Stupid manufacture flaw piss me off sometimes

Thanks! Where is the website of this forge anyway? I am still confused about who they are and where to see some samples they made?

Hey, I just looked at the link above and "dadaochen" is the one making that sword? Very nice sword man! Good work! Wow, how much is that going to cost? Also, do you have more close ups of that sword? and how is the scabbard like? I hope more swords like that are out the market, they are so attractive!

I think he has a forge make them? not really sure, maybe he can comment on that, but the sharpest blades I own are Hung shing blades.

which sword did you want to see more of?
the scabbard from the sinosword jian is completely destroyed, and some of the fittings fell off the Hung shing scabbard.
(I'm a bit rough with my swords), but hey thats what training outside everyday in the summer does I guess.

Mak ~

Just to be clear, I'm not angry at you nor have I been.

The thing is, I don't really value the opinion of any one on the internet regarding Bruce Lee or kung fu enough to actually get bent out of shape about it. The point being, I have my own experiences and am quite comfortable with their validity. So I don't need you or anyone else on the internet to affirm this for me.

The thing is, Bruce Lee called his system of movements and techniques "Jun Fan Gung Fu." The point being, this is what he called it. This makes it presumptuous of you or anyone else to go around calling it "not kung fu." Same thing with the Wing Chun or insert name of style here.

My teacher calls it "Wing Chun Kung Fu." So it is presumptuous of you or anyone else to call it something else. Presumptuous because you, having never studied with my teachers, think you know what it is all about better than the people actually doing it. This is rude, and also untrue.

For instance, I don't agree with everything you say about Daoism, but that's OK. I'm not going to publicly come out and say "Mak is not a Daoist" because we do not agree exactly on every single point you have made about the subject. You are a Daoist if you say you are. It's not up to me to say what you are; that would be a great presumption on my part to tell you who you are and what you are doing.

My understanding is that the term "kung fu" means to have a certain amount of skill due to putting a great amount of time and energy into something. The Wikipedia link is simply a poke at Kuya because he's used that one before :lol: Again, I don't need you or anyone else to explain it to me or back me up with links and references. I already have my own experience for this...

So for example, I worked with a Chinese neurosurgeon who could do brain surgery on folks using acupuncture as anesthesia. Apparently many types of brain surgery go better if the patient is actually awake during the procedure so the surgeon can get feedback on the parts of the brain he is working with. Anyway, we said, "Dr. Yu has kung fu." meaning he was very skilled with his hands.

Another Chinese fellow worked in a lab at the same facility. He could warm the palms of his hands up by thinking about it, and actually make them sweat by conscious thought. Basically he had some voluntary control over what most people would call our "involuntary nervous system." So we said this Dr. "had kung fu" as well.

The point being neither one of these doctors was doing any fighting, but they had great skill. The point being, they were both Chinese, and referred to each other as having "kung fu" though neither did any fighting.

So Mak, when you go around saying "Bruce Lee doesn't have kung fu." I reply that you full of $h!+ because my understanding is to "have kung fu" means to have great skill because of all the time and energy you have spent training. This understanding of the word "kung fu" and its meaning comes to me from the various Chinese people I have had experience with during my life. So based on this experience, the insult is pretty clear to me, though you may or not have intended it this way; again I can't speak for your intentions because only you know what these are.

So no worries. I'm not actually upset at all, just pointing out the obvious to anyone who knows the difference.

The thing is, Mak, if you believe that your specific take on everything is the only right one to have, you are fooling yourself. I am American, but I don't speak for everything in America, for Christians, for Republicans or Democrats or anything else. I speak for me.

Again, it may be unintentional, but the things you write here seem narrow-minded, as if you speak for all things Chinese or all things Taoist or whatever, and that every other view point is somehow wrong.

Case in point, you call me "a monkey" because I don't just nod my head in agreement with every thing you say, Mak.

