MaartenSFS wrote:wetmarble wrote:MaartenSFS wrote:Not being rude helped. You posting videos helped me to understand where you are coming from. Some of these other clowns are just being obnoxious and have yet to offer any solid arguments for their positions, which I demand if they are going to dismiss my stuff. I think that kind of attitude is toxic. I'm not a turn the other cheek kind of person. I put a lot of work into this video and my training in general and I will not tolerate rude behaviour. I'm expecting common decency. Is that too much to ask?
I find it exceedingly ironic that you speak about expecting common decency and not tolerating rude behavior, while simultaneously being rude and lacking common decency.
If you treat people with respect, you will often find that they return the favor to you.
Please point out where I was initiating any rude behaviour.
wetmarble wrote:Is it only rude if you were the one who initiated it? Is it not disrespectful to call people "clowns" and "obnoxious"?
In my opinion, we should be respectful and decent all of the time, regardless of any insults that have been hurled at us.
MaartenSFS wrote:Well fuck me, I misinterpreted it.. I'm looking forward to meeting people in person back in the West to avoid this sort of thing...
Pandrews1982 wrote:The vast majority of "self defense" is bullshit. Trying to incorporate sword into this is futile and would be delusional. Would you carry a sword with you? (illegal in many countries and almost all states in the USA). Oh you could pick up a stick though - have you ever been mugged in a forest? oh there's a handy stick I'll bend down to pick it up and "BLAM" you get kicked in the head or stabbed in the back. Maybe if you use a walking stick or cane you'd be okay but if you're a strapping young man then it may be a bit out of place to carry a cane. I'm sure there are loads of paranoid self defensers that would pay for such bovine fecal matter though
MaartenSFS wrote:You are entitled to your opinion, but all of the Kenjutsu that I have seen has been about how to wear your uniform, etiquette and training with real or wooden swords against compliant partners and looking really serious - the focus being on the art of it all. I don't think that any martial art can be learned this way and still be practical for fighting against a fully resisting opponent, full contact. Edge alignment is great, but every time that I've picked up a real sword I've been attacking with the same angles. Learning how to cut perfect isn't that useful if you can't use it on your opponent.
I have been training with someone that studied Iaijutsu for many years and all he wants to do is the kind of drills that you are talking about. Sometimes he gets the better of me when we do that, but as soon as we take a step further back and actually fight I destroy him almost every time. Things like feints, combinations, Tingjin, explosiveness and many, many other things simply can't be trained in his way. He was meant to move to Japan in two months but has now decided to give it up and learn from my Master instead.
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Trick wrote:MaartenSFS wrote:You are entitled to your opinion, but all of the Kenjutsu that I have seen has been about how to wear your uniform, etiquette and training with real or wooden swords against compliant partners and looking really serious - the focus being on the art of it all. I don't think that any martial art can be learned this way and still be practical for fighting against a fully resisting opponent, full contact. Edge alignment is great, but every time that I've picked up a real sword I've been attacking with the same angles. Learning how to cut perfect isn't that useful if you can't use it on your opponent.
I have been training with someone that studied Iaijutsu for many years and all he wants to do is the kind of drills that you are talking about. Sometimes he gets the better of me when we do that, but as soon as we take a step further back and actually fight I destroy him almost every time. Things like feints, combinations, Tingjin, explosiveness and many, many other things simply can't be trained in his way. He was meant to move to Japan in two months but has now decided to give it up and learn from my Master instead.
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What are the specific characteristics of your fencing practice that makes it into Chinese swordsmanship? As I understand you don't do any forms practice that usually seem to be a common practice when learning the Chinese blades, is it called Chinese swordsmanship because the intention is if it was used for real we'd use Chinese style swords?
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