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=== Asia === During the campaign [[Early Muslim conquests|Muslim conquest]] in 6th to 7th century AD, [[Rashidun caliphate]] general [[Khalid ibn Walid]] was reported to favor wielding two broad swords, with one in each hand, during combat.<ref name="Complete treatise on the war expeditions of the chosen Prophet and the three Caliphs">{{cite book |last=Elcolaí |first=Aburrebii ibn Salim |year=1237 |title=Complete treatise on the war expeditions of the chosen Prophet and the three Caliphs Arabic: الاكتفاء في مغازي المصطفى والثلاثة الخلفاء}}</ref> Traditional schools of [[Japanese martial arts]] include dual wield techniques, particularly a style conceived by [[Miyamoto Musashi]] involving the [[katana]] and [[wakizashi]], two-sword [[kenjutsu]] techniques he called ''[[Niten Ichi-ryū]]''. [[Eskrima]], the traditional martial arts of the Philippines teaches ''Doble Baston'' techniques involving the basic use of a pair of [[rattan sticks]] and also Espada y daga or Sword/Stick and Dagger. [[Okinawan martial arts]] have a method that uses a pair of [[Sai (weapon)|''sai'']]. [[Chinese martial arts]] involve the use of a pair of [[butterfly sword]]s and [[hook sword]]s. Famed for his enormous strength, [[Dian Wei]], a military general serving under the warlord [[Cao Cao]] in the late [[Eastern Han dynasty]] of China, excelled at wielding a pair of ''[[Ji (halberd)|ji]]'' (a [[halberd]]-like weapon), each of which was said to weigh 40 ''[[Catty|jin]]''. [[Chen An]], a warlord who lived during the [[Jin dynasty (266–420)]] and [[Sixteen Kingdoms]] period, wielded a sword and a serpent spear in each hand, supposedly measuring at 7 ''[[Chi (unit)|chi]]'' and 1 ''[[Zhàng|zhang]]'' 8 ''chi'' respectively. During [[Wei–Jie war|Ran Wei–Later Zhao war]], [[Ran Min]], emperor of the short-lived Ran Wei empire of China, wielded two weapons, one in each hand, and fought fiercely, inflicting many casualties on the Xianbei soldiers while mounted on the famous horse Zhu Long ("Red Dragon"). [[Gatka]], a weapon-based martial art from the [[Punjab region]], is known to use two sticks at a time. The Thailand weapon-based martial art [[Krabi Krabong]] involves the use of a separate [[Krabi (sword)|''Krabi'']] in each hand. [[Kalaripayattu]] teaches advanced students to use either two sticks (of various sizes) or two daggers or two swords, simultaneously.
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