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Post by Turok on Oct 13, 2010 5:49:34 GMT
I haven't heard much about the cold steel butterfly swords, and I'm really curious about them. I've looked through the old forum and couldn't find much. I'm thinking of taking Wing Chun one day and I wonder how these handle. I've heard however how Cold Steel tends to make very blade-heavy swords...Does anyone own these butterfly swords? :?:
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Oct 13, 2010 7:07:24 GMT
There was a member selling them in the Classifieds last I checked, so you could go ask him.
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Post by HouShe on Oct 13, 2010 9:51:10 GMT
I don't own any butterfly swords, but my advice is to take Wing Chun first and ask your Sifu's advice. Some prefer different types of guards, there's a little bit of difference between various manufacturers and they can give you a better recommendation. Plus it's probably at least a year of training before getting up to the Butterfly Swords. You have the Siu Lim Tao, Chi Sao and whatever the second empty hand form is to learn first.
That's if they don't start you on the dummy before weapons. It's a fun, engaging system, but the weapons come towards the end.
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Oct 13, 2010 9:55:50 GMT
Biu Ji. Wing Chun is also a good short range system made famous by the likes of Bruce Lee, Jet Li, and Jackie Chan, all of whom would probably recognize it as their primary style, which can be seen in their movies. However, like Tai Chi, it is nearly impossible to learn it solo due to the Sticky Hands technique designed to increase your response time, which I believe is quite similar to Tai Chi's Pushing Hands.
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Post by Turok on Oct 14, 2010 6:13:57 GMT
I've changed my mind about these swords but thanks for all the help anyway guys! I guess I'll just stick to the Rodell jian or continue waiting for that Rodell Cutting Dao to come out...whenever that will be... :cry:
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Post by rvhernandez on Oct 14, 2010 7:42:21 GMT
I've handled them several times but I don't own 'em. Like many of CS stuff they are blade heavy brutes that are impressive on first handling. I'm sure the blades can do much of what you imagine you might want to do with them. But my personal opinion is that for practicing two-handed martial arts with short blades, there are likely other options offering a better balance in weight and quality, and with a slender profile that still offers strength and lightness. I haven't handled the Kris Cutlery ones but based on everything else I have from them, I would trust going with their blades as a good bet.
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Post by MOK on Nov 1, 2010 18:47:05 GMT
In case someone 's familiar with both, how do the CS butterfly swords compare to Hanwei's rattan set?
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