Ramsey making those colors POP!! 💯🔥 I appreciate you! 👊

@victorwelkin9136

3 жыл бұрын

He surprised me when he did that!

@abrahamlincoln6201

3 жыл бұрын

@@victorwelkin9136 I know same

@sirteabag8652

3 жыл бұрын

Grandmaster...can you teach me how to use a Chinese sword ?

@abyssoulzenith

3 жыл бұрын

Ah hell yeah, i new these MMA guys were legit. My prayers have been answered.

@ZackofAllTrades87

3 жыл бұрын

Oh man! That made me happy! What a homie. Ramsey you have been promoted to 5th degree Green White & Red belt 🇲🇽

Mexican Martial Arts: Judo. Judon't know if I got a gun, Judon't know if I got a knife....

@ACSMEX

3 жыл бұрын

Unless I´m not aware of them, I think any martial art coming from our native side was lost after La Conquista. Nowadays México is a potency in TKD, for some weird reason. And boxing, of course.

@Stevo_YouTube

3 жыл бұрын

@@ACSMEX MMA was founded by a Mexican named Jesse.

@strider4life696

3 жыл бұрын

lol Mexican Judo 😂

@shinobi1014

3 жыл бұрын

Its Puerto Rican Judo lol ask RATKING. its also in "horse and carriage by cam'ron mase" dont tell me yall never heard the songs.

@Gotchism4Life

3 жыл бұрын

MMA used the chancleta

The groove is called a fuller.

@taekwondobro

3 жыл бұрын

You beat me to it

@BWater-yq3jx

3 жыл бұрын

4:33

@WeAreSoPredictable

3 жыл бұрын

Crazy part is, it should really be called an emptier. :)

@MansMan42069

3 жыл бұрын

@@WeAreSoPredictable ahaha good one

@szepi79

3 жыл бұрын

yep. it has 2 purposes: 1. as Ramsay stated, it removes weight 2. it makes the structure of the sword stiffer. the idea behind it is the same as for C-beams.

These are real weapons, Ramsay just steel plated his skin

@reasonerenlightened2456

2 жыл бұрын

Once the firearms become unavailable then I'll be looking at metal sticks again.

"It's a little bit unwieldy." Don't think I've ever heard the word used in such a direct sense.

@WildBillCox13

3 жыл бұрын

Appropriate usage, all right.

More weight towards the tip of the blade is not inherently bad, as it increases a sword's cutting capacity. Sabers, cutlasses, falchions, tulwars, Viking era swords and many others tend to be more blade heavy, because they are intended more for cutting than thrusting. Less weight in the blade makes it easier to defend with and gives you more control over the point, so swords intended more for thrusting will typically be balanced closer to the hand. I don't know much about the jian, but it looks to me like a compromise design, intended to be reasonably good at both cutting and thrusting, so the balance point is probably meant to be somewhere in the first quarter or third of the blade, if I had to guess.

@SurmaSampo

3 жыл бұрын

There are also a number of types of Chinese Dao that are strong cutters and more forward weighted as well.

@Arcana437

3 жыл бұрын

Overall it depends on how the user fights, if the sword will be put to it's potential

@neo-filthyfrank1347

3 жыл бұрын

That doesn't make sense I have one of those traditional one handed european swords and it can barely cut and is much better at thrusting yet it certainly seems blade-heavy

@SurmaSampo

3 жыл бұрын

@@neo-filthyfrank1347 It is likely that you just have a poor quality sword.

@Arcana437

3 жыл бұрын

@@neo-filthyfrank1347 yeah, it maybe of poor quality. Or you didn't sharpen it enough. Or maybe the way you cut is different? And you're body has a natural way for thrusting?

It's the same reason Olympic fencing uses flexible weapons. It can be done safely with minimum gear. HEMA likes it a bit rougher which is why we wear stronger masks and some armor to prevent broken bones.

@swordsmanxia

3 жыл бұрын

People seem to forget that a Jian can be anything from a two handed long sword to an epee.

When I was younger I always thought the bendy swords were meant to emphasize how fast and strong the characters were. Since they could also fly/jump through the air and stuff.

@prastagus3

3 жыл бұрын

It does. However 99% actors/actresses don't have skill to do so with a real sword. Only martial artists actors like Jet Li and Donnie Yen had used real swords and other weapons in movies.

