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EDIT: The double wristlock (ie kimura) was used at the time indeed.

Yep. Almost thirty years after the introduction of jiujitsu in western countries.

If you look closely to the catch wrestling manuals that have been made before the connection with jiu-jitsu ( the first official introduction was around 1905 in London) you notice that the only hand locks that appear there are quite simple (like the hammer lock) and that their only purpose is to twi...

There are plays in Fiore in the sword vs. dagger section where the sword is drawn from the scabbard as the dagger guy tries to attack. There the scabbard-sword combination is used to fend off the dagger. But I haven't seen any longsword vs. longsword stuff.

Something does not compute in this thread. At least when it comes to Fiore. Oh yeah, it's this: ARMA is without doubt a generation ahead of everyone! I find the article erroneous If John's understanding of Fiore represents the ARMA level of interpretation of Fiore, how can you be a generation ahead ...

I'm really not one who knows a lot about koryu and JSA, but have talked to people who do and feel that I have to chime in. I think the problem arises from misconceptions about real japanese sword arts mostly spread by other instances than real koryus. The misconceptions are usually spread by media a...

I can think of nothing that justifies using sharps for that training. Sorry for the OT. Training with sharps isn't that uncommon in martial arts. Experienced escrima guys do it quite regularly. Check the video clips at the right of this page: http://www.biffuk.com/gallery.htm I know this is not HEM...

That posta di donna is a good find!

EDIT: As for secret challenge matches with Japanese swordsmen using sharps, maybe that did happen in the 60's. Heck, it might even happen now (but I really doubt it). Still, why anyone would undertake such a venture escapes me. We're martial artists. Fighting another person with sharps, to prove a ...

Considering cross sparring with jsa practitioners. If you really want to test your skills you could go to japan. Find a classical ruy. Preferably one of those who still were involved in challenge matches between different ruy in the 1960's. Although done with wooden weapons, these matches were condu...

Then I'd definitely go for the Albion Knightly sword. Hard to find any sharps in that price range that are good. But you would really get your money worth by waiting a little longer and paying a litte extra. The suitability for slashing depends only on technique. There really isn't that much differe...

Hi Jussi!

So what kind of blade are you looking for and what's it for? A sharp or a blunt? Are you going to use it or is it just going to be on a wall? I might be able to give some pointers. Albion europe is a good choice btw.

Whoa, never knew that kaspin would have reached this far... Okay, as being a finn, I can maybe shed some light to this matter... ...or not. Kaspin has been and is a topic of a lot of controversy here in Finland. I could write a whole page about kaspin, but lets see how much I really bother. Lets sta...

Thanks David. I was pondering on that just yesterday. I knew that grain is apparent in period steels, but really didn't know that modern steels have the same property even to the point of having impact on their performance.

Thanks for the responses, this clears things up a bit.

This is getting to be OT, but here goes anyway. You can produce a piece of metal (the blade) through stock removal to have the exact same proportions as you would by hand forging -right? That leaves us just the material. So do you think that the lack of hammering ie. packing in the blade material re...

"Most swords today are produced as replicas or reproductions using a stock-removal process whereby a uniform bar of modern steel is shaped by machine or power-tools and then tempered to a certain outer hardness. This is sufficient for costume weapons and even for purposes of most martial arts p...