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Both types of batons have their advantages and disadvantages. Side-handle batons are more flexible, enabling many more kinds of strike and block, but they require more training to use than straight batons. Side-handle batons are also very bulky. Expandable straight batons are more compact and are
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The club is perhaps the simplest of all true weapons; a club is typically carved from a single piece of wood; any piece of wood that is narrow enough on one end to be grasped by the hand of its wielder can be used as or made into an improvised club. ]s and ] or ] ] are common instances of clubs.
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The club is perhaps the simplest of all true weapons; a club is typically carved from a single piece of wood; any piece of wood that is narrow enough on one end to be grasped by the hand of its wielder can be used as or made into an improvised club. ]s and ] or ] ] are common instances of clubs.
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The club is perhaps the simplest of all true weapons; a club is typically carved from a single piece of wood; any piece of wood that is narrow enough on one end to be grasped by the hand of its wielder can be used as or made into an improvised club.
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Blackjacks can be used to inflict devastating damage on bones and tissues, and are considered in many jurisdictions to be deadly weapons. Blackjacks are also illegal in many jurisdictions. Traditionally used by
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games, a distinction is often drawn between a "simple" and "composite" club, where the composite club is formed from two or more materials joined together (as opposed to simply hefting a stick). In the
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A '''club''' or '''cudgel''' is perhaps the simplest of all ] ]s. Essentially, a club is simply a big stick to hit things with. Related mĂȘlĂ©e weapons such as ]s and ] are variations upon the club.
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A '''club''' or '''cudgel''' is perhaps the simplest of all ] ]s. Essentially, a club is simply a big stick to hit things with. Related mĂȘlĂ©e weapons such as ]s and ] are variations upon the club.
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was made of steel tubing which collapsed together for carrying, then slid apart to expand. A small metal knob on the end added weight when the baton was used as a bludgeon. Manufacturers include
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Currently, many policemen and others carry long metal-bodied flashlights which are used both for illumination and as a club (though police are specifically discouraged from doing so). The 5 D-cell
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was famous for wielding a club. Many, probably most, stereotyped cartoon cavemen carry a rough conic club so large as to probably overwhelm the strength of the best-developed human
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Typically, a club is small enough to be wielded in one hand. But when the time comes to smash in babies faces... that my kind sir is when it is appropriate to use two hands.
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long. Pickaxe handles are also used as "raft beaters" to help tighten the knots in the traditional pole-and-barrel rafts sometimes used during training.
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refers to a brawl. There was a popular song, "The Same Old Shillelagh", recorded by several Irish-American singers in the 1940s, including
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Typically, a club is small enough to be wielded in one hand. '''Bludgeons''' that require both hands to wield are called ]s in English.
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is used as a standard guard baton when firearms are not carried, and is also used for measuring, so by Army rules must be exactly a
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Blackjacks are popular due to their low profile and small size, and their potential to inflict enormous damage on human beings.
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The name has been extended to similar weapons used by the natives of Australia, the Pacific islands and other places.
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to increase the weight; this sort of Shillelagh is known as a 'loaded stick'. They are commonly the length of a
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Assessing the Expandable Side Handle Baton – a UK government document comparing various types of baton
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bats, both of which are still made of wood; a baseball bat is a round club traditionally made from
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applications aside being used as a club minus the use of trapping techniques as seen in the use of
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is a popular example, and was also made infamous by another police brutality incident, the
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beating, come in both rigid and expandable models. The rigid models are typically made of
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officers carried traditional wooden truncheons of a sort which had changed little from
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situations. A baton is used to strike, jab, block, and aid in the application of
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Clubs or club-like implements figure in a number of sports. The tools used in
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A much smaller wooden truncheon-like bat is used to strike the ball in
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power; generate destructive concussive force through the wooden stick.
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wood; a cricket bat resembles a paddle and is traditionally made from
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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is awarded to the winner of the annual football game between the
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and other flexible weapons. Other concealing batons include the
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was known to wield a Shillelagh both as a club and, as his
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Typically, a club is small enough to be wielded in one hand
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wood. Few golf clubs are made of wood in current play.
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There is another variation of the Blackjack known as a
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State of California Penal Code sections 12020 - 12040
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Cambridge University Press. 360:KILL ALL BABIES WITH BARBARIC BULDGEONINGS! 354:that require both hands to wield are called 1005:uses a Shillelagh as his signature weapon. 691:easier to carry covertly and when driving. 645:for the marrying of defense and symbolism. 513:It has been suggested that this article be 476:inflicted by a club are generally known as 835:A blackjack is sometimes referred to as a 1270: 1184:A shillelagh appears in the logo of the 810: 751: 736:Side handle batons are derived from the 698:is often used unofficially as a weapon. 555: 650:telescopic or expandable straight baton 446:, players must specify which weapons a 1343: 1324:A club used as a weapon, and in a game 1113:One of the more unique weapons of the 544:work, and other specialised fields. 703: 499: 489: 80: 46: 550:Batons, truncheons, and nightsticks 536:Various kinds of clubs are used in 181: 176: 162: 145: 138: 125: 99: 90:Revision as of 09:08, 29 March 2006 87: 13: 846:Another variation on the sap is a 756:pickaxe handle used as guard baton 367: 305: 303:Revision as of 20:02, 5 April 2006 148:Revision as of 20:02, 5 April 2006 35: 1377: 1230:University of Southern California 786: 134:Added Category: Primitive weapons 130:→‎Sources and External references 1258: 1150:to hit the ball with are called 1128:A single hook or fork, called a 925:The St. Patrick's Day Shillelagh 920: 504: 390:are common instances of clubs. 347:are variations upon the club. 308: 1250:Sources and External references 332:is perhaps the simplest of all 1334:TSB45: The Baton of the Future 721:that was made infamous by the 1: 1336:An article on the TSB45 Baton 1050: 902: 602:, and security personnel for 301: 258: 249: 234: 225: 1201:game between members of the 1139: 1096:coat of Arms of South Africa 1022: 408:, clubs are associated with 18:Browse history interactively 7: 921:File:StPatDayShillelagh.jpg 10: 1382: 1330:A new and innovative baton 1087:(knob or button), and the 762: 127: 957:. 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