@gabrielsagala9969

3 жыл бұрын

A stiffer sword would also be less shock resistant and they would break much more easily as a result

@prastagus3

3 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielsagala9969 Thus good swords have both stiffness and flexibility in a good ratio to be considered good swords.

@gabrielsagala9969

3 жыл бұрын

@@prastagus3 It's much more complexe than just ratio. Metalurgie is a science on it own. I was talkin about metal work in general.

@prastagus3

3 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielsagala9969 I'm also talking about metal work in general. I only know metallurgy in general and not in detail as well.

Grandmaster jesse has blessed this video i see...

Cause they stretch every morning. Thats true chinese discipline right there

That’s really interesting. I’m about to go down a research rabbit hole.

@tommyakesson8858

3 жыл бұрын

I got two or three or four tips. Shadiversity. A history buff and all around nerd who talks about both realistic historical weapons, as well as analysises of pop culture weapons. Describes things like metallurgy, the physics of cutting, balance of weapons etc etc. Good stuff. Todds workshop. Dude makes a bunch of experiments with realistic gear he often crafts himself. Metatron. A guy DEEP into roman history. Talks both about general history but also weapons and armour. Especially roman. Skallgrim. Another nerd with a fascination of weapons. Trains HEMA (historical european martial arts) and often buys replicas and puts them trough tests.

@librabys

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommyakesson8858 Don't forget Scholagladiatoria, a british HEMA guy who collects antiques and replicas, is very knowledgable.

A sword doesn't *need* a fuller to be well balanced, but it can be helpful to include one especially if overall weight is a concern.

Damn I wasn't expecting that Mexican Martial Arts reference. Now I need a crossover.

I remember researching a bit on sword crafting. It's actually quite interesting when you get into the composition and tempering of the swords. Decent swords back in the day did have a "slight" bend to it. The reason being that you don't want the sword to snap or break under pressure. Definitely don't want the sword to bend as much as the practice sword you were showing, but they did have a slight bend so they'd last better in combat.

About the floppiness, there is a saying in Taiji Quan that when you are powerful enough and well trained with your sword you can make it vibrate when you strike. I think they use floppy weapons in movies and wushu to make the performers look more powerful.

@HipposHateWater

Жыл бұрын

Historical jian were not remotely that noodly, so that sounds like a cope that just got accepted as truth

Watching these videos before physical therapy (ACL reconstruction surgery Nov. 2020) motivates me to work hard. I can't wait to get back to BJJ, & possibly try training some MMA eventually.

So interesting! Had no idea of this, great video!

Im learning to forge knives and swords fullers are used to reduce weight, it also stiffens the Blade a little due to increased surface area.

@roycehanly3666

3 жыл бұрын

Did you mean cross section? Increased surface area doesn't directly make the blade stiffer. The metal doesn't care how much of it is exposed to the air, for this purpose. A wider cross section will. You might raise a bulge to either side of the fuller if you hammer the groove in, which would stiffen the blade.

@dwaneanderson8039

3 жыл бұрын

A blade with a fuller is stiffer because it has the same basic cross sectional geometry as an I beam.

Also, filming fight scenes has endless takes. The stunt person, wielding a fully weighted sword, would be exhausted before the sequence is shot.

@zachariahgoddard6039

3 жыл бұрын

Nah....“Real” swords are surprisingly light. When is dexterity more important? When you’re shooting a film?...or when your life is at stake? Swords are fast articulate weapons, even long swords and two-handers.

@RoyBlumenthal

3 жыл бұрын

@@zachariahgoddard6039 My dummy tai chi sword was about a quarter to a fifth of the weight of a real tai chi sword.

@zachariahgoddard6039

3 жыл бұрын

That only speaks to the weight of your trainer sword doesn’t it? It’s cheaply and lightly made to mimic the well balanced engineering of an actual spring steel sword, which (due to the design) will also feel like it’s made to move with precision. The heavy sword trope is a bit of a myth. Practice swords may indeed come lighter but probably due to the age, sex, skill level of the type of person it was intended for.

@librabys

3 жыл бұрын

@@zachariahgoddard6039 A real sword is light enough to be agile in the hand of a trained warrior during a combat... but not as light as having it used at full speed by an actor all day long. (they weight around 1kg and if you are not used to it, you get tired fast)

@nicholasthompson9410

3 жыл бұрын

@@zachariahgoddard6039 the weight and how tried one would be after a period of time using one is also super subjective and depends both on the individual sword and the person using it.

