Anyone do any weapons training?

**KenjutsuB0i** · Posted On: 10/13/2002 6:26pm

Just wondering if anyone does weapons training, if so then what kind of weapons and what art?

**DCM Fighter** · Posted On: 10/13/2002 7:20pm

When I was younger, maybe around 6, I started using the nunchucks(just those crappy plastic and foam covered ones)and bo. I've studied knife and stick fighting too, and I have tons of books on the tonfa and kenjutsu and other weapon systems. I know at least the very bascis for most martial arts weapons.

**darkface** · Posted On: 10/13/2002 7:49pm

Knife and sticks... Kali/Escrima style...

**Mercurius** · Posted On: 10/13/2002 10:41pm

Did a little nunchaku/bo when I took TKD (like they're really Korean weapons). I remember a little Escrima too, once you get me started, I'm fast as hell with the redonda.

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**Klasanov** · Posted On: 10/14/2002 5:00am

I do a little bit of Escrima. Nothing too serious yet, onl took one lesson so far

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**KenjutsuB0i** · Posted On: 10/14/2002 5:24am

how is that?

**Miguksaram** · Posted On: 10/14/2002 3:34pm

Kumdo/Kendo, Arnis, knife, and staff.

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**Choke** · Posted On: 10/15/2002 2:29am

Escrima, and bo staff so far. I fucked around with Kendo.

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**JKDChick** · Posted On: 10/15/2002 2:35am

Kali, so sticks and knife. Also, I fence Sabre (or I would if I hadn't had hand surgery).

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**Amir** · Posted On: 10/15/2002 7:55am

I practice Japanese traditional weapons as they are part of my style's curriculum - Korindo Aikido.
These include:

Jo - stick about 126 cm long

Ken - Japanese sword, practice is mostly with Boken, but includes Iai as well mostly with an iaito (aluminum sword) and may include cutting practice with real Katana in the future.

Wakizashi \ Kodatchi - Japanese short sword

Bo - Staff, about 180 cm long

The curriculum also includes other weapons, at which I have not trained in an orderly manner so far. Such as:

Tanto - one side edged knife
Nito - fighting with two swords
Naginata - Halebard
Hami-Bo - stick about 90 cm long.
Ksarigama - a chain weapon
Yari

And probably a few more weapons I didn't remember right now.

When we study a weapon, we normally learn it using a 3 components system:
Kihon / Tai-Sabaki - basic exercises, strikes/cuts, blocks, deflections and combination of weapon and body movement.

Kata - Traditional Ju-Jutsu Kata from TJJ systems our founder and his senior students ave learnt, such as Takanauchi-ryu, Katori-shinto-ryu etc. We also do pre-arranged paired exercises as part of this chapter (most of the TJJ kata include two persons, often each carries a different weapon).

Randori – light free sparring, the intensity may increase with trainees level. Mixed weapons Randori is also practiced as well as multiple opponents (The last is most difficult and I can’t claim to survive it at medium intensity yet).

Amir