Sword Sports - Page 2

April 30, 2008, 11:22 PM

lol. I wish I knew how to use swords, but I don't. I had a friend who had a katana, wakizashi and tanto but I was 16 at the time and couldn't handle them. Personally, I like hand-to-hand combat. Nothing like kicking ones ass w/out the aid of weapons.

May 1, 2008, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ARC-77

Fencing is for the French

I took kendo classes for about a year, but then I dropped out when the instructor started being a douche and wouldn't teach us anything new. All we ever did was spar after that and it was pointless.

I was pretty decent at it...kinda rough too, I broke one girl's finger. Needless to say, she didn't come back.

ehh, i took a free kendo lesson once while in japan, its pretty cool but i prefer fencing. rofl about the french comment, my instructor is Romanian and no lie, hes crazy good. ive never seen him even go all out, even aginst other instructors

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Originally Posted by Gaix

lol. I wish I knew how to use swords, but I don't. I had a friend who had a katana, wakizashi and tanto but I was 16 at the time and couldn't handle them. Personally, I like hand-to-hand combat. Nothing like kicking ones ass w/out the aid of weapons.

haha well hand to hand is most practical if im looking for a fight, but just like the title says i do it as a sport. i dont go around looking for a fight with my swords.

btw, i forgot to mention that i do saber, not epee or foil

May 2, 2008, 11:19 PM

I got lessons in iato (Kendo bascially except slightly different) and got quite good. I then stopped going and started doing my own stuff. Wish i hadn't left. Its great fun though even better when friends are round and i start doing the freaky shit and they've got the "wtf" look on them. Its so funny

May 5, 2008, 12:08 PM

what freaky shit exactly?

May 8, 2008, 12:04 AM

Well recently i'v started using dual but when i do work on that i use sticks only. I find it to complicated....i'f kinda afraid i mince myslef up when using two katanas at once

Freaky shit btw = twirling katana around, slicing katana inches away from brave volunteer friend's chest, power swinging it down, reverse backhand twirling (pointing the sword back instead of forward) use your creativity. The moves you can do is endless on swinging shizz

they train you in Iato to be able to kneel down and swipe a sword within an inch of someons eyes. Seriously. I dont tend to try that shit on people with a live blade...for obvious reasons

May 12, 2008, 8:06 PM

i did fencing for 4 years, sabre. i quit because we had this really annoying oldman that would shout at you for nothing. He got really annoying and i just quit after last christmas. i got up to grade 1 sabre and grade 2 foil which is terrible after 3-4 years but they didnt teach us and when they tried it was to boring and we just wanted to go back to femcing

May 17, 2008, 9:58 PM

The japanese are the best for teaching you sword fighting. They really push you ahead and are cruel, yet you benefit from it. My first day involved a group of us walking in and the head honcho running at us with a katana...scary but funny