The great variety of weapons utilized by Shaolin monks are referred to as The Eighteen Weapons. Besides staff, saber and sword, there are three-strand fork, spade, nine-section whip and three-section stick, etc.

Representative forms of weapon techniques: Shaolin Nine-Section Whip, Grass Sickle, Steel Whip, Qian Kun Wheel, Double Tiger Head Hooks, Wolf-Teeth Spiked Staff, etc.