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Post by Lancelot Chan on Jul 7, 2020 16:25:12 GMT
Reviewing LK Chen's White Arc model of Chinese jian
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Jul 7, 2020 17:14:45 GMT
I'm looking forward to seeing how it performs against your standard cutting targets.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Jul 7, 2020 17:57:53 GMT
I'm looking forward to seeing how it performs against your standard cutting targets. The sharpening took way longer than I expected so the test cut will be on tomorrow. :)
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Jul 8, 2020 12:27:47 GMT
LK Chen White Arc Test Cut
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Post by markus313 on Jul 8, 2020 13:36:57 GMT
Excellent videos, Lancelot Chan, like always. As a great modern swordsman, you really know your stuff. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Jul 8, 2020 13:59:03 GMT
Excellent videos, Lancelot Chan, like always. As a great modern swordsman, you really know your stuff. Thanks for sharing! Thanks a lot for your kind words. Along all the years I've trained in various swordsmanship styles and came across many different styles of swords. Eventually I ended up developing a system that made use of all such knowledge. Among them was adjusting the drag amount I put in each cut. For a curved sword, throwing the tip out is totally alright. The curvature will do the slicing. It's like an auto-shift car that will take care of its gear switching. The bad thing about a curved sword is that when you need "knocking power", you either need to flip the blade around, or smack with the side of the blade, which will end up bending it. With straight sword, you have a lot more "knocking power" but less "slicing power". It's like a manual shift car that you have to take care of the gears yourself, but then you can take more out of it once you've mastered it. Just less easy to use.
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Post by treeslicer on Mar 20, 2021 4:38:51 GMT
Thanks for posting this excellent practical review. I was considering this sword, so you just saved me some money.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Mar 20, 2021 5:46:30 GMT
Thanks for posting this excellent practical review. I was considering this sword, so you just saved me some money. I'm glad I could help.
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Post by pgandy on Mar 20, 2021 13:41:34 GMT
Due to Treeslice’s post I went back and watched both videos and paid much attention to the second as I’ve been working on my #2 cut finding it weaker the #1. Perhaps now I’ll make further improvements, I’ve already made some prior to watching again.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Mar 20, 2021 15:51:40 GMT
Due to Treeslice’s post I went back and watched both videos and paid much attention to the second as I’ve been working on my #2 cut finding it weaker the #1. Perhaps now I’ll make further improvements, I’ve already made some prior to watching again. Glad it helps you improving the difficult cut. My current version of the left to right diagonal, is simply not stopping the sword in front of the body. Rather, transit into a tail guard after the cut, to give the back hand more room to move during the cut. It is way more powerful than any versions that involve stopping the blade in the front.
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Post by pgandy on Mar 20, 2021 16:51:58 GMT
The swords I’ve been using of late are one handers. I do not attempt to stop the sword but allow the momentum to bring it up to guard position or a follow-up. I realized that I needed more slicing action so have be extending the arm farther out from the body to increase the slice and that seems to be my biggest gain so far.
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Post by Lancelot Chan on Mar 20, 2021 17:05:49 GMT
The swords I’ve been using of late are one handers. I do not attempt to stop the sword but allow the momentum to bring it up to guard position or a follow-up. I realized that I needed more slicing action so have be extending the arm farther out from the body to increase the slice and that seems to be my biggest gain so far. yes! That will work! Instead of throwing the blade out, try to start with almost full extension and pull it downward diagonal. The slice will be there automatically.
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Post by pgandy on Mar 20, 2021 17:09:21 GMT
The swords I’ve been using of late are one handers. I do not attempt to stop the sword but allow the momentum to bring it up to guard position or a follow-up. I realized that I needed more slicing action so have be extending the arm farther out from the body to increase the slice and that seems to be my biggest gain so far. yes! That will work! Instead of throwing the blade out, try to start with almost full extension and pull it downward diagonal. The slice will be there automatically. Got it, thanks.
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