The nunchuck (Chinese: 雙節棍,双截棍, shuāng jié gùn; 兩節棍,两截棍, liǎng jié gùn "Dual Section Staff"; 二節棍,二截棍 gèr jié gùn "Two Section Staff"; Japanese: ヌンチャク nunchaku listen (help·info); 梢子棍, shōshikon "Boatman's staff,"; Korean: 쌍절곤 (ssang jul gon) ; also colloquially calle "nunchucks," "chain sticks," "chucks," "nunchukkas,") is a traditional weapon of the Kobudo weapons set and consists of two sticks connected at their ends with a short chain or rope. A sansetsukon is a similar weapon with three sticks attached on chains instead of two.