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tkdan
Yellow Belt
Joined: 30 Dec 2005
Posts: 49
Location: Texas
Styles: Tae Kwon Do
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 Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 3:08 pm Post subject: sai question |
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| Is there anything that says what size sai a person should use? I know most competition rules say what size bo or nunchakus should be used according to the persons size, but what about the sai? |
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AikiGuy
Orange Belt
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Posts: 170
Location: Ohio
Styles: . Aikijutsu, . Goshin Jutsu Karate
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:25 am Post subject: |
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Yes. If you hook your thumb under the guard and let the blade hang down against your forearm, the tip should extend at least to the tip of your elbow. Ideally it should be just a hair past the elbow. This is because you will be blocking strikes holding the sai in this position so you don't want any part of the arm unprotected.
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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 Mar 06, 2007 10:44 am Post subject: |
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Just a little note, you need to make sure of the measurements of the sai. Ask them what the length from the tip to the guard and from the guard to the pommel tip is. The reason for this is that while a weapon might say a specific length like 18 inches, those two measurements will vary by an inch or two from place to place. It'll still be 18 inches but you may find yourself with a sai with too short a blade and too long a handle or vice versa.
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tkdan
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Location: Texas
Styles: Tae Kwon Do
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:04 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the information. |
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on the post.
