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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2008 19:41:02 GMT
Hey guys! It's been awhile since I've posted anything, but I've been pretty busy with exams and all.. School ended for me a week or two ago, and since then I've just been relaxing. I haven't been using my sword much lately, but today I went out with a lot of water bottles and had some fun! I made some mistakes throughout the session, but by the end of it I felt more focused and less rushed than when I started. Speaking of mistakes... I might make another video showing all of my bad cuts, but that might be too embarrassing... Does anyone know the cause and how to avoid batting water bottles and leaving little marks in them? I must have done that atleast five times today, it was awful.. The thing is, the cuts didn't even feel messed up... It was as if the water bottles were abnormally strong. ![:-/](//storage.forums.net/forum/images/smiley/undecided.png) When I go to pick them up there are tiny cuts with water spurting out. So far my blade is perfectly fine, but that's probably only because I'm slowing my cuts down. Any input would greatly be appreciated. I don't feel like I have any sort of set form or technique, but if I'm doing something right or wrong don't worry about pointing it out! Thanks in advance, guys. Hope you enjoy the video. ;D
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Post by YlliwCir on Jun 29, 2008 23:31:21 GMT
Thanks for the vid, Fox. Looks like your cutting good to me, tho I'm not really a katana guy so one who is trained in such things might be able to give you some pointers.
btw, I bat those bottles occasionally myself. Usually has something to do with speed or edge alignment with me. Assuming that my blade is sharp enough, which yours certainly is.
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Post by alvin on Jun 30, 2008 0:09:33 GMT
Hey Shippo. Rick is right. Your cutting looks good - smooth, controlled motions.
I'm not a trained swordsman, and have only used swords with straight blades when cutting. But I too have observed that when I don't have proper edge alignment and sufficient speed, and with the straight blades that I use, use a "draw cut", I'll bat em every time, or leave them with those small cuts that you spoke of. Which for some reason is more aggravating to me than just batting them.
You're looking good. Have fun and continue being safe. Thanks for sharing the video.
Jim.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2008 2:18:19 GMT
Thanks a lot, guys! I'm a bit eased to know that I'm not the only one experiencing those kinda bad cuts. You don't think that at those speeds the bend or break by a bad hit like that, right? I hope it wouldn't... I'm trying to keep my cuts real slow, but I'm always worried that the next cut will be my swords last. I try to reassure myself that these blades are tough, but I'm just so worried that it'll bend just from a bad hit like that... even though I've had quite a few of them. I'll be sure to get more vids over the summer for everyone.. I'll just post them all in this thread. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2008 2:23:09 GMT
A very good start. You are going slow with form over just trying to power through the bottles so that is very good. I noticed that your moving a bit too soon in some of the cuts. You want to finish your movement as your hitting the target. As for batting the bottles away...edge alignment and form is key. If you notice, the speed your going at is enough to cut the bottles and you will see people moving faster but without the right motion, they will be batting bottles away. If you do post the bad cuts, I'm sure we could better see and tell you how to prevent those in the future ![:)](//storage.forums.net/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) .
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Post by Tom K. (ianflaer) on Jun 30, 2008 3:32:52 GMT
Shippo great cutting bro. I am impressed with your smoothness and appearent control. your blade speed tends to be on the low end but that's ok. it may be that when you bat the bottles you have slowed a bit. edge alignment is also a common cause of that but I feel you probably have that. I think your speed needs to come up a bit. BUT don't rush into that. keep cutting at your current speed. as your form improves your speed will improve automatically. read the all the threads on cutting techniqes here and in the JSA board, there is some really good info you can get from those discussions.
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