Chicken sickles
Chinese bladed weapons used singly or in pairs.
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Chicken sickles are Chinese bladed weapons resembling the hook sword and Okinawan kama, usable singly or in pairs. The chicken-saber, or kunhuayaozi, is said to have been invented by xinyi founder Ji Jike, becoming that style’s signature weapon.
Quick Facts
- Types
- Chicken-claw sickle, Chicken-saber
- Chicken-claw sickle length
- about 1.5 ft / 45.7 cm
- Chicken-saber length
- about 2.5 Chi (3.2 ft)
- Chicken-saber creator (legend)
- Ji Jike
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- Wikipedia: Chicken sickles (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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