




Our friends from Southeast Asia have always been smart and quick-witted. In particular, the Okinawans who popularized the tonfa (or tongwa) weapon. The exact origin is not known for certain, but one thing is clear: the democratizers (the name of the police batons of the late perestroika) are direct descendants of this wooden weapon.
Surprisingly, for at least five hundred years of existence, the shape of this weapon has not changed much. New materials came in, but the crutch remained the crutch.