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Post by reptaronice1 on Jun 22, 2019 5:03:58 GMT
Bought 10 and managed to cut!!!........ *Drumroll* None.... I could not cut through a single one. XD
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Post by markus313 on Jun 22, 2019 7:40:24 GMT
Edge alignment, circular motion and acceleration. Start without stepping and pull the blade in a large arc towards your body to accentuate the drawing portion of your cut. Take care.
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Post by leviathansteak on Jun 22, 2019 11:56:22 GMT
They can be tricky and like to flop over. I notice they tend to work better when i use very fast,sharp swords with a lot of 'bite'. Of course, edge alignment is key as always.
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Post by RaylonTheDemented on Jun 22, 2019 15:40:49 GMT
If I can cut these things so can you, practice, practice, practice... Just bought a few that were in sale, been a while since I cut any myself.
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Post by reptaronice1 on Jun 23, 2019 3:14:33 GMT
If I can cut these things so can you, practice, practice, practice... Just bought a few that were in sale, been a while since I cut any myself.
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lol thx ill try. im rly bad and trying to follow the martial arts books but they r hard to follow.
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Post by reptaronice1 on Jun 23, 2019 3:14:50 GMT
They can be tricky and like to flop over. I notice they tend to work better when i use very fast,sharp swords with a lot of 'bite'. Of course, edge alignment is key as always. Mine are lighter cutters, im just bad lol
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Post by reptaronice1 on Jun 23, 2019 3:16:48 GMT
Edge alignment, circular motion and acceleration. Start without stepping and pull the blade in a large arc towards your body to accentuate the drawing portion of your cut. Take care. Im trying to follow the martial arts books with motion and they are complex. can u explain what u mean by arc?
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Post by markus313 on Jun 23, 2019 13:49:20 GMT
Edge alignment, circular motion and acceleration. Start without stepping and pull the blade in a large arc towards your body to accentuate the drawing portion of your cut. Take care. Im trying to follow the martial arts books with motion and they are complex. can u explain what u mean by arc? That’s because it is But musn't.
Now first I must say that I’m by no means an expert on cutting, especially not JSA style. What I meant though was that you should start out by eliminating all aspects of failure through keeping a fairly steady (but not too tense) posture and fairly slowly pulling the sword from above your head using your left arm mainly (as a right hander; impetus comes from the left latissimus) keeping your arms fairly (comfortably) straight. That gives you a large path of acceleration and time to focus on tilting your forearms/elbows/ wrists during the cut so you can find your right edge angle (you still need speed for a noodle, 'cause they're light and tend to "escape" the impact). Start out with the sword-side foot forward, noodle about level with your spine, chest fairly parallel to target, cutting at approx. 45° from overhead above right shoulder towards your lower left – cutting at a closer/more shallow angle to target makes it easier; that makes it harder for the noodle to fold away.
Also contract your abs to keep a straight spine (no twisting or bending, this will all mess up your structure and the path of the sword). Later you can play with the hips etc.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Jun 23, 2019 14:25:42 GMT
You need a teacher. ;)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2019 15:02:59 GMT
I learned with a single handed sword and empty crackers boxes perched on the back of an easy chair. www.knbk.org/miura-takeyuki-hidefusa-hanshi/Graduate to empty plastic bottles. Milk jugs and gallon water jugs are usually easy enough to cut when water filled and not terribly hard to cut when empty. Light swords are fine for light targets such as pool noodles. Speed is not as critical on heavier targets. James Williams Check out some on Lancelot's videos cutting targets from minimal distance
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Post by Cottontail Customs on Jun 23, 2019 17:43:12 GMT
James Williams He's just one cut away from freeing that poor boy trapped in the mat!
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Post by csills2313 on Jun 23, 2019 18:17:01 GMT
I haven’t tried Pool noodles in a long time. I think I will buy a few and see how well I do. In the past cutting them with a katana seemed fairly easy as long as the sword was really sharp. I would imagine that cutting them with a medieval sword may be more challenging
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Post by Robert in California on Jun 23, 2019 18:38:10 GMT
What makes anything hard to cut is when it can flex. If pool noodles with a hollow core, if the core can have something inserted to make the noodle more rigid, is helpful. And the noodle be held in a way that keeps it from bending with the cut.
