There is room for personal preference BUT you have to question what that preference is based on. Like I say, the primary reason to move the POB so...
It only matters in that there is little traditional about having the POB directly in front of the guard. Historical examples typically have a POB...
You don't have to be interested in competition to want a sword that's easy to do forms with and makes you look and feel good.
Brass is more dense than iron and steel, so the material isn't relevant. If they're too thin then I suppose that's an issue but then the question...
Remember by the mid Republican period ring pommels had become the dominant form for Dao which obviously are hollow by their nature.
Good video here [MEDIA] "Typically cast in two pieces and welded together into an ugly item with a seam. " as you see in this video this is...
Hollow pommels are not historically inaccurate for late Qing/early republican dao (or indeed various European swords) The cost vs quality issue...
Where are you getting this generic competition angle from? Martial arts = arts of Mars Mars = Roman god of war
Can't find any lineage info (probably means they've fallen out with their teacher), but from some of their Facebook videos they seem to be doing...
I'm reading the Dark Elf Trilogy by R.A.Salvatore. I read the Icewind Dale saga ages ago and didn't really get what the fuss was about, but 80...
Something we discuss quite often in my class is how stuff will look on CCTV. Spinning kicks are great and all, but something that just looks like...
now deeply concerned about what that says about me.....
So the takeaway from this video is have basic social skills?
So while not a huge fan of his work, this is pretty much the consensus view within Koryu and Japanese history mainstream circles.
As is often the case with these types of questions, it's really a question of two parts. Effective self defence requires effective training for...
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