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Buddha Hand (Fo Shou)

The Buddha Hand or Fo Shou is a less lethal variation on the basic spear design. Because it was often carried by Buddhist clergy for self defence, the deadly spear point is replaced by a flat metal hand shape. This is still sharp enough to do damage, but unlike the spear it is not designed to kill, as befits a religious weapon. In other respects the Fo Shou is very similar to a normal spear and allows for many of the same movements, with the energy transferred to the tip of the weapon from the practitioner.s waist.

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