Editing Bamboo (section)

==== Weapons ====
Bamboo has often been used to construct weapons and is still incorporated in several Asian martial arts.
* A bamboo staff, sometimes with one end sharpened, is used in the [[Tamils|Tamil]] martial art of ''[[silambam]]'', a word derived from a term meaning "hill bamboo".
* Staves used in the Indian martial art of ''[[gatka]]'' are commonly made from bamboo, a material favored for its light weight.
* A bamboo sword called a ''[[shinai]]'' is used in the Japanese martial art of ''[[kendo]]''.
* Bamboo is used for crafting the bows, called ''[[yumi]]'', and arrows used in the Japanese martial art ''[[kyūdō]]''.
* The first [[gunpowder]]-based weapons, such as the [[fire lance]], were made of bamboo.
* The [[Lang xian|Chinese Langxian]], or "Wolf Brush Spear". Some variants of this weapon were just long bamboo poles with a spearhead that still had layers of leaves attached. The Langxian was mainly used as a defensive weapon in Qi Jiguang's Mandarin Duck Formation.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
* Sharpened bamboo [[javelin]]s weighted with sand known as ''[[bagakay]]'' were used as disposable missile weapons in both [[mangayaw|land and naval warfare]] in the Philippines. They were thrown in groups at a time at enemy ships or massed enemy formations. Non-disposable finely-crafted throwing spears made from bamboo weighted with sand known as ''[[sugob]]'' were also used. ''Sugob'' were mainly used for close-quarters combat and were only thrown when they could be retrieved.<ref name="scott">{{cite book|author=William Henry Scott|title =Barangay. Sixteenth-Century Philippine Culture and Society|publisher =Ateneo de Manila University Press|year =1994|page=[https://archive.org/details/BarangaySixteenthCenturyPhilippineCultureAndSociety/page/n35 63]|isbn =9715501389|url =https://archive.org/details/BarangaySixteenthCenturyPhilippineCultureAndSociety}}</ref><ref name="Wiley">{{cite book |last1=Wiley |first1=Mark V. |title=Filipino Martial Culture |date=2011 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=9781462903474}}</ref>
* Metal-tipped [[blowgun]]-spear called [[sumpit]] (or sumpitan), used by various ethnic groups in the islands of the Philippines, [[Borneo]], and [[Sulawesi]], were generally made from hollowed bamboo. They used thick short darts dipped in the concentrated sap of ''[[Antiaris toxicaria]]'' which could cause lethal [[cardiac arrest]].<ref name="Marinas">{{cite book |last1=Marinas |first1=Amante P. Sr. |title=Blowgun Techniques: The Definitive Guide to Modern and Traditional Blowgun Techniques |date=17 April 2012 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=9781462905546}}</ref><ref name="Darmadi">{{cite journal |last1=Darmadi |first1=Hamid |title=Sumpit (Blowgun) as Traditional Weapons with Dayak High Protection |journal=Journal of Education, Teaching and Learning |date=30 March 2018 |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=113 |doi=10.26737/jetl.v3i1.601|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* The simple sharpened bamboo [[spear]], known as '''''bambu runcing''''' ([[Literal translation|literally]] 'sharp bamboo' or 'pointed bamboo'), is a legendary symbol of [[Indonesian Revolutionary War|Indonesian revolutionary]] [[morale|spirit]], embodying the will of the [[Indonesians|Indonesian people]], who were often ill-equipped, to fight for independence against the [[Dutch East Indies|Dutch occupation]] who held [[air supremacy|air-]] and [[naval supremacy]] along with [[Commonwealth realm|Commonwealth]] aid.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
* [[Punji stick]]s are stakes of sharpened bamboo typically used in area denial and [[booby traps]]. Punji sticks were widely used in the [[Vietnam War]] by the [[Viet Cong]].