Two Sticks

Nunchaku, nunchuks, juan-tuo, "chainsticks" or "danger sticks"; However you wanna call them, they're impressive to look at, especially in the hands of a professional, but in reality, not a very efficient tool against a wide variety of weapons.  According to Wikipedia, nunchuks are a traditional Okinawan martial arts weapon consisting of two sticks connected at one end by a short chain or rope.  However, despite it's limitations on the battlefield, the nunchaku is a good training weapon as it increases and betters upper body strength and coordination.

The nunchaku was given popular recognition to the masses by the late Bruce Lee.  More recently, children have been enjoying their favourite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Michelangelo, swinging the weapon around.

I remember when i was a kid, a school chum of mine thought he was quite proficient in swinging his nunchuks about.  One day he was showing off to our class when he swung the "danger sticks" (as some call then online) under his arm, hoping to catch it on the other side, but instead, nailed himself in the back of his head, nearly knocking himself unconscious.  Such "toys" (as the teachers referred to them) were deemed unsafe and banned from school.

Toys....  Ha...!  That's almost laughable, until you take into consideration, other weapons which eventually became toys.  Toys like the boomerang, the yo-yo, and Twister.  You may balk at that last one, but until you start twisting your body around, attempting to put your right hand on red and your left foot on yellow, that is when you realize this was a torture device.  I've not read the report, but I bet the CIA was using Twister at Guantanamo Bay.