pole vaulting is way better, it requires much more physical and emotional strength, awareness, and abilities than high jump could ever hope to imagine... it also gets you more girls (after all "we carry the big sticks")and scholarships than high jump...
See if anyone on your team has one of these sticks so you can try it out... That way you'll know if they're what you are looking for...
There is a type of filipino nunchaku but it has a longer chain and shorter handles so handling it is different from a japanese style pair of chucks. Escrima is widely known for being a simple and effective form of self defense. However if someone say...