MAfreak

i was going into western weapons lately too. a fencing lesson for example and i really like the tomahawk. have some clips here, i think i made progress very fast, since many from eastern weapons technique is adaptable. https://youtu.be/7dWFBB61Bzc

after widen my training with weapons like the bow, i also tried the slingshot (after playing with such as kid too, of course). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9lAtUAIA3s does anyone else? as far as i know it came up much later than "common" traditional weapons, like about the 19th century, and might be descended from the bow.

haha i just wanted it to hit with its tip at about head-height and it did. its hard to see but it was pinned in the soil of that small hill.

i did belong to a federation, but don't do anymore. and its the other way round, i have to admit, i look down on them (in this specific one) because they are very limited people not really knowing or teaching how to fight. i would never make it a matter of being in a federation to judge if someone is a good martial artist or not.

i have another short video including some weapons-combinations; kobudo- & hapkido-weapons against baseball bat and crowbar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAiRpvSG5V4

poor girl i know how hard it is to find willing partners for a video haha. i always give them a hoodie to protect them from internet trolls. again i cut some (partially older) clips to a short video (also with gun disarm): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAiRpvSG5V4 sorry for the resolution, but the newer clips should fit to the older ones (some kicking i couldn't do anymore due to being heavier and having screwed ankles). not for instruction, just for entertainment. the first one was this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaNl26Og4p0

i have this since many years without having further knee problems. remember even cracking knuckles aren't fully explained by science yet. as long as there is no pain or mobility problem, i wouldn't be to worried about it.

in one man forms, i don't, but i'm no master of any weapon arts, just did cross training. kata is not important, you can learn to handle either way. and if you like, create your own kata. i'm curious too how this would look. for example one hand tonfa, the other hand sai, these two have a similar handling so it could make sense.

there's a warning on them that they aren't for full contact. if you hit someones elbow with your shin while wearing the protector, you will still feel it hard.

i didn't know about the kylie and did research now, thanks. but from what i now read, these were, along with other weapons, types of traditional boomerangs, so even if we know boomerangs as toy today, they're not just invented as a toy based on kylies.

same as against people. stop kicks; elbows to the head when it bites; also the animal has carotid arteries, so one could get a chokehold depending on the position. i would hate to have to defend against an animal and one shouldn't forget, that many of them are just way to strong with more muscle weight than we have overall and one wouldn't stand a chance (boars, bears...)

there are indeed people who want instructors to nurture/discipline their kids. for whatever reason (laziness, incompetence, no time for family...).

the instructors expectations only count, when they are suitable for ones own goals. think about your goals (self defense, competitions or whatever) and how the specific training is effective in your eyes. when yes and the instructor pushes you, take it as a sign that he is serious with you. when not, think about joining an other gym/club/school or at least do cross training or trial sessions there to get an idea of whether it is better for you or not. in both cases maybe a break for some weeks could make the mind clear again.

i like to do both: train grappling without striking for being technical, as well as train grappling with striking to not forget what could also help (or happen to me) in a real situation. when i teached, i liked to call different escapes from the same situiations the good-sportsmanship-method (escape via grappling technique) and the bad-sportsmanship- or street-method (for example groin strikes when being in a headlock etc.). btw. it sounds better and shorter in my language german (sportliche & unsportliche methode; "sportlich" means "sporty" or "athletic" as well as "being fair").

i'm planning to join a club which teaches german ju jutsu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_ju-jutsu which is promoted as "mixed martial arts and self defense" and therefore corresponds with my own training while and after being in my former karateclub. surely its not common overseas but i'd like to exchange views with practinioners of japanese jujutsu about similarities and differences.