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Karate weapon systems use Okinawan Weapons. An Okinawa weapon is a weapon
developed from farming tools and employed in the fighting system known
as kobudo. The weapons arose due to restrictions placed upon the peasants
that meant they could not carry arms. As a result they were defenceless
and developed a fighting system around their traditional farming implements.
There is speculation as to whether all of these weapons were derived from
the farming tools, as examples of similar weapons have been found in China,
pre-dating the Okinawa adaptations.