Vietnamese Weapons
Bat Tram Dao: Vietnamese butterfly knife can be used in pairs, using both the hands at the same time to ward-off and counter-attack. Functionally identical to Mystic China’s Da Kan Dau.
Chinese Butterfly Knives
Cau Liem Kiem: Vietnamese hook sword. Functionally identical to Mystic China’s Wu Grou Jen.
Chinese hook swords
Cochin Dai-dao: Dao of Cochin China are of the two handed variety called dai dao. These are related to other Southeast Asian saber such as the Burmese and Thai dha. But they also show a strong Japanese influence. The Japanese influence on Vietnamese dai dao appears strongest in the fittings. These Cochin sabers have guards shaped like the tsuba of Japanese katana. Some are actually copies of tsuba right down to the holes on either side to allow for the utility knives present on the side of Japanese sword scabbards (but are absent on the dai dao). The Cochin dai dao also have a habaki or collar at the forte as do Japanese swords. Sometimes, oval, serrated washers like Jappanese seppa are also positioned between guard and collar. While these specific features are drawn from Japanese sources, the overall design of the Cochin saber is Southeast Asian. Their blades form closely follow the Chinese Willow Leaf pattern mentioned above. And the grips on these weapons are also of round cross-section, like those of Thai and Burmese dha. Damage: 2D6.
Bottom sword
Cung: A Vietnamese bow. Damage 1D6. Range 300 feet.
Cuu Tiet Mai Hoa Tien: Vietnamese chain, has the same characteristics; it is composed by a series of nine knots joined together. Functionally identical to the Chinese nine-section whip. Damage: 2D6+1
Chinese Nine-Section Whip
Dai Dao: This weapon, which consists of a spear with one or two crescent moon-shaped blades set just below the spearhead. Functionally equivalent to the Chinese Fang Tian Hua Ji or Sky Halberd. Damage: 4D4.
Chinese Double Halberd
Dai-dao††: Vietnamese two-handed saber †† The small "d" should be crossed. In Vietnamese, the D is pronounced like an English "d". A crossed D is pronounced like "z" in the north, like "y" in the south. Functionally identical to Mystic China’s Pok Dau.
Chinese Da Dao
Dao: Vietnamese sabre of Chinese origin. The Dao, in fact, is a heavy weapon, typically military, used by cut, that needs wide circular movements to perform the techniques with very hard impact. Functionally identical to Mystic China’s Lieu Yeh Dau.
held in arms
Dinh Ba: Vietnamese trident, used to perform ward off and counter-attack while blocking at the same time the weapon of the enemy. Functionally identical to the Chinese Tiger Fork. Damage: 4D4
Far right polearm
Doan-dao††: Vietnamese dagger †† The small "d" should be crossed. In Vietnamese, the D is pronounced like an English "d". A crossed D is pronounced like "z" in the north, like "y" in the south. Functionally identical to Mystic China’s Bi Shou.
Doan Con: Vietnamese short stick about 80 centimeters long (distance wrist - armpit). The short stick (1-2) is the better weapon for an application in a fighting, as it can be substituted by object of common use. It has the same length of the short weapons as the Dao (butterfly-sword). Also called Gian. Functionally identical to other short sticks of the same size. Damage: 1D4+1
held in arms
Guom: (in North Vietnam, also called Kiem) Vietnamese curved sword with one edge sharpened. It is used one handed and is similar to the Dao, but thinner. It’s blade design allows for slashing as well as thrusting. Damage: 2D4+1
Top sword
Khan: Vietnamese material belt as a band, that is characteristic of the uniform of the practicing of Viet Anh Mon: the belt is made of a double layer of cloth and it was used as a purse and in case of need it was used in a similar way as a medieval nailed star, whirling and hitting for the weight of the coins. Functionally similar to the Manriki-Gusari. Damage: 1D6-1
Khieng: Vietnamese shield.
Kich: Vietnamese lance with blade as a half-moon. that allow, for their particular conformation, to perform ward off and counter-attack while blocking at the same time the weapon of the enemy. Functionally equivalent to the Chinese Ma Ji or Horse Halberd. Damage: 3D4+2
Far right polearm
Kiem (Jian in Mandarin): A Vietnamese straight sword. The kiem is a double edged straight sword that has no parallel elsewhere in Southeast Asia. Kiem are clearly a direct descendant of the Chinese straight sword, or Jian, and mirror their general shape and design very closely. The Vietnamese kiem however are lighter with thin almost needle-like blades. In some respects the Vietnamese straight sword is reminiscent of European small swords and at first glance one might mistakenly assume a European origin for this weapon. Vietnamese(right sword with double cut), of Chinese origin, is lighter and easier to handle (than the Dao) and allows fluent movements, faster and more exact attacks, performed mostly with the tip of the sword. This is the light Chinese broadsword, often used in Kung Fu styles. The weapon's blade is straight, light and double-edged; it's a thrusting weapon, and normally only the four inches at the tip of the blade are used in combat. Functionally identical to Mystic China’s Shi-Zi Jen.
in use
Luc Liem Dai Dao: Vietnamese Halberd stick-sword with a shorter grip, that makes it easier to handle in contexts different from the clash in open field, too. Damage: 2D6.
center polearm
Luong Tiet Con: Vietnamese( nunchaku), derived from it; both were used to hit the rice, so to share it from the chaff. Functionally identical to the nuchaku. Damage: 1D6+1
Nunchaku
Ná: A Vietnamese Crossbow. Functionally identical to a light crossbow. Damage: 2D4 Range: 340 feet.
