tonystark
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Post by tonystark on May 8, 2018 14:56:42 GMT
[I don’t know, but trying to use an arming sword or even a katana with a 27-28” blade just throws me of balance. Any other taller Gents experience anything like that? I like big swords, but I like short swords too. If you feel off-balance with an arming sword, maybe what you need is a shield or buckler in your off-hand (for the mental balance, not the physical balance, of course). Good point! I haven’t explored the world of sword & buckler yet, but one year at King Richards Faire a kite shield was part of my ensemble. I think I’ll look into some bucklers though, thanks Timo!
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Post by pgandy on May 8, 2018 15:11:02 GMT
I hadn’t thought of it in that light but with my arming sword I feel more “right” with a buckler and more so with a shield.
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Post by Wes Cameron on May 9, 2018 14:03:42 GMT
I hadn’t thought of it in that light but with my arming sword I feel more “right” with a buckler and more so with a shield. Me too. I think that arming swords were mean't to be used with a shield on the battlefield, but not in civilian life (medieval that is). Anyway...my wife loves my big sword.
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Post by pgandy on May 10, 2018 12:45:58 GMT
I hadn’t thought of it in that light but with my arming sword I feel more “right” with a buckler and more so with a shield. Anyway...my wife loves my big sword. That's good, makes for a happy family.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2018 23:29:01 GMT
I've odd and old experience with incorporating some of the draw block and counter you see in some of the tenshin ryu vids from earlier training in Toronto. The fluidity demonstrated with the large sword in close quarters is impressive but I think I'd default to the shorter weapon like wak or tanto in such close quarters unless I had non and could rely only on the mass of the nodachi and not it's full cutting ability but specific parts (say a quarter draw and using the exposed blade to inflict damage at close quarters, the koshira to bludgeon, tsuba to bash) Some of the forms being demonstrated can cross between sizes of blade while others appear to be a live demonstration of of what I would have practiced with a n odachi as kata forms "back in the hazy salad days of the mean cold streets off Lake Ontario's north east shore..." (ha! Yeah right not as cold as Ottawa!). I agree though with most of the above posters that the size of blade is best used on an open battlefield and not in close quarters fighting--though this is a good demonstration of how it might be used that I just found on YouTube K Love this vid. Shows how deadly a long blade can be with the first movement. Want to learn this move with my O-katana.....but how are they drawing such a long blade with short arms?
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Post by Ouroboros on May 17, 2018 0:30:49 GMT
The longer the blade, the more the hip rotation has to assist in drawing (or at least that's how I remember learning on larger blades). If you watch closely they're expanding and contracting quite a bit of their bodies while they draw. Still think I'd use a shorter weapon in closer quarters
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