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Flail; jointed/sectional staff. Nunchaku in Japanese is the same as Ssang Juhl Bong (쌍절봉) in Korean, where ssang refers to a matched pair of sticks.

There is some confusion with the terminology of this weapon and similar weapons, due to pronunciation of Sino-Korean words. Node, joint, or section is juhl (절) while rope is bat jool (밧줄), sometimes shortened to jool (줄). Truncheon in Korean is gohn bong (곤봉) where gon by itself refers to a metal pole, although the composition material can be something other than metal, and bong usually refers to a wooden stick or staff. The military flail, juhl bong (절봉) [also pyuhng gon (편곤) as cited in the Muye Dobo Tongji] consists of a long and short staff, connected by either rope or chain, and was mostly used from horseback. A three sectioned staff is called sam juhl bong OR sam juhl gon, where sam means 3, and can be confusing for nonnative Korean speakers if using bong, due to the similarity between ssang juhl bong & sam juhl bong. Jool Bong (줄봉), where jool means rope or cord, is recognized by many Korean martial artists as referring to a single short staff with a lanyard attached (and spinning the staff by the lanyard is part of the repertoire of this weapon) [visit the Dan Bong page for an illustration]. But using this term for a nunchaku-like weapon isn't necessarily incorrect, even if ssang juhl bong is more precise.

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