving the attacker. Best thing about the half staff is that it can easily be used as a walking stick, without having the appearance of carrying a weapon. Most techniques done with a half staff can be done with a typical walking cane. Training for this weapon is striking principles and using it in techniques involving joint manipulations.

The club is between 16" and 28" long. The 28" stick is a more typical weapon to have access to. The club is more for striking an attacker, although some of the techniques from the half staff that involve joint manipulations can work with the club. The fact that the club is shorter allowing it to be used more in striking at closer quarters than the half staff. This weapon is easy to find in daily life, some examples are: Folded up Umbrella, Flash Light and a Plunger. Training for this weapon includes striking principles, blocking principles: against unarmed attacks and against other weapons. Unarmed training against someone with a Club attacking you and how to disarm that attacker is also taught.

For in class training we use a wooded sword with a plastic scabbard. Some prefer the Cold Steel sword made of Polypropylene, that makes it almost impossible to break. We make the handles longer and the blades shorter. This allows for greater manoeuvrability, and fits in more with what a Ninja would have used. A shorter blade allows for a quicker draw, and more close quarter cuts. Although a more "traditional weapon" the sword does help teach better footwork and striking skills. Training with the sword covers proper sword use, drawing the sword, cuts and defending with the sword against an armed attacker.

The strap is around 3 feet long, if longer the ends can be wrapped around the hand to make it more usable. The typical stance involves holding both ends of the strap. It's mainly use as a flexible weapon is to entangle and wrap up an attacker, by wrapping it around his arms, neck or legs. In an effort to either submit or subdue them. If held by one hand it can also be used as a distraction by whipping it towards the attackers face. Daily items that are like the strap can be a belt, rolled up T-shirt and a water hose.

Knife training involves cutting techniques and ways of disarming a knife attack coming at you, regardless if your are unarmed or also have a knife. The use of a knife is important knowledge even if you don't carry one. Once you disarm a knife from an attacker you better know how to use it!