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I know Ernie Perez did some work with the spear a few years ago. After watching him and sparring against his spear I made one up myself. The only problem I had was that to pad it adequately I found that the tip would sometimes fold. It also looked like a large canoe paddle. I recently had to toss it...

Jay,

I like your comments about the tool box. Not everything works for everyone. This is especially true for those of us of smaller stature and I sometimes lose sight of this fact.


Thanks to all who have contributed. I have much to think about.


Scott

Thanks Ran,

I will look forward to it!


Scott



The DFW study group is planning on doing some dagger work soon using Jay's book. Ernie and I will keep you informed so that hopefully you will be able to join us.[/quote]

Thanks guys,

I hope to catch Jay in Houston next fall. I may try to get together with the DFW guys also.


Scott

I had to opportunity to do some unarmed against dagger work today with an old friend and a number of things came up in the process. First there is a tremendous size difference. I am 5'7" and weigh 126#'s. My friend is 6'2" and weighs 210#'s. I had been working on dagger techniques from Jay...

I have had fingers bashed by both types. At the international event, using wooden core weapons, I smashed a training partner's thumb and later got one of mine smashed. At a Houston training day I got a thumb mashed again. Both times it put me out of action for quite a while. I finally had to go to u...

Jake,

I had sparred about 2 or 3 times. Did I really close my eyes?


Scott Adair

David, Excellent post! I cannot tell you how this topic has weighed heavily on my mind in the study of other arts and WMA's. Things have been pretty well worked over but I have a few things to comment on: Jeanry Said: "My advice, and it might be bad advice so take it with a pinch of salt, I gue...

I've made over a dozen in various patterns. Making the guard seems to be the most challenging part. I have tried one piece, two piece and four piece designs. Of all of them the four piece design from the ARMA-Ogden webpage is the easiest to construct.

Scott

Thanks for the responses.

Does anyone have a design they favor for sparring dagger construction?

Scott

Martin,

Are you saying that the blade length should be from the base of the palm to the tip of the elbow? Just want to clarify as I am about to make some wooden and sparring roundels.


Scott

Thanks Stacy

You go out of town for Spring Break and look what happens! I have trained in my work boots, running shoes, sport sandals, bog shoes and barefooted. Here are my thoughts: If we want to simply train then use whatever gives you the best combination of comfort, stability and traction. If we want to go b...

My wife took a feltmaking class this last weekend. Now I am not talking about the thin felt you used for craft projects as a kid. She felted a pair of slippers that ended up being a bit less than 1/2" thick. One of her books said that felt was sometimes used for armor. This caused me to recall ...

Thanks for the clarification.

Scott