Weapons of the People's Acolytes

[New Dornalia]

Light Gauche

Lightsaber--massmade, unlike most sabers, at the Acolytes Academy on Mars and given to Acolytes when they become Comrade. However, some Acolytes will make their own sabers, in line with more orthodox Jedi traditions.


Light Naginata

Nembutsu Armor

Litham/Hajarran Lightningblade

[New Dornalia]

Shaolin Spade--

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A monk's spade (Traditional Chinese: ÔÂÑÀçP; Simplified Chinese: ÔÂÑÀ²ù; pinyin: yu¨¨y¨¢ch¨£n; literally "Moon-Tooth Spade", Romanize Japanese: getsugasan, Hiragana: ¤²¤Ä¤¬¤µ¤ó), also called a Shaolin Spade, is a Chinese pole weapon consisting of a long pole with a flat spade-like blade on one end and a smaller crescent shaped blade on the other. In old China, Buddhist monks often carried spades (shovels) with them when travelling. This served two purposes: if they came upon a corpse on the road, they could properly bury it with Buddhist rites, and the large implement could serve as a weapon for self-defense against bandits. Over time, they were stylised into the monk's spade weapon.

It is most famous for being the weapon of Sha Wujing, the "Sand Monk" from the 16th-Century classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, but the weapon is also historically associated with the Shaolin monks and features in the martial arts wushu, gongfu, and Shaolin kung fu.

Versions made using lightsaber technology and a lightsaber-resistant handle that could easily be compacted for carry were first made by Lydia Park, Sensei of the People's Acolytes Temple of San Francisco-Oakland. The weapon was quickly adopted for use by the organization, and disseminated throughout. It also has a style of fighting associated with it known as Park's Method, which is adapted from Wushu, though the spade can be used with a variety of polearm and double-lightsaber fighting styles.