Skallalgrim on Ramsey Dewey

@jolonghthong5377

3 жыл бұрын

Nice prof pic... get yer Yorkshire tea.

@Zraknul

3 жыл бұрын

Scholagladiatoria would probably be closer.

2:15 I've never handled a sword. But I do now that different tennis rackets are balanced differently.

Coach! I'm having trouble capturing the shoulder with my legs when I have a kimura grip and transitioning to the arm-bar finish. I have been seeing more success with just finishing the kimura. Any thoughts on when you should or should not switch between an arm-bar and a kimura?

As Mr Moth said, it's called a fuller. It's purpose is not only to change the weight distribution, but also reduce the overall weight without reducing the stiffness of the blade. In construction I beams use the same principal.

I'm so glad the sword didnt slap you in your face when you tried bending it on your chest! Thank you for (not only) this educational video! :D

Watching this while I work out!

It's great to share the love with Grand master Jessy!

In a Wuxia movie, the bending sword presents that the swordsman has a powerful "inner force" that metal can't bear his power thus become soft.

@allengordon6929

3 жыл бұрын

A doylist explanation is that it's a holdover from Chinese epic opera.

@cyborgchicken3502

3 жыл бұрын

In older WuXia films especially those from the Shaw Bros era the swords never used to bend at all... I'd recommend films like Dragon Swamp, That Fiery Girl, A Touch of Zen, The Sentimental Swordsman and Come Drink with Me, all came out around the late 60s and early 70s

I was asking myself exactly this question. I think the safety aspect is the most reasonable explanation.

Ramsey, A BIG Thank you for answering that question on floppy swords. I did always wonder why? Good video as always :)

Loving the explanation. The second you explained that it was to emulate the balance of a real sword, I immediately understood and my HEMA background made me think of the Feder sword, used in Europe for practice. Same idea, different approach.

"Life, the Universe and Everything" Thanks for the Douglas Adams reference.

There's also that nice sound they make in shows; my classmates and I sometimes wanted to see whose stab made the most noise.

Also note today whether you do wushu style form competitions or modern olympic fencing or historical fencing via HEMA or suchlike most often you want a sword that can bend,but the reasons can differ. In wushu,it's for a similar reason you have the red strands at the end-it helps make the motions showy and fancy.Which is also likely one of the reasons(aside from what you noted about safety already) they're used in films. Another being that most (not all) practitioners of chinese martial arts seem to primarily use such versions to train with,which means that's what they'd likely use to teach actors to swing around for fight scenese.What you said about people being used to bendy swords is definitely a factor in it. With olympic fencing,HEMA,SCA etc. it's generally so you can safely thrust at your sparring partner(while they still wear appropriate protection) and minimize chance of injury while still fighting at intensity(which is not every sparring but a necessary part of it) so it works basically in the way you've emulated when 'stabbing' yourself. However many historical swords were a bit bendy,generally not floppy as some modern ones,but still bendy. The reason is simple-if you've got something that's not bendy at all you get something that may be more prone to breaking(the actual physics and mechanic properties of steel are somewhat more complicated but I'm simplifying here for brevity sake). There are exceptions to this rule-katanas generally werent bendy because they were most commonly made of two metals-steel on the edge and iron in the back,so having them be bendy uniformly was tough to impossible to achieve(however many modern katanas are pure steel and thus actually on average more durable and bendy than most historical ones). Also in Europe when you look at some longswords made specifically for armored combat they are often nearly entire rigid(so that they can be more useful as levers in armored grappling and that you can more easily stab against the gaps in the plate armor and go through potential chainmail at those points),and will more often have parts of their blades either unsharpened or actively dulled(regular longswords were still often used in armored combat but simply weren't specialized for it).

you are right, those tassels at the end are decorative, it was first used for distinguished soldiers. but over time it just became decorative with whatever you want to put in it.

I'd like to se those weapons in action con you make a video demostration?

Dude got the smoothest voice ever. Can listen to him talk all day.

Hey Ramsey, I had a question for ya. With all the gyms shut in my country due to lockdown, me and my house mate have taken to doing some training in the park together. He has a little taekwondo experience and I have a little muay thai experience, so far we've done some basic kickboxing technique drilling and some very light sparring. My question is what do you think it would be most beneficial for us to practice? (as we both want to improve our striking)

nailed it bro

He's become a master of the universe. Either that... or he's stuck in the WONG DIMENSION! :P

Great video 👌

Film student and asian film nerd here, the swords might be a left over from Peking opera who´s weapons are also bendy. The influence of theatre in chinese cinema is understated. A lot of early sino film is re telling of plays , operas and folk stories etc. Not to mention a ton of stuntmen and actors who did kung fu and wuxia movies in classic HK cinema were trained in opera as children before joining the film industry . The most famous of these is of course Jackie Chan. There is a 1988 film called Painted Faces worth checking out about it.

