Shenbiao

Shenbiao is a weapon that is structurally similar to humans . It consists of a metal shock load in the form of a dart fixed on a rope. The impact load ends with a point, which can be either conical or faceted. The total length of cargo for modern versions of weapons is 10-14 cm, and for historical samples - up to 20 cm; weight - up to 300 g. Through one or several rings, the load is attached to the rope, the length of which can be from 3 to 5 m. Right behind the load is usually attached a bright scarf or sultan, designed to disorient the enemy and improve weapon control. The other end of the rope is tied in a loop and put on the hand.

Technique work "rope spear" consists of various actions. The main action is the ejection of the untwisted dart at the enemy, the effectiveness of the weapon while due to the presence of the tip. Also, Shenbbyo can be used for striking a circular trajectory, and in melee a dart can be used as a contact weapon for striking. The weapon is controlled with the right hand, while the loop is put on the left hand (for left-handers, respectively, vice versa), which allows you to change the length of the rope used, attack at a distance of the full length of the hanger and return the dart after the attack.

Typologically close to the “rope spear” is a weapon that uses a blade as a weight instead of a dart. In China, there was a weapon of feijian - "flying sword". It was a dagger blade with a guard mounted on a rope. In Japan, there was a similar weapon to the keketsu-shoge , Which was a dagger with a handle, to which the rope was attached, and an additional hook bent away from the main blade at the handle.

• Used in fire show when installed as a load of LED projectile or fire wick.
• In the Mortal Kombat series of games, the kunai on the chain is the main weapon of Scorpio .
• In the first part of the movie "To Kill Bill", the character of Gogo Yubari uses an analogue of Shengbyo - Liu Xing Chui (meteor hammer) .
• Present in the Assassin's Creed series of games as a weapon for strangling or attracting enemies to yourself, namely Assassin's Creed III , Assassin's creed IV , Assassin's Creed Rogue , Assassin's Creed III: Liberation and Assassin's Creed Chronicles China . Moreover, according to the mythology of Assassin's Creed Chronicles China , the main character of this game, the Chinese girl Assassin Shao Jun, is considered the inventor of this weapon.
• In the film Kick-Ass , used by the character Ubivashka .
• In the manga Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic , used by the character Jafar.

• Juanbian
• Liu Xing Chui
• Extinguished

• K.V. Asmolov. History cold weapons. Part 2. M., 1994.
• Li, Keqin; Li Xingdong (1996). Soft Weapons - Nine-Section Whip and Rope Dart. Beijing: Foreign Languages ​​Press. ISBN 7-119-01883-3 .