Exotic Weapons

[Shogun]

hey this is my first post here at karate forums

 

does anyone here practice strange or rare weapon styles?

 

here is a list of the weapons i have trained with so far-

 

samurai sword

 

butterfly swords

 

wushu broadsword

 

nunchuks

 

bo, staff

 

and...the big guy himself, the Kwan Dao anyone else here train with the kwan dao? mine is a huge one almost 8 feet from tip to spear end and it must weigh a ton! but i dont even notice that anymore, the thing gets you strong fast.[/b]

[monkeygirl]

Congratulations on your first post!

 

Make sure you stop by the Introductions forum and introduce yourself!

 

I'm not sure if you'd consider this a "strange or rare" weapon style, but I've been trying to train myself to use the Double Tai Chi Fan. They are basically the fans you see Geisha hide their faces with, but these have metal blades in the fabric to weigh them down and make them a little more deadly. I have a videotape that I'm supposed to use, but... it's kinda hard to practice your tosses in the living room

[Shogun]

haha cool, double fans! from expiriance, its hard (for me) to learn somthing entirely from video.

[monkeygirl]

This is the first time I've ever tried to learn a weapon by video. I've learned some tricks from the Kicknastics tapes, but the double fans will be the most complicated thing I've learned from a tape.

[SBN Doug]

Double fan and Double short sword are awaiting my next belt promotion, I believe. Spear is supposed to be coming soon also. For now, I have:

 

Short sticks

 

Rope Staff

 

Staff

 

Sword

 

Rope

 

Cane

 

Throwing knives

 

and a little Korean style archery

[karate_woman]

I thought you wrote EROTIC weapons...that caught my eye. I must get my mind out of the gutter

 

Anyway, I have trained with:

 

uwara

 

escrima sticks

 

nunchuks

 

sai

 

tonfa

 

jo

 

bo

 

bokken

[Shogun]

haha you dirty dirty girl!

[monkeygirl]

tsk tsk karate_woman!!

 

Lucky you, Doug! Once you start learning double fans, maybe you can give me some tips

[SBN Doug]

Perhaps. Now if I can just figure out a way to make them look more masculine.

[IAMA_chick]

i haven't even trained with one weapon yet, thinking about a bo, but i saw a few people competing with some of those weapons. they were good and won b/c everyone else had the normal and they were flashy.