/r/MartialArtsWeapons
This page is for the promotion of discussion and knowledge of the various weapons used in the Martial Art.
Firearms, "high-tech" weapons, and improvised weapons will be allowed if they are presented being used in a unique way.
All forms of the Martial Art that use weapons are welcome to this subreddit. Traditional/Ancient Weapons as well as Modern ones (knives etc.)
/r/MartialArtsWeapons
Some dojos are just downright strange.
This one really sucks.
Read some of the nonsense about this NON TRADITIONAL and stupid dojo at the links below
There's two extremes I notice when it comes to armour. There is the one extreme where armour is portrayed as being bulky and hard to move in such as the knights armour. And there is the other extreme where since armour was made to fit person for persona and to be distributed evenly so that even a 100lb armour would not feel heavy and be so light that you can do cartwheels, hand stands, jumps, run, and even fancy acrobatics. That armour is so light that someone who's not conditioned would feel its like wearing a T-Shirt.
So when I found my sister's weighted vest that totals to about 20 lbs, I decided to test it out. At first it did not feel heavy at all and it felt so light I can jump around it and even walk 2 miles without feeling exhausted. So I thought real armour must be as light as the other extreme is, so l thought plate armour was lighter than a shirt.
However once I started crouching and doing other prone movements to test swordsmanship and aerobics I began to feel pressure. In fact I was surprised as hell how tired I got just doing squats and practising low level attacks. In addition when I tested running, it suddenly felt so heavy. Not as heavy as Hollywood portrays mind you but I began to wonder if some of the tests such as the link below had validity.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-14204717
As I was finishing my first mile and I reread the above article while I was resting, everything was so spot on.
Also trying to do high level acrobatics such as jumping over hurdles in a track field and some of those fancy gymnastics was almost impossible.
So it makes me wonder how wearing an armour would be like. I know its a running vest I used that had pockets filled with metal bars that totaled 20lbs, far less than a typical breastplate so its a different tool. In addition I'm not exactly a nerdy waste as I lift weights enough that I can curl 2 sets of 50 lbs dumbells casually and benchpressing a barbell with 50 extra weights on both side for 100 reps ain't hard. So does that explain why wearing the vest was initially not difficult?
I am so curious how armour felt like but don't have money right now to buy it so I ask people with experience here!
I was curious, since MMA has revealed a mix of jiu jitsu, judo and kickbox makes the perfect fighter, what would happen if you did the same with weapons?
I published these two stuff.
https://old.reddit.com/r/manga/comments/9ndw2w/why_does_animemanga_get_so_much_of_the_blame_for/
https://old.reddit.com/r/nerds/comments/aqc1c8/why_do_so_many_nerds_think_katana_and_japanese/
Be sure to read them before responding to this discussion.
Now as many members here have experienced in forum discussions, plenty of netizens on the internet esp from the West believe the katana and Japanese swordsmanship are the best ever and its even more horrifying when they reveal they are basing this on what they seen in anime/manga/comics/movies.
However I cannot believe they are using entertainment as their main source and not because entertainment is just silly fun full of BS (which alone should be enough not to use comics and such as sources)........... But because even in the very same Japanese media they point out to DOES NOT SHOW Japanese swordsmanship and katana as being the best fighting system and weapons ever!
As I pointed out in the two links, not only does Japanese media have plenty of Chinese stylists equaling and beating Japanese duelists and even occasionally European styles are shown putting up a hard fight and winning sometimes (as seen in Fate/Stay Night when Saber, a European knight, defeats a famous Odachi stylist)....... But Japanese media shows far more other weapons such as spears, heavy bats, scythes, bo staffs, and a crap ton of other weapons being used than katanas. Goku, the most famous anime/manga hero,uses a magical bo staff and Naruto prefers using throwing knives and daggers. Hell even with just strictly swords, samurai-themed works such as Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai Deeper Kyo shows a wide variety of different swords from two handed giant straight swords require immense bodybuilder physiques to swing to straight swords looking similar to the Chinese Jian in appearance to butcher cleavers used by demons and even MidEastern looking sabers used by mounted Samurai.
Why do many people in the West esp those on the internet and fans of anime/manga/martial arts movies have this belief of the magical supremacy of katanas and Japanese fencing? Despite the fact even Japanese media shows Chinese and other foreign stuff can put up a fight and most weapons being used onscreen aren't katanas but bo staff, sai, tonfai and other civilian weapons? Just the fact even Samurai era works shows other swords radically different from katana being used by duelists alone should show the katana is not the best sword!
How did this phenomenon come to be despite Japanese entertainment and fiction showing the opposite?
I just finished reading Marc MacYoung's Writing Violence ebooks from Amazon Kindle and in his knife volume he points out most knives lack the necessary elements to puncture a rib directly or pierce most areas of the skull. Instead what you'd want to do when attacking the rib cage is to turn your knife sideways so it can slip through the bones and hit organs directly. In the case of the skull, hit his eye socket or some specific weak areas of the human head or stab from the throat if you're aiming to hit the brain fora quick kill. However he does mention an exception to the rule would me historical knives such as the dirk and military combat knives which usually have the design to stab through the bones of the ribs or through the hard parts of the skull. He also states some types of knives used in butchering meat pierces and slaughtering live animals as well as specific hunting knives can also penetrate these bony parts with a direct stab. He mentions these kinds of knives can with proper technique penetrate almost any proper bones and skeletal structure without difficulty.
Why is this? What makes hard parts like your shoulder collar get penetrated by specific types of knives like the bowie knife?
Saving Private Ryan's infamous knife fight scene has a German soldier win the clinch fight simply because he overpowers the Ranger guy and with terrifying bloodthirsty patience he simply waits for the knife to slowly push through until it enters through the Ranger's chest. And I must add the Ranger actually even brutally bites the German soldier so hard during the clinch blood splatters from his hand but he still ultimately manages to put the knife through with his horrifying endurance and strength.
However a fact about this scene that everyone forgets is.......... The whole reason the German soldier was able to stab the Ranger in the first place was because it was the Ranger who pulled out the knife and tried to stab the German. During the groundfight the German while atop him was so strong he manages to let go of one of his hands in the clinch and quickly use it to disarm the knife hand of the Ranger (which the Nazi was holding rather easily like a strong man with his left hand). Basically he was like a strongman who can make you tap out simply by squeezing your arm. Not lying watch the scene on Youtube. The Ranger's knife hand was literally stuck frozen and Nazi guy was also overpowering his empty arm so much that he didn't need to retaliate when he let go of his right hand to literally snatch the knife away from the Ranger's other hand like stealing baby from a candy.
I am curious in real life knife fights can be decided this way with imply having more endurance and strength and by sheer overpowering?
I just got one snd i was wondering what hand do i put the kama in.