Sword Mechanics

Graham Cave · Post by **Graham Cave** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:17 am

A very interesting article in ARMA by George Turner:

Sword Motions and Impacts

Has anyone tried applying the observations in part one to see if Chinese swords fall within the same parameters as European swords?

Chris Fields · Post by **Chris Fields** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:32 am

great article, i wish he did leave the equations in, it would be a quicker read for me if he did. =)

Graham Cave · Post by **Graham Cave** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:25 am

Hi Chris,

I don't spend a lot of time looking at ARMA but it does seem to have a lot very interesting stuff in it. I was surprised to read there that wooden training swords, heavy training swords and practice 'dummies' are also a traditional part of European sword arts.

Chris Fields · Post by **Chris Fields** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:22 pm

Yeah, I have done some European swordsmanship, and there is a crew here in St Petersburg Fl that holds a class every tuesday.