Phi Long Da: Vietnamese meteor, is composed by a rope on which it is fixed a metallic point, and it can be as lethal as a weapon to launch, but in opposition of a knife or a arrow, it is immediately recoverable. Functionally identical to the Meteor Hammer. Damage: 1D4
Chinese Meteor Hammer
Phu: Vietnamese axe. Functionally identical to Mystic China’s Fu.
Chinese Li Kwei Axe
Quai: Vietnamese( tonfa), often associated to the sword to perform ward off techniques, was used for the grinding Functionally identical to the tonfa. Damage: 1D4
Tonfa
Quat: Vietnamese fan. Functionally identical to the fan. Damage. 1D4.
Martial Arts fans
Roi: "as mouse tail" Vietnamese stick, with conical section, about 2.10 meters long a weapons typical of the Vietnamese styles, whose origin goes back in the beginning of the 19th century, when in the Binh Dinh (Central Vietnam), was prohibited the practice of the martial arts: to train the techniques of lance (Thuong), they begin to use a stick with the same length, thinner in one end, that allow movements similar to the ones performed with the lance. Damage: 2D4
Song Dau Thuong: Vietnamese lance with two heads. In southern styles, the pole of the lance is a wooden or metal rigid stick, with cylindrical section; in North styles, like Thai Cuc Duong Lang, the pole is a stick with conical section, similar to the Roi stick, that, for its flexibility, allows to perform particularly insidious attack techniques, able to penetrate the enemy guard through sudden or rapid rotatory movements. The tassel decorating the point of the lance has the role to distract the enemy, as in rotatory movements it opens "as a flower" hiding partially blocking his view. Functionally identical to Mystic China’s Chiang Chiang.
Chinese Double Headed Spear
Song Gian: Vietnamese paired short sticks. See Doan Con.
Song Kiem: Vietnamese paired straight swords. See Kiem.
Song Dao: Vietnamese paired sabers. See Dao.
Tam Thiet Con: Vietnamese stick with three sections Functionally identical to Mystic China’s Shan Gieh Kun.
Three Section Staff
Te Mi Con: Vietnamese stick high as a man about 1.8 meters long. The weapon mostly diffused is certainly the long stick (3-4), present both in the Vietnamese and in the sino-vietnamese styles, that used this weapon in different way according to their strategy of fighting. According to the styles, the long stick could be held with the hands in opposition (positive-negative) or with the two hands turned on the same part (positive-positive); the stick can be also took up in the center, for a fighting in short distance in which the two heads are used; or with the hands at one end, that involve long distance and need more complex movements to change head. classical long stick high as a man, that is used both in the Vietnamese and in the Chinese styles. Functionally identical to the Bo staff. Damage: 1D10
in use
That Cuoc Mai Hoa Tien: Vietnamese in Thai Cuc Duong Lang, contrary to the other styles, uses a chain variant composed of seven knots. Functionally identical to the seven-section whip. Damage: 4D4-3.
Chinese Seven-Section Whip
Thiet Linh: Vietnamese(whip), a long stick linked to a shorter one. Of peasant flail origin. Functionally identical to Mystic China’s Shao Tzu.
Chinese Chang Xiao Ban
Thuong: Vietnamese (lance), most important of the long weapons. In southern styles, the pole of the lance is a wooden or metal rigid stick, with cylindrical section; in North styles, like Thai Cuc Duong Lang, the pole is a stick with conical section, similar to the Roi stick, that, for its flexibility, allows to perform particularly insidious attack techniques, able to penetrate the enemy guard through sudden or rapid rotatory movements. The tassel decorating the point of the lance has the role to distract the enemy, as in rotatory movements it opens "as a flower" hiding partially blocking his view. Functionally identical to Mystic China’s Chiang.
in use
Tien Bong: This is a single stick around 4' in length. Functionally identical to the Jo staff. Damage: 1D8
Tien Can: Vietnamese medium stick, a little longer than the precedent (at the height of the navel). The short stick is the better weapon for an application in a fighting, as it can be substituted by object of common use. Vietnamese medium stick Tien Can has the same length of the short weapons as the Kiem (sword with double cut). Functionally identical to the Hanbo. Damage: 1D8-1
Tonkin Dao: Sabers from northern Vietnam (Tonkin) show a strong Chinese influence. In blade form and design of fittings, they descend from the Ming type LiuYe Dao - 'Willow Leaf Saber'. These dao have a hand or hand and a half grip. Functionally identical to Mystic China’s Lieu Yeh Dau.
Top sword
Truong Con: A Vietnamese long stick, 3.5 meters long, used only in the Chinese styles, like Thieu Lam Chu Gia (Shaolin Zhou Gar). Functionally identical to Mystic China’s Chang Bahn.
Xa Mau: Vietnamese lance or spear with winding (as a snake) blade. In southern styles, the pole of the lance is a wooden or metal rigid stick, with cylindrical section; in North styles, like Thai Cuc Duong Lang, the pole is a stick with conical section, similar to the Roi stick, that, for its flexibility, allows to perform particularly insidious attack techniques, able to penetrate the enemy guard through sudden or rapid rotatory movements. The tassel decorating the point of the lance has the role to distract the enemy, as in rotatory movements it opens "as a flower" hiding partially blocking his view. Functionally identical to Mystic China’s Chiang Zhu.
