Trick wrote:MaartenSFS wrote:No, I don't bother with Chinese sites. Low quality and my work will just get copied and used by millions..
Then I can't see it, I like fencing arts so a little pity there...Wouldn't your teacher like the promotion of his sword art?
windwalker wrote:Was wondering about the weight of the weaponry as Steve mentioned, and Maarten, shows and talks about.
My friends swords were not light nor flexible at all. In Korea, the teacher I studied from also had real weapons "dao" the weight and inflexibility of the weapons gave meaning and usage to the movements used to practice with them, a little different then the wushu routines. .... One had to understand how to move their body around the weapon rather then it around the body...the swords he had weren't very long
Steve James wrote:Windwalker, your pics don't post.
MaartenSFS wrote:windwalker wrote:Was wondering about the weight of the weaponry as Steve mentioned, and Maarten, shows and talks about.
My friends swords were not light nor flexible at all. In Korea, the teacher I studied from also had real weapons "dao" the weight and inflexibility of the weapons gave meaning and usage to the movements used to practice with them, a little different then the wushu routines. .... One had to understand how to move their body around the weapon rather then it around the body...the swords he had weren't very long
It is my understanding that antique swords (real swords) were usually much shorter, heavier and stiffer. They required a tremendous wrist strength to wield properly, something that I've developed over the past year. The training swords used in this video are 100cm long and have a bit of flexibility for safety. Not much, though. We have another one that is 90cm, but the same weight. It is less flexible and I prefer it, as I like to switch between one and two-handed techniques.
Steve James wrote:Ooopla, I forgot to post the example of small sword work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMAgDiEPkD4
windwalker wrote:Steve James wrote:Windwalker, your pics don't post.
thanks, is it all pics or only certain ones....I'll have to post them differently.
Greg J wrote:Nice video, Maarten. One thing to perhaps consider for future videos is your purpose for filming and sharing. If it is to document your journey, then a mix of things is fine. If it is an instructional video, then I suggest following the Dog Brothers maxim "if you see it taught, you see it fought." Teach the techniques, and and then show these techniques being used successfully (and perhaps unsuccessfully, with commentary explaining why they failed) in sparring. Consider saving the scenic footage for an intro, or outro.
As for the sparring itself, I saw a lot that I liked. You entered and exited under structure, you did a nice job of attacking from different angles, and mixing up different strikes (i.e., thrusts, power slashes, probing shots, and hits to the hand).
The only suggestions I have is to work on chaining more of your strikes together to form 3 - 4 (or even 4 - 5) strike combinations. Also, consider moving from guard to guard, rather than holding a single guard and attacking from that one guard. Doing so telegraphs your strikes.
Take care and keep training!
Best,
Greg
Back in the day most of the fighting was done with shields
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