Try for now, water-filled gallon (or so) milk jugs. Fun and more easy. Whereas cardboard milk/juice cartons are harder to cut.
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Post by RufusScorpius on Jun 23, 2019 18:42:17 GMT
Yes, we've had this discussion elsewhere on the forums. Pool noodles are decidedly tricky to cut because everything needs to be perfect. They are floppy, which means you won't have anything for the blade to bear against when it strikes. It's all about technique.
But don't get discouraged. Swords take a good amount of training and practice for to be proficient in their use. Don't give up if you aren't good at it right away. Most sword training schools start you out with a stick, then after about 6 months or so you move up to a wooden sword, in about 2 years you can get a dull steel blade, and maybe a year after that you can start to use a sharp. So about 3 years to sharps, then the rest of your life to get better at it. In the old days, sword training started at age 6, then at about 15 or 16 you got a real blade.
In other words, don't look to the destination, but savor the journey. I've been fooling with swords for 30 years and I've come to the point where I finally understand that levels and belts don't matter, what's important is the learning process. What I actually know and can reliably do is what is important. If I were to be in a real sword fight then I can approach it with the confidence of my current ability, not looking at it by what I wish I knew but with what I factually know for certain. If that makes sense to you now, then good, if not, then maybe it will in a few years.
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Post by Ouroboros on Jun 23, 2019 19:23:42 GMT
Yes, we've had this discussion elsewhere on the forums. Pool noodles are decidedly tricky to cut because everything needs to be perfect. They are floppy, which means you won't have anything for the blade to bear against when it strikes. It's all about technique. But don't get discouraged. Swords take a good amount of training and practice for to be proficient in their use. Don't give up if you aren't good at it right away. Most sword training schools start you out with a stick, then after about 6 months or so you move up to a wooden sword, in about 2 years you can get a dull steel blade, and maybe a year after that you can start to use a sharp. So about 3 years to sharps, then the rest of your life to get better at it. In the old days, sword training started at age 6, then at about 15 or 16 you got a real blade. In other words, don't look to the destination, but savor the journey. I've been fooling with swords for 30 years and I've come to the point where I finally understand that levels and belts don't matter, what's important is the learning process. What I actually know and can reliably do is what is important. If I were to be in a real sword fight then I can approach it with the confidence of my current ability, not looking at it by what I wish I knew but with what I factually know for certain. If that makes sense to you now, then good, if not, then maybe it will in a few years. This is excellent advice: savour the journey and don't be afraid to practice and ask questions... I like to jacket my pool noodles in some newspaper and give em a good soak Just like etching your blade...You will do it many times until you are great at it and you find where to put your next foot on the path
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Post by csills2313 on Jun 23, 2019 20:01:12 GMT
I think these videos sum up why cutting pool noodles are such a challenge
I definitely see some things going on here that you shouldn't do when cutting noodles. It really helps to secure them properly so that they don't bounce all over the place.
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Post by reptaronice1 on Jun 24, 2019 2:21:17 GMT
Thank you all You are all very encouraging. Like seriously for a person like me who is down on myself alot it helps so thank you I will continue to practice and try different angles.
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Jun 24, 2019 20:29:05 GMT
Plastic milk bottles are your friend.
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Post by reptaronice1 on Jun 24, 2019 20:49:24 GMT
Plastic milk bottles are your friend. I have yet to try bottles that big actually. I am gonna give it a shot.
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Post by RaylonTheDemented on Jun 24, 2019 21:41:16 GMT
Two years ago I started cutting water bottles and such, and pool noodles. Last Summer I upgraded to rolled newspaper rolls. This year I upgraded to wood cored newspaper rolls, though it terrified me to try my DH blades on these. All went like a charm.
Like many have said, you start with basics, then upgrade on targets as you improve.
Need to fix myself a rope to try free hanging paper sheets, read it was hard.
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