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Show 3^ own weapons may walk to the weapon table and. select one." A few Maori weapons were for- two handed use, but most were of the one-handed, variety. Maori warriors dislike heavy or clumsy weapons like those used by many of his cousins who lived on other Pacific Islands. He relied principally on agility and skill In avoiding thrusts and blows. His nlmbleness was remarkable. Roa walked toward the weaoon table with his younger brother Ruruku, now recovering from the wounds he acquired in the attack on their village. The table was covered with a variety of weapons. There were striking, thrusting, clubbinp- and throwing implements. Others were of a nuarter staff type used for thrust-feinting with the point and delivering a blow with the butt end. The rapidity with x^hich a skilled warrior could recover arms, reverse, and deliver a blow was truly surprising. As the warriors of Turi's tribe filed by the table, they selected from weapons made of materials such as wood, stone and bone. Poa and Ruruku. passed by the spears called taiaha, tewhatewha, couwhenua and hoeroa. These implements ranged from six to |