Wooden Hand Weapon

August 18, 2005 10:24 PM

What is the name of the wooden hand weapon Ashley Judd used in the movie High Crimes?
posted by Shalerman to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (7 answers total)

Could you link to a picture or describe it?
posted by mischief at 11:17 PM on August 18, 2005

Pure guess, but a Tonfa. I haven't seen the movie.
posted by 517 at 11:30 PM on August 18, 2005

Best answer: I think you are thinking of the the movie Twisted.

It's called a yawara stick and you can see how to use it here:

http://yawara.com/Yawast1.html
posted by qwip at 11:54 PM on August 18, 2005

Small hand held weapons are sometimes known as kubotan
posted by the cuban at 4:20 AM on August 19, 2005

Response by poster: Thank you qwip. That was it. Sorry about the wrong movie lead.
posted by Shalerman at 7:26 AM on August 19, 2005

No problem. I remembered that stick from a movie with Samuel Jackson and then went to imdb.com. They usually have a forum attached to each movie and, as expected, someone asked the same question. Once I knew what it was called, google gave me that link. I think you could've done it with the right movie title to point you in the right direction :)
posted by qwip at 7:04 PM on August 19, 2005

As used by Modesty Blaise!
posted by Catch at 1:38 AM on August 20, 2005