Japanese and Okinawan weapons are made of hard red oak.
This includes the bokken, ninja to, hanbo, jo, and bo.
This also includes the tonfa and nuncha.
The Filipino weapons are made of lighter rattan.
This includes the eskrima sticks.
We also have rattan hanbo and sword, and rattan bo.
There are also rattan nunchas.
In the Philippines, the nuncha is called the tabok tayok.
It is a slightly different weapon, used differently, based on the principles of eskrima, as opposed to karate.
Also the tayok is lighter and faster than the heavy oak nuncha.
When doing weapons drills and sparring it is important to use the same kind of wood. Oak bokken against eskrima rattan causes a resonance which damages the woods in different ways.
For nuncha vs stick we use the rattan tayok, not the foam or wood nuncha, unless going very light.
Similarly we don't use wood against the foam weapons, as it just splits the foam.
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