In Japanese fighting, those weapons are rare.
3 seconds sound clip from the Heroes of the East (1978) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:08:17.220 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Yes. He'll come to your house tomorrow.
- Then he went like this! Hi-yah! Then... hi-ya!
- He uses this kind of jointed pole, and also a baton. It looks like...
- The Chinese style, the Sword and Staff.
- But still, the weapons are different.
- In Japanese fighting, those weapons are rare.
- Well, he must be something special. An expert.
- A jointed pole and staff, about the same. That's fair.
- These poles here are very good.
- I give up. I'm no match for him... for now.
[...]