Budo international Martial Arts Magazine Jul.-Aug. 2014 | Page 69

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groups), that has become the starting
point of all similar schools for special
groups ever since developed.
Sergeant Echanis was the first
American to get the title of "Sulsa"
(technical expert) and a true American
military hero. He died in 1979
(Nicaragua), while instructing the
troops of the Nicaraguan National
Guard.
To this we must add, as anticipated
at the outset, that the study of
traditional weapons (Moo Gi Kong)
concerns the offensive and defensive

use of some 108 traditional weapons,
divided into 20 categories:
• Cold weapons.
• Weapons to split and cut.
• Weapons to break.
• Tipped weapons.
• Throwing weapons.
• Weapons to grab and block.
• Hitting weapons.
• Firearms.
• Weapons to smash.
• Heavy weapons to hit.
• Sticks of various kinds.

• Multi-section weapons.
• Linked weapons (nunchaku...).
• Fans.
• Hook weapons
• Twisting and ball-shaped
weapons.
• Spears of different types.
• Small weapons, such as needles.
• Cords and elastic weapons to
throw.
• Disc-shaped weapons.
Lear ning these armed combat
systems allows the practitioner using