Description
Handmade. Sosetsukon is a traditional Okinawa martial arts tool, two sticks connected at one end by a short chain or rope. The two sections of the weapon are usually made of wood, while the link is a rope or a metal chain. The sosetsukon is the most used in martial arts such as Okinawan kobudō and karate, and is used as a training weapon, since it allows the development of faster hand movements and improves posture.
There are various theories as to its origin, but as with the Tonfas, it is an agricultural tool converted into a Kobudo weapon. After the banning of the use of weapons by the peasants in 1609, and in the face of continuous attacks by the samurai, they began to use work tools for their defence. The purpose of this weapon is to weaken the irrational violence of the adversary or in the face of a multi-person attack and thus defuse the situation, not to voluntarily attack. This is the reason why Sosetsukon kata always begins with defence. There are various shapes, round, square or hexagonal, although the most popular is octagonal, like the one we have at Hajime Karate.
