Eric7_27

tkd basically

Thanks for the help guys

Cool! Thanks for the link!

How do people keep like a katana on them. If I'm doing a tournament the last thing I want is to have to put the sheeth on the floor as I'm doing my kata. And if I put it in my karate belt that won't hold and will drive me nuts. Is there some kind of belt thing that can tie to your waste that holds the sheeth? What did samurais use in the first place?

I don't know which tournaments would even allow you to use a sharp sword. Mine doesn't.

what? no throwing knives?

cool thanks obiwan- hope you're kidding about the high score with a sharp weapon

^^ lol.

Walmart carries weight suits now for pretty cheap. I'd try looking there.

This guy sounds like he needs to be in flag troupe and should be twirling nice and safe flags, not sharpened swords in an uncontrolled manner near impressionable observers.

Thank you guys for your responses. Yes- I would definately prefer a full tang and maybe a more tempered (right phrase?) material. But I'm not looking to do any cutting or anything. It appears that there are NOT many options in purchasing a sword for competitions.... Many come razor sharp also. Perhaps this is why swords are very rarely seen at tournaments.

I'm trying to buy a non-sharpened sword for competitions but I don't want to spend like $400 on one, but I also don't want a wall-hanger. Is this one that both the blackbeltshop and centuryfitness sell (as a "competition sword") any good??? Or will it fly off it's handle and stab someone as I'm doing a form with it? (You normally lose points for killing a spectator ) http://www.blackbeltshop.com/competition_sword.htm

What kind of tournament or whatever is this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jWLmKyjiTw Why do they wear the chest protectors and other tournaments don't? I noticed the fighting style is more like olympic style and does more kicking, where like the AOK tournaments I have here in Texas use more punching, and no one wears chest protectors. Is it just something they do up north or is it a different thing like ITF or something. If so- where would I find those tourneys?

The red thing is a bean bag that they throw in that shows that the match is over.

Here's some stuff from my most recent tourney. Anyone go? It was the Dallas Heatwave Tournament in Duncanville. I placed 3rd in Forms and 1st in sparring for my division. Video of part of my fight. I'm the orange belt. http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/bigbob4million/?action=view&current=Erics2ndTournament018.flv Pics: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/bigbob4million/S5030450.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/bigbob4million/S5030464.jpg