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Gustav · 11th June 2011, 05:04 PM

This is interesting. Double weapons are of course bound to chinese fighting systems. Donn F. Draeger in his book "The weapons and fighting arts of Indonesia" describes a fighting system called Kuntao. After a quick lecture I have an impression, Kuntao can be found in places in Indonesia with an intact chinese community, which probably means ewerywhere; Sumatra, Java, Madura, Sulawesi (Makassar) are mentioned. On page 207, there a sinistre looking guy with two similar choppers is depicted (illustrating Kuntao in Makassar), yet they are called Parang (probably the Parang Upacara mentioned in Zonneveld, the source beeing Draeger

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These could be Javanese, they are very popular in Sunda.

11th June 2011, 05:04 PM	#3
Gustav Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,196	This is interesting. Double weapons are of course bound to chinese fighting systems. Donn F. Draeger in his book "The weapons and fighting arts of Indonesia" describes a fighting system called Kuntao. After a quick lecture I have an impression, Kuntao can be found in places in Indonesia with an intact chinese community, which probably means ewerywhere; Sumatra, Java, Madura, Sulawesi (Makassar) are mentioned. On page 207, there a sinistre looking guy with two similar choppers is depicted (illustrating Kuntao in Makassar), yet they are called Parang (probably the Parang Upacara mentioned in Zonneveld, the source beeing Draeger ) These could be Javanese, they are very popular in Sunda.