Tonfa Techniques for the Martial Arts

Video Transcript

"We're going to talk today about six traditional martial arts weapons. Now I'm going to show you two techniques, one with an escrima stick and one that is open hand where you can use a tonfa in a self defense situation. He throws an over head strike with the tonfa and I block. Because of the nature of the tonfa being wood and it runs around the length of my arm I can block this weapon effectively. If I were to block just with an open hand strike, of course obviously that would cause a lot of injury, so this being an excellent blocking weapon. Here, I throw down two strikes into the face or even into the chest, and to use the other length of the weapon besides the shorter end I can swing across to expand the length. Second technique, without a weapon, using the other end of the weapon, flip it around, so now I'm using the handle as actually a weapon. He throws a kick, I'll hook it out of the way. From the hook I'm now towards his back so I can throw a strike to the back of the head, throwing it in. Then also, to finish off the technique I hook back, using the handle as a way to reap him down to the ground. These are two very simple techniques that you can use with the tonfa."