A Tonfa sighted "in the wild"

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A Tonfa sighted "in the wild"

Postby HanshiClayton » Thu May 27, 2010 7:10 pm

This priceless picture turned up on the web shortly after the completion of Shotokan's Secret, Expanded Edition. It shows a Okinawa resident grinding grain in 1945. Look at the handle on the grinder!

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This was posted on clickokinawa.com. The web page is http://mickmc.tripod.com/Oki45-0007.html.
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