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Post by Taiwandeutscher on Jun 16, 2012 8:47:12 GMT
Did you guys see? Scott Rodell's the referee, a bit rough, but it's not that easy to actually fight with a blade. ... r_embedded |
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Post by Gundoggy on Jun 22, 2012 7:37:09 GMT
Yup rough. Those swords weigh 2 lbs and can easily break bones as they're oak or hickory. I picked up some deep bruises doing light sparring with Garrett Chan with those swords. If we had gone full speed/power, I would have had broken fingers/hand bones.
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Post by ineffableone on Jun 22, 2012 7:59:27 GMT
It is especially not easy to fight with all that protective gear on including padded gloves which looks to cause dropped swords more than once, though when doing full contact sparing it is quite a needed thing to have this protection. It is funny how quickly people loose their forms and training when they start using weapons that can hurt in full contact sparing. I have seen some very skilled swordsmen turn into very unskilled when suddenly trying full contact sparing. Someone who normally would be very impressive with sword forms suddenly flails their sword like a club more than a sword forgetting the forms they trained in for so long due to instinctive worry of injury.
I found I prefer using boffer (padded) swords rather than wooden swords and protective gear when doing full contact sparing. Having a sword you can contact with full force but not have to wear bulky awkward protective gear makes it easier to remember your training and do it correctly. Though the adrenaline still does confuse your training until you get used to sparing. Still though when in actual combat there is a lot of difference from what you train and what you actually end up doing.
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Post by Lukas MG (chenessfan) on Jun 22, 2012 16:45:57 GMT
Interesting vid. Just shows how important it is to practice sparring regularly to get over that "real fight, my form's completely ruined" thing. I don't know the guys fighting there nor do I have any idea about Jian usage but to be frank, they didn't exactly seem like being used to this kind of thing and I don't think they just started Jian a couple weeks ago (at least not all of them). I wonder, does sparring not play an important part in Jian training?
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Post by Taiwandeutscher on Jun 23, 2012 13:20:09 GMT
Well, it's not easy.The padded platic swords tend to handle very different to the wooden ones and those different to metal blades or real repros.
Friends laugh at me because I train test cutting with better repros, forms with metal blunts and freer application with wood on bamboo (mostly train double handed miaodao in free play).
Those wooden swords can hurt really bad, so we only do fixed drills with those.
And of course, the protective clothing is something I cannot stand, in Taiwan's humid summer heat, lol!
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Post by Taiwandeutscher on Jun 25, 2012 0:03:59 GMT
Another competition, out of Hongkong. Hugh, 2-handed weaponry, padded, more technical, have a look. ... p_play_all |
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Jun 25, 2012 20:11:44 GMT
HHhahah that's my tourney.  All the weapons in the tourney have the samel weight and balance of the respective real steel swords. Usually we stop at a good hit but this time, I implemented an experimental "dying strike" rule to allow the final counter strike to be delivered during my countdown after the initial hit. This was done to encourage the original attacker to reposte and defend himself no matter his attack was successful or not. I hoped to implant a self-preservation mindset to the students. However, some of them took advantage of the rule and become regardless of their own "life point" by attacking relentlessly and relying on the dying strikes to do their work. So next time, I'll implement another rule, a simpler one to make them become more self-preserving, and as a result, more realistic. |
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All the weapons in the tourney have the samel weight and balance of the respective real steel swords.
