Boken Spoken !

[Kevin the grey]

Yessir ! Its the beginning of my birthweek and I started it off with a bang ! Up at 5 O,clock to travel to a traditional archery shoot and more importantly meet up with some good friends . Full breakfast in a restaurant and in the parking lot my buddy pulls out my birthweek Boken . She has got some style to her thats for sure . If it was a bow it would be called a character stave . a coupla knots in her and exactly as I wanted, almost more walking stick than sword . To someone who knows, its somewhat sword like . To a casual passer by its no more than a shaved down slightly curved stick . A stick that just happens to be made out of ironwood and broke a store bought oak Boken just the other day .
Now I,m going to learn how to use it , in a limited way . Due to several hernias I treat my arms and legs as two different weapons platforms that have to fight independantly of each other . From the shoulder swings and low kicks . Not much in the way of twisting and a roundhouse kick would require the use of pulleys and pain meds . That having been said I,m pretty good at using my arms and low kicks are my preference anyway .
My buddy wants to teach me one technique and one only . This is a from the shoulder slicing across the body 45 degree angle body chop.(Aint I elegant? L:O:L)
(If done right? No can defend!) This is a man of very high ideals and knows what he is talking about . While It kinda addresses my limitations it also severely limits me . I,m proabably never going to meet up with a trained adversary . This is mostly a walking in the woods having to deal with a few punks scenario. As soon as there is one good whack and someone starts screaming(hopefully not me)the rest are going to get discouraged real quick . Aside from my " kick em on the knee and run like hell " philosohy I mostly adhere to it cause I do indeed run like hell . Waddle might be a better term . If there were more than one assailant I am not running, out of necessity .
What do you think ? Should I dishearten him as to this idealic approach or approach it whole heartedly .

 

[bwray]

If he's as good as you say, approach it wholeheartedly and learn to "do it right". Nothing to stop you from adding more techniques later on if it seems appropriate.

 

[Kismet]

It took you a week to get born?


Wow.

Nice gift.

Enjoy.

 

[kronckew]

with wolves and punks, always take out the alpha male first, you can get away while the remainder fight over who takes over. a good horse bow and a sheave of pointy ammo for it would work better tho, saves all that running around and grunting & keeps all that blood off you clothes, of course if you want them expensive arrows back you may have to modify the escape plan.

 

[Kevin the grey]

It took you a week to get born?


Wow.

Nice gift.



Enjoy.

Thanks .
We Irish have a lovely custom that is close to my heart . Its called a wake and is a ritual performed for many reasons . its a three day party with the guest of honor at the funeral being the life of the party . I personally believe it takes three days to prove to an Irishman he is dead !
Birthweek was special for this year as I usually limit me birthday to three days . The 15th ,16th and you guessed it ST. Pattys day as well . I celebrate ST .Pattys day for different reasons than most . When he kicked the snakes out of Ireland he fell a few short . But thats another story .

On a separate note . BWRAY, Its not a question of how good he is . Its a question of how good I would become . I like the idea of his surgical strike appoach . Its also supposedly a technique that must be practiced religiously to be effective . There is no recourse for error . No blocks . subterfuge or dazzling .(smoke and mirrors) I may not be able to be so surgical in my approach .