Tonfas vs Staff

San Diego Grand Internationals all weapon sparring. The guy with the staff's a kempo guy. Not sure about the tonfa guy.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• karate
• staff
• tonfa
• bo
• fighting
• sparring

[wolfpack2023]

Do you know what kind of tonfas he's using? Are they wooden, plastic, padded? Thx.

[rossmakoske]

@wolfpack2023 those tonfass were some kind of lacquered wood.

[jetsparks17]

he's not holding the tonfa in the basic position

[rossmakoske]

@jetsparks17 the extended position and retracted position are both basic positions. When opposing such a long weapon, I think he made the right choice. Fighting from the retracted position would give up even more reach.

[Tassos2310]

Hm, do in this competition take part kendo or naginata schools. Also, do you know if someone can use nitto there?

I saw some using knives (i guess they use eskrima/kali there) but i would be more interested on nitto sword styles (long long or short long swords).

[rossmakoske]

@Tassos2310 I imagine a kendo or naginata player would be allowed under these rules, but there were none that day.  I think its mostly because they have a good competition format for their arts already.

[niceguy2494]

wow.. a staff isnt supposed to be used as a sword... a staff is meant to be extended for one strike then brought back to the body to block any counter attacks.. thats the reason the staff guy lost so badly...

[FireAssasin]

Talim vs Kilik,

[MrJiYung]

How can they fight in these baggy armors??

[rossmakoske]

@Tassos2310 Well, the standard armor everyone's wearing is for eskrima/kali/arnis, which are the most common arts seen in these kinds of competitions. However, the weapons they're using in this one are karate/kobudo weapons. Those schools tend to not spar with their weapons though, so schools that do are more rare.