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@JustaBug

9 ай бұрын

Thanks and sorry for the break

@theechidna2916

7 ай бұрын

​@@JustaBugDo you know where I can buy Japanese Oak to make my own bokken?

@JustaBug

7 ай бұрын

@@theechidna2916 maybe try a timber yard. Either way, I don't recommend using wooden bokken for sparring

@theechidna2916

7 ай бұрын

@@JustaBug Not for sparring just solo training! Or paired tachiuchi!

@JustaBug

7 ай бұрын

@@theechidna2916 not really my area, but try a timber yard and make sure the wood is dried first

Awesome exchanges and grappling! Welcome back

@JustaBug

9 ай бұрын

Thanks and sorry for the break

Very cool! It’s nice to see you’re still at it.

This is coming from my background in English Broadsword/Backsword, but exchanges likes these are why it’s generally preferably to target low targets in a grappling situation. If you have your opponent’s sword locked out with your offhand, you’re at a range where it is actually very easy for them to check your own cut/thrust if targeted to their head/upper torso. Instead, try cutting at their leg/thrusting under your arm into their belly. This makes it significantly harder for your opponent to check the cut with their off hand, if it’s even possible for them to do so at all. This is for grappling on the inside line, if grappling in the outside line (say with an arm drag or elbow push) a high line cut or thrust to the head is generally sufficient, since your opponent’s off hand is essentially boxed out from being able to do anything.

The situations where 2 men grabbing each other blades became so common in my club the moment i introduced it into sparring. It's such an awkward situation that i ended up just let go of my sword and try either control the other guy's sword with 2 hands or throw him

@JustaBug

9 ай бұрын

If it's common it's either because your opponent is really good at counter grapples, or you are not breaking their structure well enough. But if that's so, then as you say the disarm or throw is a good move as I mention in my blog post

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My blog post on my theory of grappling in swordsmanship www.koreanhistoricfencing.com/blog/grappling-in-swordsmanship

Nice content as always even if it's isn't long

@JustaBug

9 ай бұрын

Thanks and sorry for the break

@collinnicolazzo2065

9 ай бұрын

Your welcome

I take it the techniques you show are from the Muyedobongtongji?

@JustaBug

9 ай бұрын

Not the grappling ones. Muyedobotongji has almost nothing on grappling. There's the janggeom kayongse in jedok geom but that's about it and even that is questionable as to whether it's actually grappling

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Your hand slid down the blade, so I am pretty sure that, even with gloves, you wouldn't be holding onto it that long irl.

Also please do not interpret my previous comment as criticism in any way. Other systems will have different approaches to what to do in grappling scenarios. The English stuff tends to advocate for using your sword to target low lines, but my school is not the definitive school of fencing.

@JustaBug

9 ай бұрын

@frankheninja1 sorry for my late reply, I was ruminating over your other comment and watching videos of my sparring to see why I don't do that very much. I think I've come to an answer for it. With regards to two handed swords sparring, I tend to try and make the grapple tangle their arms across the body, like I did in the initial grapple and then cut to the head. However, if that fails then we tend to go to a grapple "on the inside line" as you put it. In 2 handed sparring I tend to still target higher targets because I need to pull back the sword to prevent the opponent from controlling my sword hand, and a higher target just seems to feel more comfortable with this. I could stab low, but I try and avoid that to prevent stabbing the groin as it's happened before. Cutting to low targets with a two handed sword does not feel very comfortable. Conversely, watching some of my old bouts with a one handed sword, I tend to initiate grapples to lock the arm out so by default we are on the inside line and then I usually cut across the waist and it works very well and feels comfortable So in summary, I think the targets and how comfortable they are to aim for differs between one and two handed swords and its just what comes more naturally with them. Other people's experiences may vary. Thanks for your comment because it was a good prompt for me to review footage and see the difference even in my own styles between weapons

@frankheninja1

9 ай бұрын

@@JustaBug that makes complete sense, I will admit I hadn’t considered how being a two-handed sword would change the mechanics. I think you’re probably absolutely right, and I will try to get into some grapple exchanges next time I happen to cross train Longsword. Thank you so much for your thoughtful reply!

@JustaBug

9 ай бұрын

@@frankheninja1 sounds good, let me know how that goes and if you also notice the difference with 2 vs 1 handed grappling