One of the basic martial arts weapons of all time is a rock. A rock is hard, it can be heavy, and you can knock any stupid Goliath down with it. The only problem with this weapon is that once you have thrown it, you have thrown it away.
Cripes! Goliath's larger sister is charging, you're out of rocks, and you frantically search the earth! Too late, Goliath's larger sister sacks you and kicks your noggin until it is dumb.
Now I am not exactly talking about a sling here, though I used it for the example, I am talking about the finding of a basic rock. Wouldn't you like to be able to throw a rock, keep the bad guys at a distance, and yet have that rock come right back to your hand? You can, if you know how to tie a simple little knot called The Monkey's Fist.
The idea behind the Monkey's fist (you can find a video of how to make one on youtube) is that you wrap rope around a rock so that the rope becomes a knot around the rock. Thus, you throw the Monkey's Fist, and then you just pull on the rope and it comes back to you. And then you can throw it again and again!
The concept of this unique knot came from a simple naval maneuver. Two boats in the ocean come together in high seas and they want to tie together so they can pass passengers or freight over the waves. A sailor throws a rope across to the other boat, but the rope falls into the water, and the sailor loses his footing and falls into the ocean, too.
To tie the two vessels together effectively, the Monkey's Knot was made. A knot was created around a lead shot, and then the sailor could swing the thing and be sure it would sail over the waves to the other ship. It wasn't long before sly fellows figured out that a hard thrown shot could knock the stuffings out of some dupe the other ship.
In principle, this martial arts weapon is nothing more than a rope dart, or maybe a Filipino yoyo. Still, there is a lot of weight to a shot, and the damage that it can do is considerable. Thus, it became an active weapon during combative incidents on the high seas.
Used to tie two ships together, crack a foe's skull, or entrap an unsuspecting bad guy, the Monkey's Fist became a quite useful tool. You could throw it and it could be easily be used again. This is a cool martial arts weapon that Joe Average can make and have a lot of fun with.
Cripes! Goliath's larger sister is charging, you're out of rocks, and you frantically search the earth! Too late, Goliath's larger sister sacks you and kicks your noggin until it is dumb.
Now I am not exactly talking about a sling here, though I used it for the example, I am talking about the finding of a basic rock. Wouldn't you like to be able to throw a rock, keep the bad guys at a distance, and yet have that rock come right back to your hand? You can, if you know how to tie a simple little knot called The Monkey's Fist.
The idea behind the Monkey's fist (you can find a video of how to make one on youtube) is that you wrap rope around a rock so that the rope becomes a knot around the rock. Thus, you throw the Monkey's Fist, and then you just pull on the rope and it comes back to you. And then you can throw it again and again!
The concept of this unique knot came from a simple naval maneuver. Two boats in the ocean come together in high seas and they want to tie together so they can pass passengers or freight over the waves. A sailor throws a rope across to the other boat, but the rope falls into the water, and the sailor loses his footing and falls into the ocean, too.
To tie the two vessels together effectively, the Monkey's Knot was made. A knot was created around a lead shot, and then the sailor could swing the thing and be sure it would sail over the waves to the other ship. It wasn't long before sly fellows figured out that a hard thrown shot could knock the stuffings out of some dupe the other ship.
In principle, this martial arts weapon is nothing more than a rope dart, or maybe a Filipino yoyo. Still, there is a lot of weight to a shot, and the damage that it can do is considerable. Thus, it became an active weapon during combative incidents on the high seas.
Used to tie two ships together, crack a foe's skull, or entrap an unsuspecting bad guy, the Monkey's Fist became a quite useful tool. You could throw it and it could be easily be used again. This is a cool martial arts weapon that Joe Average can make and have a lot of fun with.
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