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Eric7_27
Yellow Belt
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 42
Location: Dallas, TX
Styles: Taekwondo, Aikido
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raymonm316
White Belt
Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 13
Location: Oklahoma City
Styles: TaekwonDo, Okinawan Seidokan, Iaido
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 8:57 am Post subject: |
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| does Aikido even use swords? |
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 12841
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 8:04 am Post subject: |
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| does Aikido even use swords? |
I think that Aikido gets heavily associated with Kendo, which is a swordsmanship style, that uses the shinai (bamboo sword) to practice.
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Nometry
White Belt
Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 4
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| Do NOT buy a half tang sword if you plan to use it. Half tang is STRICTLY for display only. I suggest buying the Nami Wave Katana by Paul Chen, it's an Iaito which is made for what your talking about. |
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marie curie
KF Sempai
Joined: 18 Oct 2005
Posts: 1019
Location: PA, USA
Styles: Ko Sutemi Seiei Kan Karate, Kajukenbo, Kodokan Judo, Gracie Barra Jiu-Jitsu, Olympic Tae Kwon Doe
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 10:33 am Post subject: |
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I like aluminum for demonstrations- nice and light, so when you practice with a heavy one, your movement goes really smoothly.
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lordtariel
Black Belt
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 1709
Location: Oregon
Styles: (Past)Judo, Yang Family Tai Chi, (Current)Shito-Ryu Karate, Kobudo(Tonfajitsu)
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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If you're flinging that thing around, you should probably go with a sword that has a full tang. The last thing you want to happen is for the blade to come loose and spear something.(Happened to one of my friends using a Chinese broadsword once. Blade went right through his couch.)
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raymonm316
White Belt
Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 13
Location: Oklahoma City
Styles: TaekwonDo, Okinawan Seidokan, Iaido
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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I believe thats the XMA sword.
its made for extreme weapons kata
which is alot of "slinging" it around
Ive seen it used many times
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on the post.
