Hey Harry

[BG]

Sorry to ask here but I was unable to get to that link you provided yesterday on the subject. Which Style of Kung FU is the one that teaches extensive use of weapons, Nunchuks, Sais, katanas etc. It was somewhere in the area of 100 weapons I think. I read an article on it once but cant find it again.

[HarryW]

Well just about every martial art has some weapons training involved, and the various styles of kung fu are no exception. I havent heard of any particular style that's notorious for having many weapons sets, but if you're looking for lots of weapons then the traditional shaolin styles are probably your best bet.

'Nunchucks', 'sais' and 'katanas' are all Japanese terms, but 'kung fu' is Chinese, so there's a bit of an incompatibility there. Not sure exactly what you mean.

In general, weapons are treated as more or less an extension of the body, which means the weapons sets are very similar to the empty-hand ones. I would imagine that many kinds of weapons are very similar in their use, so 100 sounds plausible.

If you do suddenly remember the name of the style you're talking about, let me know.