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Thread: Martial Arts in the Playground
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2012-12-17, 11:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2007
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- Cippa's River Meadow
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Re: Martial Arts in the Playground
A jo is a 4ft staff: wikipedia link.
It's a surprisingly applicable skill in modern life since there's always something that can approximate to a big stick.
We're not full contact like ARMA appears to be, so we have to pull all our blows. Since we can have 10-20 people per side busy trying to kill each other during practices, I think it's a reasonable rule.
I think you also don't have the issue of mail wearing opponents ignoring leg shots in our system, but smacking them in the legs (which they tend to ignore) then sliding up to the ribs (valid target zone) tends to take them by surprise.
But yes, keeping the spear low is useful as your opponent will have to bend over or squat to grab it, which either potentially unbalances him or reduces his mobility.
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2012-12-17, 02:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-12-21, 03:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2009
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Re: Martial Arts in the Playground
During army, shooting and melee fighting with a rifle, as well as shooting with light machine guns, bazookas and pistols (plus throwing grenades, laying mines etc.). In Krav-maga, some training against a knife (both standing and wrestling). In karate, some training with and against a knife, and with a belt or scarf. In okinawan kobudo, bo, sai, tonfa, kama, nunchaku and short bamboo sticks. Listing all this makes me sound quite a dangerous person, no? XD
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2012-12-22, 06:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-12-22, 01:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2006
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Re: Martial Arts in the Playground
I just practiced naginata fighting against a 5 year old. He won (I left open my defense of course). Still a fun weapon. You get 50 peasants together, give them a two meter long pole with a sword strapped to it, one hour of training and say: "the pointy end goes that away". Good luck getting through that on your horse
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2012-12-22, 02:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2006
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- Poland
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Re: Martial Arts in the Playground
Well, 50 naginatas would be worth quite a bit of money, so noone sane would give them to peasants.
One hour of 'training' and then stopping the horse would be even more insane, because those naginatas would get grabbed by enemy, after poor random peasants inevitably got routed, quite probably without any fighting at all (just slaughter of those running away).Avatar by KwarkpuddingThe subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing;
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2012-12-23, 12:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Apr 2011
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- Oregon
Re: Martial Arts in the Playground
For weapons, I've done jo, bokken and tanto through aikido, mostly forms and defense against them, as well as "how to flip over that bitch who tries to take your stick".
I've also gotten comfortable with mocked-up sabers, rapiers, short batons and, to a lesser extent, jian-style straight swords through screwing around in a woodshop class and sparring with friends.
Overall, I'm most comfortable with a bokken or saber.Guess who's good at avatars? Thormag. That's who.
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2012-12-29, 01:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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