Blades, Do you practice or own any?

[TheLordOfSins]

Anyone here practice any form of sword play at all? I've practiced Kendo, I can do some knife play, use throwing knives, I understand polearm combat, though haven't practiced it. I have used axes, though can't seem to get the hang of throwing axes! GRR! >.<

As for my collection, I have a longsword (cheap), a short sword (Cheap), a civil war era rapier (Battle ready), a Katar aka punch dagger (Battle ready), two sets of throwing knives and a few random ones aswell as a small 50Ibs pull hand crossbow.

Anyone else?

[Hellion]

I don't practice but I do have a certain amount of knives I bought from one of my co-workers.

I like to collect knives

[Rev.Reverence]

I have studied a bit...all around...

...throwing an axe is not so hard...

I learned to throw them when I was young...so I forget how far away to be...I think it was 3 comfy paces away from the target...& a very smooth motion...& don't let the axe/hatchet go like:

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It HAS to be:

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I prefer Kendo sticks for practice of swordplay (over Boken)(some people hit your fingers on accident)

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

I have a few swords and such around.

I fence with foil, saber or epee.

I also know how to fight with a long/broad sword and two handed swords.

I hate working with a shield. it does not fit my style.

I prefer two fight with two medium weight blades... one straight and double edged the other slitly curved and sharp on one edge.

I also throw knives and hand axes. If i can throw it that far, I can make it stick.

[detroitrequiem]

I have several swords around the house that I use in ninjitsu and tai chi training. I've also had 2 years of fencing in college. I also have a collection of real shuriken, various knives laying around the house including my beloved seal knife, and alot of extensive knife defence training and Japanese classical sword training. I even have a druid boline but thats for cutting herbs. We do sword training every week and will soon be working on chen style broadsword.

[Msterbeau]

I have a selection of X-Acto and utility knives which I cut myself regularly with.

[jynxxxedangel]

You don't want to find out.

[Cowboydave]

I have many years of both Shinkege Ryu Kenjitzu and Eido. I have a nice double blood grooved Eido blade imported from Japan for practicing as well. As an Infantry Staff Sergeant, knife training is a intricate part of the training I teach me squad.

[pomba gira]

Don't do the sword thing but I love knives! I used to rock those Gerber survival knives until I ended up with a CCW case due to some gung-ho MSU campus cop on a visit to the circus. Right now my everyday purse knife is a little Gerber pocket knife with the sharpest blade I've ever owned, and a clever little pair of Fiskar scissors.

[Nightgaunt]

No blades, but this one gang kept wanting me to join because I'm pretty good with a bo staff...

[industrial_girl_2000]

Anyone here practice any form of sword play at all?

I figure skate so technically I am "on blades" several times a week for practice. Does that count?

In all seriousness, I have been looking for a Tai chi class that uses a wooden sword. I know this type of martial art exists, but the name escapes me at the moment. I read about it several yrs ago in a fashion mag & the lady who reviewed it said it was a great workout since the sword weighs your arms down as you do all the motions with it & it strengthens not only the arms, but the abs as well because you have to hold onto your core.

[Simon Bar Sinister]

I have many years of both Shinkege Ryu Kenjitzu and Eido. I have a nice double blood grooved Eido blade imported from Japan for practicing as well. As an Infantry Staff Sergeant, knife training is a intricate part of the training I teach me squad.

Good taste there.

[Rev.Reverence]

I have a selection of X-Acto and utility knives which I cut myself regularly with.

How very EMO of you.....<-{it is yellow 'cause it is a Chernobyl impersonation}

*runs*

[violentivy]

I have a fencing foil and a penchant for world destruction, does that count?

[taysteewonderbunny]

I run with scissors.

[Msterbeau]

How very EMO of you.....<-{it is yellow 'cause it is a Chernobyl impersonation}

*runs*

No no. I don't do it on purpose. When I'm working on whatever project at hand, and it calls for making something that requires cutting, I inevitably cut myself. Let's just call it a blood sacrifice for the success of the project....

[n0Mad]

I've been fencing foil and sabre on and off for about 16 years. I've briefly studied (more like researched) almost every sort of martial art I encounter so I can better recreate it. My forte with blades is in the form of fight choreography. I try to have the movements stay fairly faithful to the real martial art yet have it flamboyant enough to be entertaining while still following all the safety rules to protect the actors and the audience. My specialties are rapier, rapier/dagger, and quarterstaff but I know enough stage combat theory and general martial arts that if a weapon exists, I can figure out a technique to choreograph something cool.

