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 Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:59 pm
Ok, like I said, WE NEED A WEAPONS TOPIC! I'm not sure how many if any of you train with weapons. I train with bo and tonfa and will soon train with si, kama and nunchaku. I also freestyle with drumsticks, L rofl L. What do you train or want to train with?
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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:34 pm
yddaaddy Ok, like I said, WE NEED A WEAPONS TOPIC! I'm not sure how mant if any of you train with weapons. I train with bo and tonfa and will soon train with si, kama and nunchaku. I also freestyle with drumsticks, L rofl L. What do you train or want to train with? I'll second that ...
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:27 am
I've been training Eishin-ryu Iaijutsu for about 8 years now, which has profoundly influenced all of my other martial arts, and the Chinese long sword is an integral part of Tai Chi training as is the Chinese spear. That said, I think learning to use tonfa would be great. They've always struck me as a practical weapon.
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Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:13 am
I train with the chinese sabre and the three section staff.
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Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:51 pm
ryker_fury I've been training Eishin-ryu Iaijutsu for about 8 years now, which has profoundly influenced all of my other martial arts, and the Chinese long sword is an integral part of Tai Chi training as is the Chinese spear. That said, I think learning to use tonfa would be great. They've always struck me as a practical weapon.
Yes they are a very "practial" weapon, originally used as handles to grind grain. But, they are very hard to learn how to control, or at least they were under my old sensei. They have to be the correct length and weight or they're a total pain. To me, I find bo staff better because, one, it is easier to control, no matter what length. Two, it feels so much more natural. Three, you can make anything a bo staff, a broom, a mop, a big stick.
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:11 am
yddaaddy ryker_fury I've been training Eishin-ryu Iaijutsu for about 8 years now, which has profoundly influenced all of my other martial arts, and the Chinese long sword is an integral part of Tai Chi training as is the Chinese spear. That said, I think learning to use tonfa would be great. They've always struck me as a practical weapon. Yes they are a very "practial" weapon, originally used as hadles to grind grain. But, they are very hard to learn how to control, or at least they were under my old sensei. They have to be the correct length and weight or they're a total pain. To me, I find bo staff better because, one, it is easier to control, no matter what length. Two, it feels so much more natural. Three, you can make anything a bo staff, a broom, a mop, a big stick. Aye, my grandpa was a Judo black belt. He tried to teach me to use a jo when I was young, but at the time I wasn't into it. My brother-in-law's master is teaching him cane fighting, which is also pretty cool. I think the best thing about the oriental weapons in general is how they were forced to improvise many weapons from common utensils and household tools (i.e. the tonfa, nunchaku, sai, etc.)
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:29 am
Escrima Sticks, knives, etc... anything from Filipino Martial Arts.
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:52 pm
ryker_fury yddaaddy ryker_fury I've been training Eishin-ryu Iaijutsu for about 8 years now, which has profoundly influenced all of my other martial arts, and the Chinese long sword is an integral part of Tai Chi training as is the Chinese spear. That said, I think learning to use tonfa would be great. They've always struck me as a practical weapon. Yes they are a very "practial" weapon, originally used as hadles to grind grain. But, they are very hard to learn how to control, or at least they were under my old sensei. They have to be the correct length and weight or they're a total pain. To me, I find bo staff better because, one, it is easier to control, no matter what length. Two, it feels so much more natural. Three, you can make anything a bo staff, a broom, a mop, a big stick. Aye, my grandpa was a Judo black belt. He tried to teach me to use a jo when I was young, but at the time I wasn't into it. My brother-in-law's master is teaching him cane fighting, which is also pretty cool. I think the best thing about the oriental weapons in general is how they were forced to improvise many weapons from common utensils and household tools (i.e. the tonfa, nunchaku, sai, etc.)
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:28 pm
Anyone ever used kamas,kunai or any other ninja wepon?
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:34 pm
The ninjato (A.K.A. Ninjaken or Shinobigatana) is one of the primary weapons taught in most mainstream schools of Iaijutsu. I had the privilege of learning the rudiments of it before my sensei moved away, many years ago.
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