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 Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 3:14 pm
hey guys, i am thinking about learning to use a weapon in addition to my other martial arts and i want to get your opinions about weapon and style. What should i learn????
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 4:06 pm
Please answer the following:
What weapons interest you?
Do you want to learn a rigid weapon or a fluid weapon?
Blade or Bludgeon?
Short or Long?
Strong or Fast?
Form or Application?
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:49 pm
lets see, i like, rigid, blade, long, fast. application? not sure what you mean.
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:51 pm
i was hoping people would sort of throw out styles and weapons(cause there are so many) and then i would consider them and decide.
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Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 4:18 am
The combination of long and fast is difficult with rigid blades.
However, take a peek at naginata-do.
Kung fu styles also often use halberds and spears.
Do not use long rigid swords. They are heavy, slow and unwieldy.
Miyamoto called long sword users cowards. For good reason.
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 4:32 pm
i think you should start with something easy like a staff then upgrade to something a little more difficult like sword or nunchucks(cant spell it).its easier to do that so you can combine all of them like doing a staff form move but only with a sword or some other weapon. and that way your not intirly a begginer in any other weapons.
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Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 7:48 am
ryusei99 lets see, i like, rigid, blade, long, fast. application? not sure what you mean. Rapier if you don't mind mixing in Western arts. Otherwise a xian (Chinese Long Sword) is a good match. Also, there is the Korean longsword, which is between a xian and a western long sword in terms of weight. Katana can be wielded quickly, but it takes training to draw quickly. That's if you want swords. Other bladed weapons are halberds, such as the Naginata and the Kwon-do. You could also go the route of one of the longer-bladed Yari/Nuki spears, or the Nagamaki, which is a katana length blade with an equally long handle. I have personally always found Nagamaki intriguing weapons. There's also the b*****d Sword, which is a Western weapon that has a Long Sword blade attached to a Great Sword handle. Arming Swords are fairly quick, as they are shorter than Long Swords, and are one-handed. Pretty much any of the Cut-and-Thrust model of European sword (which is almost anything that's a pre-renaissance battle sword; versus the Rapier, which was a street weapon). European pole-arms are many and various, though many are meant to essentially stab a horse out from under a cavalryman. But if you shorten the pole some, you get a fairly good, fast weapon. Joshua Kenzo is correct that long and fast tends to be difficult with rigid blades, but it's not impossible.
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 7:27 pm
Actually, naginata was my first choice, but it isn't offered anywhere close that i can find. Thanks guys, feel free to post more ideas, and i will look into them.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:08 am
Ha- HA! I have a new toy! An eku! (boat oar) I've bruised the hell out of myself with it. Muh-ha-ha! Come tournamant time, I'm gonna spank the compettion and now I have a really huge paddle to do it with! twisted
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:39 pm
ryusei99 Actually, naginata was my first choice, but it isn't offered anywhere close that i can find. Thanks guys, feel free to post more ideas, and i will look into them. Well, in what general area do you live, if you don't mind me asking?
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Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:35 am
Marty Nozz Ha- HA! I have a new toy! An eku! (boat oar) I've bruised the hell out of myself with it. Muh-ha-ha! Come tournamant time, I'm gonna spank the compettion and now I have a really huge paddle to do it with! twisted Lol, bet thats summat to see...
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:23 pm
Grey Nev ryusei99 Actually, naginata was my first choice, but it isn't offered anywhere close that i can find. Thanks guys, feel free to post more ideas, and i will look into them. Well, in what general area do you live, if you don't mind me asking? Oregon, i did searches, the closest thing i could find was the California Naginata Federation....and well.....that would be one hell of a commute.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:52 am
DarklingGlory Marty Nozz Ha- HA! I have a new toy! An eku! (boat oar) I've bruised the hell out of myself with it. Muh-ha-ha! Come tournamant time, I'm gonna spank the compettion and now I have a really huge paddle to do it with! twisted Lol, bet thats summat to see... You better believe it. Next one of my students that tries to do push-ups with their butt in the air has a horrible surprise coming.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:58 am
I trained quite a bit with a jo and katana in my aikido days. The shihan of our organization really stressed weapons training. He emphasised that every movement in aikido, even in empty-handed techniques, was based on weapons forms.
More recently, my weapons training has been in kali, which trains in just about every melee weapon imaginable. The old dual-wielding-obsessed D&D geek in me is especially partial to the two-stick forms that kali is best known for. biggrin
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:47 am
phi one zero I trained quite a bit with a jo and katana in my aikido days. The shihan of our organization really stressed weapons training. He emphasised that every movement in aikido, even in empty-handed techniques, was based on weapons forms. More recently, my weapons training has been in kali, which trains in just about every melee weapon imaginable. The old dual-wielding-obsessed D&D geek in me is especially partial to the two-stick forms that kali is best known for. biggrin My cousin and I pratice it a bit. There was a fantasy con in town where they got out the padded weapons and played around. Me and my buddy smoked the Lord of the Rings fan club. Good ol' kali.
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