All the blades I own are stage blades because that's how I make money and it doesn't make sense for me to dump any money on wall hangers, sharp swords, or so-called "battle ready" blades which in reality are crap for what I need. I have two rapiers (one swept hilt, one transitional from broadsword), two parrying daggers, two single-handed broadswords, a butcher knife, a fighting knife, and two simulated folding knives (they don't fold at all). Not nearly enough.

[Simon Bar Sinister]

I damn near had an orgasm when I saw this:

http://www.zombietools.net/tools

:peanutbutterjellytime:

[prick]

Anyone here practice any form of sword play at all? I've practiced Kendo, I can do some knife play, use throwing knives, I understand polearm combat, though haven't practiced it. I have used axes, though can't seem to get the hang of throwing axes! GRR! >.<

As for my collection, I have a longsword (cheap), a short sword (Cheap), a civil war era rapier (Battle ready), a Katar aka punch dagger (Battle ready), two sets of throwing knives and a few random ones aswell as a small 50Ibs pull hand crossbow.

Anyone else? <img src="http://www.detroitgothic.net/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whoops.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="whoops.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/starwars.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="starwars.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drag.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="drag.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/shuriken.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="shuriken.gif" />

The Civil war era blade would not be a rapier its a saber. I have such an extensive collection I couldnt list it all here and I do practice. Im the bomb throwing tomahawks.

[prick]

Anyone here practice any form of sword play at all? I've practiced Kendo, I can do some knife play, use throwing knives, I understand polearm combat, though haven't practiced it. I have used axes, though can't seem to get the hang of throwing axes! GRR! >.<

As for my collection, I have a longsword (cheap), a short sword (Cheap), a civil war era rapier (Battle ready), a Katar aka punch dagger (Battle ready), two sets of throwing knives and a few random ones aswell as a small 50Ibs pull hand crossbow.

Anyone else? <img src="http://www.detroitgothic.net/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whoops.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="whoops.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/starwars.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="starwars.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drag.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="drag.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/shuriken.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="shuriken.gif" />

The Civil war era blade would not be a rapier its a saber. I have such an extensive collection I couldnt list it all here and I do practice. Im the bomb throwing tomahawks.

[n0Mad]

I damn near had an orgasm when I saw this:

http://www.zombietools.net/tools

:peanutbutterjellytime:

Bad ass!!! I must own them all!

[Nymada del Sol]

I have experience with knives and swords.

[EAF (1)]

I like to collect knives and have taken some weapons fighting techniques with my martial arts instructor. Mostly basic self-defense against knives and guns and kali escrima which can be used with any weapon. I also used to do retan (spelling?) sword fighting with a medieval reenactment group.

Edited July 4, 2012 by EAF

[Nymada del Sol]

I like to collect knives and have taken some weapons fighting techniques with my martial arts instructor. Mostly basic self-defense against knives and guns and kali escrima which can be used with any weapon. I also used to do retan (spelling?) sword fighting with a medieval reenactment group.

Most of my weapons training is eastern in origin. I would really like to learn how to better use medieval weaponry.

[Dead~spirit]

I have many years of both Shinkege Ryu Kenjitzu and Eido. I have a nice double blood grooved Eido blade imported from Japan for practicing as well. As an Infantry Staff Sergeant, knife training is a intricate part of the training I teach me squad.

As an infantry staff sergeant, id hope you have better things to do then to intricately train your squad in knife fighting. Perhaps maybe battle drill six, battle drill 1 alpha, or maybe even filling sand bags since that's really all the national guard does over here. Any active duty Army or hell any service prior or current should be laughing at this. Any of you want to know what real Infantry will be training in, please feel free to consult the Ranger handbook.... Please don't bring the Infantry or Rangers or any combat arms into these threads to try and boost your appearance's, it will only end up with a negative response by a hooch full of disgruntled paratrooper's and rangers.

Sorry I couldn't let that one go..so any ways..i'm not too big on throwing hatchets, but I throw knifes and stars on a regular basis when I get down time. I have a few katana's (show blades) back home but mostly for appearance. I do however practice Kendo when ever i'm home with a good friend that aspires to be a samurai. (i don't have the heart to tell him that time has passed.) I am a big fan of Gerber knifes but my deployment knife I been using and has prooven it's self even over my seal pup knife, is my Tops Knife. Not too big but not too small, full tungsten steel and never seemed to loose an edge for 9 months of this deployment so far. It's been banged around, soaked in water multiple times, soaked in swet, cut hundreds of 550 cord, and even pryed the gunner turret hatch open when our fob was attacked in june. My hat goes off to Tops knifes.