Tonfa

Now popular with security forces throughout the world, the tonfa’s roots go back to traditional Okinawan martial arts. A fifty-centimeter shaft with a perpendicular handle that allows it to be held parallel to the forearm, the tonfa is an excellent defensive weapon. Often used in pairs, tonfa can strike from a variety of angles and distances,making them exceptionally versatile.

• Security goons get handed these but are rarely trained in their proper use. They’ll just club you over the head, which I guess is effective in its own way, but doesn’t require any Tai Sabaki.
• Mihoshi Oni

• That a new liquor?
• Cayman

• It’s an idea that encompasses body position. Creating paths of ingress into your opponent’s guard without relying on brute force, that sort of stuff. Tonfa are best as counterattacking weapons—if you’re out of position when you get attacked, you’re going to be out of position for your response.
• Mihoshi Oni

• That’s nice and all, but I have a simple solution: Carry a shotgun.
• Kane

ACC	REACH	DMG	AP	AVAIL	COST
4	1	(STR+3)P	-	4	75 ¥

* For each tonfa wielded, the user gains a +1 dice pool bonus to defensive tests while using the Parry and Riposte Interrupt Actions.

Weight

1 - 2 lbs

Dimensions

38 - 51 cm long

Base Price

75 ¥

Raw materials & Components

Wood or polymer construction, though occasionally constructed from lightweigh metals such as aluminum as well