7. Sodegarami
Sodegarami was used by Edo-era police officers in Japan. It looks like a spiked pole which officers used with quick twist attacks to bring down criminals without killing them or causing unnecessary damage.
The tactic police officers used was simple. At least two policemen attacked one criminal, one policeman from the front and another from behind to easier pin criminals on the ground. At Edo-era, this weapon was helpful to stop samurais killing each other because laws allowed killing samurais only for another samurai. These laws created such conditions that officers had no other option to stop them without doing harm.
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