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- Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:22 am
- Forum: Test Cutting for Historical Swordsmanship
- Topic: A Very Valuable Talk on Test Cutting
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17044
Re: A Very Valuable Talk on Test Cutting
BTW, a side issue - how fast does bamboo grow in colder middle european climate ? If doing regular cutting practice, it could get expensive if needing to buy bamboo for that.
- Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:15 am
- Forum: Test Cutting for Historical Swordsmanship
- Topic: A Very Valuable Talk on Test Cutting
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17044
Re: A Very Valuable Talk on Test Cutting
Ok, if it's always in the air, you have a point. However, if there is striking targets with blunts and sword sparring involved, I cannot believe that a "master" would lose his sword easily who did not simply skip training a lot. However, I can assure you that changing from outside to playing in a fl...
- Fri Jul 02, 2010 7:28 am
- Forum: Test Cutting for Historical Swordsmanship
- Topic: A Very Valuable Talk on Test Cutting
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17044
Re: A Very Valuable Talk on Test Cutting
I think, the first prerequisite is to train AT ALL. I don't even want to know how many "practitioners", of sword or other arts, were in fact just at times playing in the garden for a couple of minutes, instead of training hours every day. I see kind of a similar deterioration of skills and shape in ...
- Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:59 am
- Forum: General Taiji Quan Discussion
- Topic: Taiji ruler
- Replies: 8
- Views: 19484
Re: Taiji ruler
AFAIK, the problem occured when people mixed up two things: Taijiquan and the "Taiji bang" from Chen village (a curved wooden stick to practice locks on), and the "iron ruler" (tie chi, a short metal stick to practice some kind of qigong / stick fighting).
- Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:35 pm
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Development of swords for chinese swordmanship
- Replies: 49
- Views: 79004
Re: Development of swords for chinese swordmanship
Then lets attribute this to bad timing and/or misunderstanding. A cleanup of this thread is probably warranted then, as I don't like to contribute to a lesser atmosphere in this forum. Regarding the Liechtenauer practice swords, they are exactly made like the originals on the picture, which have a c...
- Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:02 am
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Major Methods of Wudang sword
- Replies: 14
- Views: 29886
Re: Major Methods of Wudang sword
Dan, I think the words could mean that on a lighter practice sword, the POB should be further away from the handle to still cause some load on the hand. I felt it better on my very light test swords, and one old real sword (that I unfortunately was allowed to use when I was like one foot shorter tha...
- Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:25 am
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Development of swords for chinese swordmanship
- Replies: 49
- Views: 79004
Re: Development of swords for chinese swordmanship
You have approached me about production details and prices, and I gave them to you. The next action of you was to not respond to that, but come up with a "suggestion" right below Lindas feedbacks on my prototypes I gave to her why she doesn't try A&A products instead (whatever the casual reader migh...
- Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:53 pm
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Development of swords for chinese swordmanship
- Replies: 49
- Views: 79004
Re: Development of swords for chinese swordmanship
The answer is, you don't find historical "fencing feather" jian that are totally different from real weapons (thinner, flexible). These jian are taken in measures and make EXACTLY from real weapons - the only difference in those is the blunt edge. I can of course make "fencing feather" jian, flat gr...
- Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:59 pm
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Development of swords for chinese swordmanship
- Replies: 49
- Views: 79004
Re: Development of swords for chinese swordmanship
I can assure you that our jian handles like an authentic jian as well as it is designed as a historically weighted and balanced blunt training jian and not taken from a german medieval blade with a totally different balance, is produced by a german industrial forge next to Solingen by licensed train...
- Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:53 am
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Development of swords for chinese swordmanship
- Replies: 49
- Views: 79004
Re: Development of swords for chinese swordmanship
Hello Linda, thanks for the kind review. The material of the fittings should be zinc-alloy, although it is in its uncoloured appearance a bit copper-reddish. No idea if that means it's not zinc, or if that's the natural appearance of zinc-alloy. The clip that holds the blade in place is, differing f...
- Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:16 pm
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: yue fei dao project
- Replies: 44
- Views: 86707
Re: yue fei dao project
Why should it take months to sharpen a blade when the industry does it in minutes on their tools ? Give it a couple of days if you do it by hand and to an ultimate degree (using various sands etc.) and you're more than sufficient, and in industrial production, that is a huge stretch. Grinding and mi...
- Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:47 am
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Some Thoughts on Liao.
- Replies: 27
- Views: 47227
Re: Some Thoughts on Liao.
If so, you will need good lighting. The frame duration will be insanely short, that means you will need enough light intensity to get something like a good picture. I.e. professional spots, mirros and such.
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:40 am
- Forum: Test Cutting for Historical Swordsmanship
- Topic: Test Cutting Rattan Shield
- Replies: 34
- Views: 61249
Re: Test Cutting Rattan Shield
BTW, that's a reason why I made heavy-contact ready blunt swords - I was trained hitting leather-wrapped heavy chains with just the front inch of an unsharpened sword. That develops an ultimate sense for distance, said shock you described, and you feel bad hits from the way the sword bends. However,...
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:24 am
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Some Thoughts on Liao.
- Replies: 27
- Views: 47227
Re: Some Thoughts on Liao.
I have access to a guy from the largest TV company in Germany (WDR). But I'll ask him if he knows something.
- Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:13 am
- Forum: Test Cutting for Historical Swordsmanship
- Topic: Test Cutting Rattan Shield
- Replies: 34
- Views: 61249
Re: Test Cutting Rattan Shield
WIth enough mass, probably. Better make the foot a large enough X, and have enough mass on the foot (with a simple bag of sand) so it's not top heavy. If the center of weight is low enough, and the foot wide enough, it should not fall. BTW, people should also not overestimate the strength of their w...