Having personally used 1 handed Chinese Jian for sword sparring despite not knowing anything about Chinese swordsmanship ( i applied messer and arming sword techniques instead), the Jian balance is very close to the guard and felt kinda similar to a rapier, and handled very awkward if you use it like an European cutting sword. Also the tassel was there to shift the balance of the sword, not just for decorative purpose The practice sword's "blade" are usually very cheaply made and thin in order to emulate that "close the guard" balance. Very nice for form practice but a terrible tool for even practice light sparring

The sponsor promotion of this video is the best I've ever seen

Hey Ramsey! If I injure one arm or leg, would it be wise to keep training the other one unilatteraly? Or would the muscle imbalances be a problem if you go back to squatting or pressing with one strong and one tiny arm or leg?

Do you know anything about the jiu huan dao (9 ring broadsword)? I've read all sorts of explanations for the rings: they were decorative: they kept the blade from dulling as quickly: they added momentum to the strike when they clinked. It all sounds a little iffy. I wondered if they could snag weapon tips.

The flexibility also allows for a nice sound effect when you whip it around fast enough!

Ha no way! I was looking at weapons based martial art videos today gonna enjoy this ☺

I just spent the whole video admiring the heat treat on the bendy sword. Past a 90 degree bend without a set? I'm with it.

@RamseyDewey

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Inexpensive doesn’t always mean cheaply made.

Ramsey I remember I watched an old video about you doing kettlebells. Can you show us some workouts that you do or that you teach your students for boxing/mma?

As it was explained to me, the original Jian's blade had a hardened point and was softer towards the handle because if the entire thing would snap if it was equally hard as the tip. I have also been told that the advantages of the flexsteele style blade was that they could bend and find their way towards the crevis between armor plates for stabbing attacks when used on a battle field. I was also told that some few people used to put wire in the tassels to blind enemies but to me, that would bring you too close for the comfort of using a straight sword. I did notice the tassels kind of help my form when practicing Tai Chi sword form at a medium pace.

@kevinmorrice

Жыл бұрын

a bendy blade would lose most of its energy on impact, the bend wouldnt do much to get between armour, the bend absorbs the impact, meaning less thrusting power

That was so good! Excellent excellent video! It's bendy so they can put on a show.

sick sword katas bro!

The fuller also adds structural integrity. It essentially turns the sword into a sharp I beam allowing it shatter other more poorly made swords.

Hey coach! love the channel have been a fan for a while i am currently working as a programme manager and instructor for a well respected martial arts academy here in england, as im fast approaching 45 this year having to to keep up a full time training regime to stay on top of the game is getting tougher as the years roll on but have no intention of ever retiring ever! lol i was wandering if you have any pearls of wisdom on keeping your body in peak condition as you get older i do find i ache more after heavy seasions many thanks in advance 🙏

I used to ask my mom all the time “why is the sword so floppy? How are they going to fight?”. I can’t believe it took me 20 years to find out.

"but better" awesome

Dope shirt 👍

Aww yeah Ramsey shouting out the Grand Master 😎🤙

lol where do you have the picture from the bastard sword at 4:44 from? i actually possess this exact sword :D

@RamseyDewey

3 жыл бұрын

A google search for swords with a fuller

The Grandmaster deserves way more subscribers.

So a friend of mine tore his acl in judo and now is afraid to train any martial arts anymore in fear of hurting himself again and be out of work. What are ways to avoid injuries while training.

@RamseyDewey

3 жыл бұрын

Regular strength and conditioning. regularly work on flexibility and range of motion. Sleep enough. Rehab all the injuries that you do get so they don’t get worse.

Ramsey, how many weapons do you have in your collection ?

Ramsey my man so I want to get into MMA later in my life but I deiced before that I want to do muay Thai as I have no striking experience what so ever I have done wrestling but I want to do muay Thai a little bit before moving into MMA I this a good idea or will this hinder me in some way when I get into MMA

I always thought it was more of a movie making problem. Many movie sword fight scenes (GOT, Witcher) are using rubber swords and effects are added later to make it convincing. The kung fu actors are probably trained in wushu and are more used to handling the weight/noise etc. of fight scenes with the light metal wushu swords.

