Talk:Kanabō

Oni picture
Is the picture really of an oni with a tetsubo? It looks an awful lot like a studded club and not a staff to me. --maru  (talk)  contribs 02:29, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Accuracy
A "kanabō" ("金棒" or (rarely) "鉄棒") as a weapon is usually not called "tetsubō" in Japanese, is it? A "鉄棒" ("tetsubō") is an iron bar in general or a horizontal bar. I'm not sure about in English language though. Mulukhiyya 15:51, 10 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I redirected the title and edited the page. --Oda Mari 05:12, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

By chance I have found another term: "鉄尖棒" ("kanasaibō"). Mulukhiyya (talk) 19:34, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Legend of the Five Rings
It is highly doubtful that the paragraph about the tetsubo in "Legend of the Five Rings" belongs in an encyclopaedia article at all. It certainly needs context. I have made an interim attempt to provide this, but something more definite is required. I suggest deleting the information as trivial. Agemegos (talk) 22:29, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Provider of a Great Workout....
But I do not think it was used as a weapon. I always thought the Kanabo was used by the Samurai to build strength for wielding a sword. The logic behind it being, if you can control that thing, you can control a sword. So, yeah, the Samurai had a form of strength training designed for swordplay, they used as much the suburito, as the "Kanabo" if that is what its called. Please source it; I know of the "weapons" use but I do not think the martial art "kanabo jutsu" exists.

206.63.78.82 (talk)stardingo747 —Preceding undated comment was added at 01:09, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

other knone names
the kanabo is also knone as the tetsubo. tetsu meening long stick and bo meening metal. i have taken the name from the site http://www.nihonzashi.com/japanese_weapons_tetsubo.aspx it to is a japaness war club wielded by oni. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Factcheeker59 (talk • contribs) 00:02, 1 June 2009 (UTC)


 * You got that backwards. Tetsu means "iron" and bo means "staff" ElbowLick (talk) 09:11, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Fable
Should it be noted that the greatmaces in Fable and Fable: The Lost Chapters greatly resemble Kanabō? —Preceding unsigned comment added by BubbaYoshi (talk • contribs) 19:26, 22 April 2010 (UTC)


 * No. It's irrelevant. TaintedMustard (talk) 10:26, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Kanabo,tetsubo etc
Please do not edit this article without reading the references and understanding the subject. There is not enough established research for anyone to know how a kanabo or tetsubo was made in feudal Japan, these weapons were made by many different people over a long period of time with no standard length ,weight, or appearance. Even the meaning of the names are not exact. There were MANY different types and styles of club like weapons made from wood and or iron with spikes or studs. They ranged from small to huge, round or multi sided, all wood, wood with iron covering or all iron. The best this article can hope to accomplish is to give a reader the general idea of what these weapons were like and how they might have looked, anything more then that would be fantasy or guessing and wiki is about referenced fact.Samuraiantiqueworld (talk) 04:43, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Kanabo, tetsubo, konsaibo ,ararebo references

 * ararebohttp://books.google.com/books?id=ZzIXkFec0e8C&pg=PA91&lpg=PA91&dq=ararebo&source=bl&ots=4-ZPrCAeHU&sig=BMvIxnddfDpwOqDbdQJeEe7MgE4&hl=en&ei=kdkKTZLkBoH6lwfX_I3YDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=ararebo&f=true


 * Kanabo http://books.google.com/books?id=ZzIXkFec0e8C&pg=PA91&lpg=PA91&dq=ararebo&source=bl&ots=4-ZPrCAeHU&sig=BMvIxnddfDpwOqDbdQJeEe7MgE4&hl=en&ei=kdkKTZLkBoH6lwfX_I3YDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=kanabo&f=false
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=qQPWtyEP23kC&pg=PA115&dq=kanabo&hl=en&ei=dNsKTYC-MoSdlgfvnJnJDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=kanabo&f=false
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=wGb4zNqYj10C&pg=PA136&dq=kanabo&hl=en&ei=6dsKTfTZMMH7lweoqPXODA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBjgU#v=onepage&q=kanabo&f=false
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=Q42GqaVF2g0C&pg=PA76&dq=kanabo&hl=en&ei=6dsKTfTZMMH7lweoqPXODA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=kanabo&f=false
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=Z9lmmkvQOpoC&pg=PA305&dq=kanabo&hl=en&ei=ktwKTYDWOYGclgelu-TiCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAzge#v=onepage&q=kanabo&f=false
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA466&dq=kanabo&hl=en&ei=Ld0KTbGLPIKClAenyYGWDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBzgy#v=onepage&q=kanabo&f=false
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=XJDT2baaAZIC&pg=PA72&dq=kanabo&hl=en&ei=Nt4KTdLiMYX6lweojc26DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwADhu#v=onepage&q=kanabo&f=false

Samuraiantiqueworld (talk) 04:43, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Tetsubohttp://books.google.com/books?id=_o73NOjb4p4C&pg=RA1-PA83&dq=tetsubo&hl=en&ei=r94KTa69GIT6lwfH0tnPDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCcQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=tetsubo&f=false
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=IQ3FAZG94ZsC&pg=PA25&dq=tetsubo&hl=en&ei=r94KTa69GIT6lwfH0tnPDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=tetsubo&f=false
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=NNMLIUcFTTUC&pg=PA3&dq=tetsubo&hl=en&ei=r94KTa69GIT6lwfH0tnPDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=tetsubo&f=false
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=LnqildYIoIYC&pg=PA164&dq=tetsubo&hl=en&ei=r94KTa69GIT6lwfH0tnPDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=tetsubo&f=false
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=6q9uAAAAMAAJ&q=tetsubo&dq=tetsubo&hl=en&ei=qd8KTfOOJ4GKlwfktPzqCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBzgU
 * http://www.koboldquarterly.com/k/front-page7700.php
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=HpPrkaGF-9sC&pg=PA168&dq=konsaibo&hl=en&ei=7egKTYyqDIH7lweZsqjNDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=tetsubo&f=false
 * konsaibohttp://books.google.com/books?id=XJDT2baaAZIC&pg=PA90&dq=konsaibo&hl=en&ei=7egKTYyqDIH7lweZsqjNDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=konsaibo&f=false
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=HpPrkaGF-9sC&pg=PA168&dq=konsaibo&hl=en&ei=7egKTYyqDIH7lweZsqjNDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=konsaibo&f=false
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=mqTP18US1asC&pg=PA387&dq=konsaibo&hl=en&ei=7egKTYyqDIH7lweZsqjNDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false