Ha! That was a lot of fun to watch. Seems there's a practical use for those things after all. ;)
This is probably not the way you want your question answered, but I believe you will get a higher quality weapon by waiting a while before you go...
I apologize for the reception you were given here. Supposedly we respect anyone who is up front about their intentions and honest about their...
I'll regret this, I'm sure...but why not, right? As to the original topic of this thread: I have been to this school on a few occasions as...
Ah...My mistake. That's the danger of reading and posting at 2am I suppose. However, I'm not sure it changes my answer much. Assuming what...
Most everyone I know who has studied spearmanship in any formal setting has in their memory at least one solo kata. Some are fragmentary, some...
I was hoping we'd get an answer to this as well. It's been ten days, though. That might be our answer...
Keep in mind that "battlefield-oriented" does not always mean tightly packed formations. Yes it often begins there, but formations can be broken...
Yes...What he said. :)
A simplistic answer to your question would be to think of staff weapons like this: The shorter a staff becomes, the faster it can be wielded....
I like that. :) Well said.
Well, yes and no.. The people on the battlefield most likely to be carrying this weapon, called a Kanazuchi (or "hammer," go fig) in the system...
It's hard to say what you should be looking for. Like most weapons, kama can vary in design depending on the needs of the practicioner, making...
Quick and Dirty Naginata My first suggestion for getting a feel of how to maneuver a Naginata would be to put down the pole that you are...
Getting inside the range of the spear will actually be fairly simple. Surviving once you get there...maybe not so easy. I've never actually...
There is a common misconception out there that once the range of a spear has been breached, the fight is over. Spearmen love this myth. It's...
In Japanese martial arts the most common term is probably tessen, and tessenjutsu is often an "art within an art" of many bujutsu schools. Senssu...
Thank you for your response I think, however, I may have mistated the question. I wasn't looking so much for a general answer about what makes...
Curiosity Just a couple of curiosity questions for you... First; Why a pair of wakizashi, as opposed to any of the other weapons out there...
An attempt to answer your question. This will be a tough set of questions for you to get answers to, and the reason is this: The...
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