15-lisa-newbie Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 is there any martial art focusing mainly on weapons?? i know theres shorin-ji kobudo.... is there any more??? "you wouldnt care what people thought of you, if you knew how seldom they really did." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenStar Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 filipino stick fighting - kalia, escrima, arnis... there are japanese sword arts - various styles of kendo and iado. I've heard that there are chinese schools which focus on the jian, but I don't know of any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rank7 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Kali(eskrima, or arnis) is great plus thier open hand techniques are great tools as well. Displays a small graphic image below your details in posts. Only one image can be displayed at a time, its width can be no greater than 80 pixels, the height no greater than 80 pixels, and the file size no more than 8 KB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
15-lisa-newbie Posted February 24, 2005 Author Share Posted February 24, 2005 like there is okinawan kobudo isnt there??? "you wouldnt care what people thought of you, if you knew how seldom they really did." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muaythaiboxer Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 kendo, iaido, kobudo, kali, fencing, gurkha knife fighting, kenjitsu, and some chinese styles train only with weapons Fist visible Strike invisible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battousai16 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 my school closed down before i could get as far into my kali training as i would have liked, but don't you eventually lose the sticks and knives? i mean, at super advanced stages, don't you retain the techniques and lose the weapons, keeping the basic principles and applications, or something to that end? i think i read something like that somewhere. i always had enough fun stick fighting, myself "I hear you can kill 200 men and play a mean six string at the same time..."-Six String Samurai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rank7 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 kali is good because for me personaly i like to do it faced paced and i execute it fluently . Displays a small graphic image below your details in posts. Only one image can be displayed at a time, its width can be no greater than 80 pixels, the height no greater than 80 pixels, and the file size no more than 8 KB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taku-Shimazu Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Might have already been said, but. KENDO. The cool summer breeze passes me by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenStar Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 my school closed down before i could get as far into my kali training as i would have liked, but don't you eventually lose the sticks and knives? i mean, at super advanced stages, don't you retain the techniques and lose the weapons, keeping the basic principles and applications, or something to that end? i think i read something like that somewhere. i always had enough fun stick fighting, myself yeah, in kali you work backward, compared to most arts. You begin with weapons training and eventually progress to empty hand. When kali was created, EVERYONE carried sticks and knives, so you needed to be able to fight with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryangruhn Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 filipino stick fighting - kalia, escrima, arnis... there are japanese sword arts - various styles of kendo and iado. I've heard that there are chinese schools which focus on the jian, but I don't know of any. The FMA's have empty hand too. So they actually don't only focus on weapons. Gruhn https://www.durattan.com ~ "THE MOST DURABLE RATTAN STAND-IN" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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