تونفا

thumb|A pair of tonfa thumb|right|A pair of tonfa with a rounded body throughout. The tonfa (Okinawan: , Japanese: 旋棍; rōmaji: senkon lit. ''old man's staff / "crutch", also spelled as tongfa or tuifa, also known as T-baton) is a melee weapon with its origins in the armed component of Okinawan martial arts where it is known as the tunkua''. It consists of a stick with a perpendicular handle attached a third of the way down the length of the stick, and is about long. It was traditionally made from red or white oak, and wielded in pairs. The tonfa is believed to have originated in either China,