Dude that Kimeowra shirt is awesome! it makes me smile Fullers also give swords and knives more lateral strength, the profile is more like a, I beam.

The "blood groove" is called a fuller, and the tapering towards the tip is a distall taper

Loving all the sword talk bro. You should get in contact with LK Chen, he makes historically accurate chinese jian, and he's been giving KZreadrs his product to review

Hi Ramsey. Want to ask if kiMEOWra is sold at the link you gave?

@RamseyDewey

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is!

Do you have any kettlebell routines for taijiquan?

@RamseyDewey

3 жыл бұрын

I have kettlebell routines, and I have taiji techniques, but I have not yet attempted to combine the two! That being said, anything that makes you a better athlete makes you a better fighter.

Ramsey would you show use a long sword style?

I wanna see some a Ramsey Jam Session

Very nice. I like that you back your videos with knowledge. There are so much nonsense out there. One thing that many people don't know is that the cutting motion with larger, double edged swords actually aim to cause crushing type injuries on an armoured apponent. That is why it needs to be thicker and have some weight to be of use.

For future reference, there is a specific term for sword blades being thicker towards the grip and thinner/flatter at the tip and that's distal taper. This is as opposed to profile taper which refers the width of the blade from edge to edge.

I always wondered about this.

The floppy blades have swagger lol

Hey Coach! Great talk as always. I think your summary at hit all the points about these modern wushu swords pretty well. Just to add to the talk; I am an antique sword collector, and have collaborated with LKChen to produce some sword education info graphics. (You might get a kick out of them, so I will put a link at the bottom). The Jian's in particular that we see which started in the Republic Era (or maybe late Qing) do not really emulate the balance of the live blades on most Ming/Qing Jian. I must qualify that as there are MANY types of Jian over the centuries; some of them are actually quite blade heavy, for delivering substantial cuts! However by the time that martial arts schools really became a focus, and an effort was made to keep militias from springing up keeping real swords out of the hands of these schools seems to be the reason for this blade construction. There are accounts of street performers using twin blades, using the same type of thin floppy metal, that are still used with these modern Jian/Dao. As you point out it extends to other weapons as well, but you tackled swords, so here we are! If you are ever interested in chatting about swords, just give me a shout! =) imgur.com/a/x4Bhegp imgur.com/gallery/xa6FGMu

I remember seeing an old episode of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues where they used the flexibility of a wushu spear to create the illusion of some supposed Shaolin technique called The Iron Shirt.

Must be the same reason as groundskeeper willie in Simpsons says about kilts... "to blind your enemy with luxury and beauty"

"relatively safe thing" Keyword "relatively", ha.

Since I don't see anyone else answering, the "blood groove" is called a Fuller. I don't remember why but that's what it's called.

I enjoyed learning about the bending swords (jin) thanks.

@RamseyDewey

3 жыл бұрын

Jian

@edgarscottkarmacho

3 жыл бұрын

@@RamseyDewey hey coach! I would enjoy to watch more about this facts from chinese martial arts movies. I hope you can share more!

Apparently one of the other purposes of the "blood groove" is to prevent the sword from creating a vacuum when you stab someone and the blade getting stuck

Is that practice sword flexible enough to be used as a belt? I'm trying to create a belt sword.

@RamseyDewey

2 жыл бұрын

You can buy belt swords. They exist.

@shindukess

2 жыл бұрын

@@RamseyDewey there's only a few sites from EU right now and they're out of stock on the one I want. Is your sword flexible enough by the hilt?

Hey coach wtf how many swords you have? Thx is pretty cool I am watching a ton of history sword vid.

When we getting the mindsmash duo

You seemed like some sort of cosmic being flying through space during that intro segment. Did you do some tai chi and have an out of body experience?

Out of pure curiosity, have you practiced any martial arts using polearms? Also would love to see more of the weapon forms. Great video as always coach

Hi Coach! Was wondering If you could help me with my after training stretching? Since we are still living this "New Normal"-era kickboxing only, around four times a week and my thighs and hips are getting kinda stiff & painful from not really havin' a proper stretching routine to do after training. Also starting to think four days a week might be just a bit too much this early in my training. Oh, and PLEASE don't go sticking more spears against your body without warning first, almost made a mess...

