The Whip Chain is a flexible weapon used in some Chinese martial arts, 5 feet of segmented steel capped with a metal dart. It was the Special Weapon of the Shaolin Monk.
Description
The nine-section whip chain, or jiujiebian, consists of nine metal rods linked together, attached to a short wooden handle. The last link is a sharpened metal dart, which was sometimes coated with poison.
Stats
- Special Weapon
- 4 feet
- 1 lb
- Forged steel sections
Uses
As a flexible weapon, the whip chain could be used strike, hook, and bind an opponent, restrict his/her movement, and deflect blows from other weapons. Its flexiblity allowed it to bend around objects, such as an opponents block. However, like all flexible weapons, it took a great deal of practice to control. It was one of the hardest weapons to apply in combat, since it was controlled solely through the wooden handle.
In the show the whip chain's flexibility, precision and speed was demonstrated as it destroyed five glass orbs in two strikes. But it was also theorized that the whip chain lacked lethality and killing potential.
Trivia
- During the testing, the side representing Shaolin Monks used a chain entirely made of steel. However, in the actual battle the Monk used the whip chain and the meteor hammer; a long rope with a metal ball at the end.