Tonfa The Side Handle Police Baton Book by Robert Jarvis (Preowned)

Tonfa: The Side Handle Police Baton by Robert L. Jarvis and James D. Markloff is an instructional manual devoted to the tonfa-style side-handle baton and its use in law-enforcement training.

The book explains the basic principles of handling the baton, including grip, ready positions, movement, blocks, strikes, and defensive applications. Drawing on the tonfa’s martial-arts origins, the authors present a structured system adapted to the needs of police officers and security personnel, with an emphasis on control, coordination, and practical defensive tactics.

Published by HWC (Humanics Publishing Company), it is also an interesting historical reference for martial artists studying Okinawan tonfa and the development of the side-handle baton as a modern police tool.

100 pages

Publication date: 1984