Tonfa Basic Techniques & Grips (Mirrored)
Channel: Beyond Black Belt
Date: 2020-05-28

Basic Techniques and Grips for Martial Art's Tonfa Weapons.  

The tonfa , also spelled as tongfa or tuifa, is a melee weapon best known for its role in the armed component of Okinawan martial arts. It consists of a stick with a perpendicular handle attached a third of the way down the length of the stick, and is about 15–20 inches long 

he tonfa measures about three centimeters past the elbow when gripped. There are three grips, the natural grip places the handle in the hand with the long arm resting along the bottom of the forearm. This grip provides protection or brace along one's forearms, and also provides reinforcement for backfist, elbow strikes, and punches. In use, the tonfa can swing out to the grip for a strike or thrust. Martial artists may also flip the tonfa and grab it by the shaf. This allows use of the handle as a hook in combat, similar to the kama (sickle).