mongolian bulu throwing club?

ausjulius · 3rd April 2016, 06:37 PM

well today i was searching about throwing clubs in various cultures and it crossed my mind they seem to be used almost universally by steppe and grasslands nomadic peoples..

this crossed my mind that i did recall seeing mention about club making in Bhutan.. in one mention it seemed that the clubs may have been thrown although ive never seen any example or eve a description of how one looks..
not generally a place for throwing clubs but it crossed my mine that Tibet is right next door and in fact its one large open plain..

so the search for tibetian throwing clubs began.. without much luck..
now .... i though ok maybe they do and maybe they dont have throwing clubs there..
but i think its just to isolated a region for an internet search..
so it crossed my mind .. mongolian throwing clubs!! theyve got open grass plains..
but ive known a few mongolians and ive never heard of anything so quaint or traditional as a thrown club.. .22 rifles and sks carbines and whats used and beofre that flint lock guns for many 100s of years for hunting.. bows being only for games..
well not to be deterred i figured well there is a even bigger population of mongolians on the chinese side and theyer far more isolated.. so i didnt ome mongolian internet searches throwing club.. no luck.. different dialect of mongolian is used in those areas anyway.. ahhh but a search in chinese ideograms... and would you belive persistance had payed indeed..
much to my surprise there is quite a lively club and boomerang tradition in inner mongolia..

there seems to be several styles including one very unique almost flail like throwing club.. there appears even to be organized competitions for it..

i can see 5 rather distinct types and one type is clearly thin and with an aerofoil like a boomerang..much to my fascination and amazement!!!
now if only i can get some examples of these tools!!!

in one article it mentions a range of about 100 meters approximate with many aboriginal hunting boomerangs ..

seems the general name is bulu.. at least in chinese ideograms... although correct mongolian name may or may not be something different.. on asking a mongolian aquaintance versed in hunting and firearms if hed ever see this thing , the reply was -never head of it looks like something from australia!!

i guess its why weapons are so interesting every time you look something different can be found..

here is some articles
http://kaleidoscope.cultural-china.c...scope1747.html

http://www.whb.cn/zhuzhan/jiaodian/20150818/35533.html

http://www.zgbfly.gov.cn/E_ReadNews.asp?newsid=13274

http://rapple.blog.163.com/blog/stat...1192861934852/

http://history.bayvoice.net/b5/mscs/...%E5%9C%96.html

http://theory.people.com.cn/n/2014/0...-25264771.html

3rd April 2016, 06:37 PM	#1
ausjulius Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: musorian territory Posts: 415	mongolian bulu throwing club? well today i was searching about throwing clubs in various cultures and it crossed my mind they seem to be used almost universally by steppe and grasslands nomadic peoples.. this crossed my mind that i did recall seeing mention about club making in Bhutan.. in one mention it seemed that the clubs may have been thrown although ive never seen any example or eve a description of how one looks.. not generally a place for throwing clubs but it crossed my mine that Tibet is right next door and in fact its one large open plain.. so the search for tibetian throwing clubs began.. without much luck.. now .... i though ok maybe they do and maybe they dont have throwing clubs there.. but i think its just to isolated a region for an internet search.. so it crossed my mind .. mongolian throwing clubs!! theyve got open grass plains.. but ive known a few mongolians and ive never heard of anything so quaint or traditional as a thrown club.. .22 rifles and sks carbines and whats used and beofre that flint lock guns for many 100s of years for hunting.. bows being only for games.. well not to be deterred i figured well there is a even bigger population of mongolians on the chinese side and theyer far more isolated.. so i didnt ome mongolian internet searches throwing club.. no luck.. different dialect of mongolian is used in those areas anyway.. ahhh but a search in chinese ideograms... and would you belive persistance had payed indeed.. much to my surprise there is quite a lively club and boomerang tradition in inner mongolia.. there seems to be several styles including one very unique almost flail like throwing club.. there appears even to be organized competitions for it.. i can see 5 rather distinct types and one type is clearly thin and with an aerofoil like a boomerang..much to my fascination and amazement!!! now if only i can get some examples of these tools!!! in one article it mentions a range of about 100 meters approximate with many aboriginal hunting boomerangs .. seems the general name is bulu.. at least in chinese ideograms... although correct mongolian name may or may not be something different.. on asking a mongolian aquaintance versed in hunting and firearms if hed ever see this thing , the reply was -never head of it looks like something from australia!! i guess its why weapons are so interesting every time you look something different can be found.. here is some articles http://kaleidoscope.cultural-china.c...scope1747.html http://www.whb.cn/zhuzhan/jiaodian/20150818/35533.html http://www.zgbfly.gov.cn/E_ReadNews.asp?newsid=13274 http://rapple.blog.163.com/blog/stat...1192861934852/ http://history.bayvoice.net/b5/mscs/...%E5%9C%96.html http://theory.people.com.cn/n/2014/0...-25264771.html