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Hwa Rang Warrior
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Joined: 08 May 2007
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Location: NEPA
Styles: Tang Soo Do
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 Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 11:41 am Post subject: strengthing my sword arm |
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I've been looking for some good exercises to strengthen the muscles required to swing a sword properly and make clean cuts.
Any suggestions?
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lordtariel
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
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Location: Oregon
Styles: (Past)Judo, Yang Family Tai Chi, (Current)Shito-Ryu Karate, Kobudo(Tonfajitsu)
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Could I ask what type of sword? You'd use different exercises for slashing than you would for thrusting. Techniques you would use a gim with would be different than techniques you would use for a broadsword.
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Hwa Rang Warrior
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Joined: 08 May 2007
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Location: NEPA
Styles: Tang Soo Do
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Could I ask what type of sword? You'd use different exercises for slashing than you would for thrusting. Techniques you would use a gim with would be different than techniques you would use for a broadsword. |
I guess that info would help, its a katana. I pratice with both a strait and curved blade. I'm learning to use the sword at my Tang Soo Do school but I suspect most of the moves I'm learning in the forms are taken from other styles
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bushido_man96
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Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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You could get a heavy bar, the length of your sword, and do slower, more controlled motions to improve the strength.
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Takusankage Soke
Yellow Belt
Joined: 22 May 2007
Posts: 35
Location: New Mexico
Styles: TAKUSANKAGE SHINOBIDO (Takusankage Ryu Ninpo, Hayai Ryu Kenjutsu, Koto Ryu Koppojutsu)
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Research Iaido or Iaijutsu. Both of these arts when practiced slowly will greatly increase your sword arm's strength.
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KarateEd
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Joined: 07 Feb 2007
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Location: Alabama
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Suburi training is usually conducted with a wooden sword with a wide, flat-looking blade that is heavier than a bokken or an actual katana and is used to strengthen the muscles used in the course of wielding a sword. You might want to look into using a suburi-to to strengthen those particular muscles.
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¶ARADOX
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Joined: 02 Jan 2007
Posts: 52
Location: somewhere in England, I hate not living In Scotland any more
Styles: Shotokan Karate and some form of aikido/aikijutsu which incorporates strikes and weapons
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Some good advice here, here's some more: Dynamic tension, go through your kata but always tense your muscles, especially those you want strengthened, tires the hell out of you sometimes though 
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TigerDude
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Joined: 10 Apr 2006
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Styles: Goju Ryu
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Lift weights. When baseball players want to be stronger swinging the bat, they don't swing heavy bats, they hit the gym.
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KarateEd
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Lifting weights are great........if you have the time. Using a heavy sword or bar would provide an opportunity to strengthen the muscles while you are training, therefore, one doesn't have to set aside a separate time for weight training or fool with finding/joining a gym.
Ed
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on the post.