Again, I don't actually care what your opinion of me or my teachers is very much, because I already know who and what I am. However, there were points that needed to be made because not everyone knows these things and might just accept everything said here as gospel. It isn't.

I put that cord wrap on it for a while so it was softer on the hands, the rayskin can be kinda rough, I wanted to eventually wrap it in black leather cord.
The Sinosword Jian looked alot better when I first got it, but I used it as my beater sword, the hungshing Jian I only used a few times to cut some bottles, unfortunately I have to sell it to get money for my medical bills
it's already listed in the classifieds.

just a note, the blade on the hung shing Jian is pretty much twice as thick as the jade lion.

Now it's like a tai chi master saying they don't do "chi' stuff and it's all physics and balance and so on. I know what it's like but then really, different master explain things differently. I don't say you are wrong because I had heard how you explained it all my life with different people saying it. But then, chi is NOT what you said. It doesn't really require meditation and clarity at all. Our body live on chi and with chi, it's there no matter you cultivate it or not. When you use what you call "dynamic tension" which isn't even a word in Chinese, chi will be drawn to the spot. That's what happen in reality, not what you say but it is what happen really. No matter you accept it or not, it's there. Chi is flow and guided by your intention and your mind, it's only the matter of is your chi concentrated enough to do damage or it's loose and sloppy so you are using your physical power instead and chi is just there. But yeah, if you put a camera that can capture chi flow.. it's really when a person throw a punch, the IS chi involved and it's only the matter of how much, how condense it is. So in a way, you are right about hung gar's dynamic tension but chi is also there even you don't say it is. When you concentrate on a muscle, chi is there too. That's chi kung knowledge 101, not something new.

Noi Gung and Noi Ging is not the same thing, agreed, but they are related and noi-hay (nei chi) is also related as well, you cannot separate them as they are already part of you. It's like saying you are just kicking your foot but your toes aren't kicking, too weird sounding man.

I guess it's how the master explain it to the student only.. I had heard tai chi master saying tai chi is not chi kung, it's physics and push hands is all only about balance, etc,. Same to hung gar, and even mantis..etc,. Not something new already for my ears.

Dang, that Hung Shing is pretty! I love the inside of the guard how it is constructed, very sturdy and secure! I think I will think about that when my budget is up again! haha! This one is damn good and thick for anything like zombies chopping, haha! Oh man, you must love it so much..

For the jade lion, actually I found the problem with the blade and it cut better now, had some abuse with it and still going good without chipping. The problem is the edge sharpening was not done good and the guard is kinda loosen up, so when you chop, the blade will A) not cut well cuz of the edge have a blur there.. and B) the blade wobbles and shake or vibrate cuz the guard moved a tiny bit.. dang..! bad construction! I took some JB weld and weld the blade to the guard inside that little space and now it is NOT moving no matter what you do.. and I refine the edge again with sandpaper which made the edge flawless and have no more silly blurs.. now it's cutting 100% good. I just chopped with it VS my computer CPU case box and it hit some hard nails at the corners too and did not chip, much better and I am gaining my trust with it again!

I think CS really mean what they wrote - it's a scholar sword!

In another word - don't mean for use much, it's just for cutting paper and books... LOL!

Mak ~

No worries. We certainly don't need to agree on everything 100%. The world would be a very boring place if we did.

So I have a wife and certainly don't need you to be another one :lol:

As I suggested at the beginning of this thread and another one you started on the butterfly swords, it is better to not get into the politics of martial arts styles and systems or have a religious discussion. Every one's cup of tea is different in these areas.

So I stayed out of it for the most part until the subject of what I specifically practice came up, and so I thought it needed clarification since I have experience in this specific area others here do not.

I wish you well in your practice. As the Dog Bros. say, all that matters is we are friends at the end of the day.

Back to discussing swords. Carry on

Daishikaze. thanks, that's great to know, sounds like Sinoswords are really making an effort to produce good swords! When it comes to custom designed Chinese swords, Sinoswords seems to be the place to go.