I'm currently working on a Hitatsura Nihonto. In other words a "full temper Japanese sword". These are some of the most visually appealing Nihonto. Historically they were also the most fragile due to the large Niei crystals and general hardness of the steel. In my business, we know that the Nihonto produced with a more equal balance of soft and hard steel perform better overall. We call the groove a Hi, pronounced Hee.

@jolonghthong5377

3 жыл бұрын

Or heeeeeeeee

Really nice Sword, Ramsey. I left all of my Taiji weapons in Nashville when I moved to Thailand last year. Hoping to find a place to buy some practice weapons. May look on Aliexpress. Also, these weapons are great for making cool KZread videos and trying to become an extra in a wuxia movie 😂

If you are used to cheap replicas, a well balanced sword is a revelation. I own a precise replica of a famous sword held in a museum in Germany. A poorly balanced weapon will always feel heavy. The only way to describe the feeling of the Munich sword I own is that it dances in the hand. The balance gives it amazing agility and the ability to quickly switch directions while cutting and covering.

Ramsey out here telling us he is in Shanghai China, but he is clearly in space. More lies from the hater grand Master chosen one, smh 😤

@RamseyDewey

3 жыл бұрын

We’re all in space. Unless you’re some kind of two dimensional life form contacting me from a parallel dimension where the laws of space/time to do apply.

@ChristopherCarpenter

3 жыл бұрын

@@RamseyDewey my own words have been turned against me, I will concede your point 😆

@giantm846

3 жыл бұрын

@@RamseyDewey 😂😂

@Groteskfull

3 жыл бұрын

@@RamseyDewey I think you meant "do not apply"?? 🤔 Love the t-shirt btw 😄

@michaelterrell5061

3 жыл бұрын

@@RamseyDewey YES ANOTHER PHYSICIST!!!

Blood groove is actually called a fluffer, it's purpose is to reduce impact recoil and vibration

In older WuXia films especially those from the Shaw Bros era the swords never used to bend at all... I'd recommend films like Dragon Swamp, That Fiery Girl, A Touch of Zen, The Sentimental Swordsman and Come Drink with Me, all came out around the late 60s and early 70s

@MrBilej

3 жыл бұрын

Very good point. That is because before Commie China changes martial arts to dancing there was many martial artists who knows how real swords work. Many of them escaped to Hongkong and that is why those old HK movies were so much better.

@cyborgchicken3502

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrBilej I totally agree with you, kung fu movies nowadays especially since 2014 have been nothing but propaganda fests, Ip Man 4 for example was so full of anti Western propaganda and if not the West then they're crapping on Japan and other Asian countries as well... I'm a huge fan of kung fu films, but the CCPs involvement in what content gets put out by vetting them through broadcasting committees is ruining the genre

I come to learn about floppy Chinese swords and I come get my dreams crushed about Shaolin Monks :(

Very good explanation {period} if there's one thing I know about it's blades {period} I'm not an expert but he did a pretty good job explaining this {period} however {comma} not all properly made swords have a fuller just to be clear. Then the last, good job breaking it down for people.

Do you ever do weapons sparring? Would be neat to watch

I really like how much effort you’ve put into getting your sword stuff right! Still always surprised to see the swords stuff haha That said I only have one minor point, and that is that ‘well-balanced’ is very relative. The balance of a sword depends on what you want it to do, a general rule is though: if you want lots of stabbing and point work, you want it close to the hilt, if you want more chopping or cleaving, you want it a bit further away from the hilt. So basically, what is ‘well-balanced’ for one sword can be completely ‘unbalanced’/‘poorly balanced’ for another, and even the same swords can have different balances all tailored to the practicioners wishes. That’s all though, I saw you already wrote about the fullers, so overall I really enjoy the more historical weapons material! Keep it up!

I agree with your conclusion. The modern floppy type are designed for wushu, a performance art, rather than combat. It's similar to unarmed kung fu having a lot of elaborate steps and movements that are combat-related but have deviated from that purpose

@treasurewuji8740

3 жыл бұрын

Flapping around and reflecting lights from different angle can create an illusion that the fight is "busier" than it actually is, too.

@jestfullgremblim8002

2 жыл бұрын

@@treasurewuji8740 yeah lol

Question. If I wanted to practice in the park with this, is it legally considered a sword? I live in Wisconsin.

@RamseyDewey

2 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what the local laws of Wisconsin are.