Origins of Okinawan Weapons 5, Random bits and pieces

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The jo, a shorter piece of wood, three to four feet in length, might have come from learning to utilize a broken bo, or it may have been learning to utilize any shorter piece of wood that can be found around nearly any farm or fishing camp.
The ieku is a very straightforward explanation. It is a boat oar, pure and simple. Somebody realized that one could use it in a similar fashion to the bo, but the extra weight allowed for extremely devastating strikes.
The nunti is as straightforward as the ieku. Somebody realized that a fishing spear could be just as easily used to puncture and hook human flesh.