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It's just practice I used to spend hours every day drilling weapons work I haven't hardly touched wepaons for about a good year and a half so i'm pretty rusty.

I'll try to re post in WMV format.

The reason I nod at the end is to let my girl friend know to stop filming overwise you'd see about an extra five seconds of me just standing there.

Can't give you any Sai footage because I've never used them.

Really? eek Whoa, haha, I thought you were an expert at almost any weapon imaginable. Is there a reason you haven't? Well, besides the fact that they're probably impractical...

aww the Links Delmar posted aren't working for me! ;-;

I was really hoping to see them too! ^_^ eventually i am going to learn how to use weapons in my art too! >w<

Wow, sweet moves.
Do you do any sword work? I'd like to see that

hehe using the infamous vibrating dong technique?

I've had very little formal training with swords the little instruction that I have had (using the katana and chinese broadsword) I combined what I've learnt from stick work and just experimented through trial and error (I've got the scars through the error part of it). I remember my first instructor (a very hard traditionalist) telling me that the first blood that my sword should draw is my own (go figure).

The way I learnt all of my weapons work (including knives, chucks sticks etc) was my first real instructor would show me the bare basics and then I would go away and get as many different resource materials as possible and spend hours and hours alone practicing and experimenting techniques and methods studying anatomy, using the weapons blind folded etc.

I would then go back and show my instructor what i'd learnt and he would pick me up on little bits and pieces and then I'd go away and keep refining and learning.

While this does seem to be a little unorthidox (sp) i've found it very effective. Because our bodies are all different we all move differently. No two people will ever use a weapon the same. This is why you'll never see somebody handle a weapon like me and visa-versa.

It takes a lot of dedication and it can be very lonely at times. I remember spending my evenings and weekends locked away somewhere on my own just practicing and drilling while every one else went out partying because all that mattered to me is that I improved and achieved my targets so I could reach my next target level. The same apllied with my bag training and wooden dummy work.

I've got many fond memories of myself and my best mate on friday and saturday nights would be out the back of the house with a glass of OJ or a beer (in my friends case) and throwing knives into a target untill the early hours of the morning.

what a bummers! T.T

wow so you pretty much taught yourself the sword with some guidance! That is really impressive!

When I become a brown belt, i will be able to leard the sword form.. along with a few other weapons like Butterfly Blades, staff, spear, daggers, fans, and short sticks! XD.... a lot of work. but its rewarding im sure!

Just a broom stick which I cut in half. All of the sticks I use are broom sticks which have been cut down to size.

As a guide line I take the broom stick and place one end under my arm pit and hold the stick along my arm. I mark the stick at the point where my index finger reaches and cut it there.

I prefer to use the heaviest wood I can find. I feel that rattans tend to be too light to practice with.