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Originally Posted by Neil
I would wager the one just posted is Chinese too. The tip and pommel form lead me to believe that. Once you see enough of these Chinese maces in there many forms the same patterns are repeated over and over with some variation. I will try to post a couple pictures after work as you asked.
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Okinawa was close to both China and Japan so it would not be unusual for a Chinese influence to be seen in Okinawan sai, I know for a fact that two of the sai I posted came here directly from Japan, and there is way more chance that they got to Japan through Okinawa than through China. Several forum members have mentioned China as a possibility of the origin for the sai being discussed here but so far no one has posted any Chinese sai to compare with or any reference from a book.
Here are two searches, one for "Chinese sai" and one for "Okinawan sai", see what both bring up.
Chinese sai.
https://www.google.com/search?q=chin...w=1842&bih=995
Okinawan sai.
https://www.google.com/search?q=okin...w=1842&bih=995