What does /k/ know about Sikh weapons and martial arts?
I think they're interesting because the focus is on armed combat, and is a fairly modern martial arts practice
There are three things I immediately observed, the first was that bearing arms was a civic duty among Sikhs, in the same fashion as the Saxons it is generally expected for a Sikh to bear arms, and historically they refuse to be disarmed. The Kirpan is just like the SS dagger, it symbolises their duty to kill those who attack their faith, and yet we still let them carry it.
The second thing I observed is the paramilitary structure of Sikh military units, while they can be called up to fight they are primary a paramilitary force which the government of India and Sikh leaders cannot disband. They act as local thugs, police, counter terror, they're a paramilitary. And for this reason there are a lot of stick and baton techniques they use.
And the third thing I observe is the strange variety of weapons they carry, and it's almost always a variety, they never have just one weapon. And this goes to not being disarmed. Many of their weapons take very interesting forms, superficially they might look familiar but to someone with weapons training they're alien.
I can't find many good sources but made many observations.
The punch dagger which is often laughed at, is actually a very good weapon. It's used with the shield just like a gladius and you can get far more force using the handle bar because it doesn't actually rely on grip strength. The extensions protect the wrist quiet well, and you can twist it with a lot of force too which you notice as soon as you've got the point stuck in something. Can you slash with it? With the H shaped grip, when you hammer fist with it, the side becomes the pommel, and with a blade which doesn't weight much there's little point swinging it, the power comes from the elbow either way. When you use it with a shield it's rondelo like qualities become more obvious. When wearing chain mail or heavy gloves that thin handle makes more sense. I wouldn't recommend it for fencing, but like the gladius I think it's a side sword exclusively for use with a shield
There's also a Sikh stilleto, it's not often pictured, I suspect they don't want everyone to know they're carrying them, but it's similar to Italian stilettos and is often concealed in unexpected places with a pin in the hilt, put through cloth like a cloak pin, in a turban. It's got a little ball on the end to make it easier to draw if it's pinned into cloth. And it doesn't have a guard or blade. A stilleto in the strict sense.
And the shakram is interesting because of how it is used in conjunction with other weapons, which resembles Scottish buckler and dirk. Think of it as a control tool used in the off hand to try to trap the point of a sword, or held against the forearm as a stand it for the buckler
The Sikh sabre is pretty standard Arabic weaponry, but there's an axe headed saber which can be used as a polish hammer, especially when dismounted where a sabre would achieve little if anything against an armoured enemy.
The serated spearis just to stop people grabbing the end of it, and you see that as a common feature of bodyguard halberds as well. Some people say it binds better. The pommel is always weighted so it's a spear rather than a half pike.
The Kirpan is often ceremonial but working ones have two features I didn't expect. The base of the blade butts out so if you punch with it you've got a kind of point which I imagine is particularly useful in a clinch. The point is not swept, but comes back at an angle kind of like a tanto. The interesting thing is that if your ice-pick grip a kirpan, the swept blade covers your knuckles as you come down. Wouldn't recommend, just an observation.
The fork thing in the turban catches a blade just like a samurais brass crest.
good shit desu
keep it coming cuz i dont know shit about this
Their martial art is called gatka, it's armed, takes on many forms.
One is a competitive buckler fencing which is notable in itself, but it seems to allow kicks but not tackles, so it's pretty distinct in terms of form, skirmishing style, and this sort of emphasise what I was saying about the buckler, it's integral
All I know is that NO YOU ARE NOT FUCKING "BRO-TIER"
>>63982216 (OP)The focus is on killing as many unarmed women and children as possible
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Flight_182
>>63982610They only attack unarmed women in most cases
https://www.instagram.com/6ixbuzztv/reel/DFAxxRPRfJR/
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Not entirely related the OP's question, but I always was impressed at how westernized, professional and efficient the army of the Sikh Empire in the XIXth century was (for non-western standards)
They gave the British a run for their money
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Khalsa_Army#Modernisation_and_Formation_of_Regular_Corps
>>63985015>>63985024>>63985031https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jaswinder_Kaur_Sidhu
I'm glad that my religion doesn't dictate that I wear toilet paper on my head, stop showering and kill/rape women and children
