Kata, martial arts and miscellanea

J W Bensinger said:
For some of the best edged weapons work out there find your local AMOK crew. Tom Sotis has put together a really stellar program, and his methodology is the best I've seen in nearly 30 years of training.
Don't know why I didn't post that before-my bad.
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Looked into it, and there doesn't seem to be an AMOK group in the area.
 
cul4u01 said:
Always avoid, escape if you can, if you must confront, you fight for keeps.
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I forgot to add, if you must confront, there are only three options, do you do just enough to escape safely, or do you have to maim/permanently dispatch the assailant for personal safety.
 
cul4u01 said:
I forgot to add, if you must confront, there are only three options, do you do just enough to escape safely, or do you have to maim/permanently dispatch the assailant for personal safety.
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I agree on all counts, both on avoiding vs. confronting and how far to go in a confrontation.

Once again I find myself wanting a training kukri. It's a pity no one makes one. I may end up picking up a bokken just so I can practice outdoors. Indoors doesn't work so well because I have very low ceilings.
 
Operators are standing by.......

Note I never done nothing like this so it would be a learning experience.

A 2 x 8 would work but you'd want some good wood, not pond dried pussy willow they use for framing. Might be ok if you got some good dry stuff that's seasoned some.

I think JW was onto something using like cutting board material or something. I'm not how that would be to work with, if they can make a cutting board I ought to be able to make a Khukri out of it right?
 
Go to any lumber yard and order a framing package for a deck or house. Might be different down your neck of the woods.

Around here a 8' 2x6 will weigh 15 pounds. I laugh when it says kiln dried on the side.
 
seems like you should not be able to sell green or wet wood-- unkindly I tell you
 
Hubby always keeps a couple of old 2x4, 2x8 and 4x4 chunks in the rafters of the garage and when he uses a piece he replaces it with a new one. At the rate he uses them they are always at least a year old and most times 3-4 years. Wood working the only time I know when the words case hardened is an EVIL thing.
 
Bawanna said:
Operators are standing by.......

Note I never done nothing like this so it would be a learning experience.

A 2 x 8 would work but you'd want some good wood, not pond dried pussy willow they use for framing. Might be ok if you got some good dry stuff that's seasoned some.

I think JW was onto something using like cutting board material or something. I'm not how that would be to work with, if they can make a cutting board I ought to be able to make a Khukri out of it right?
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The cutting boards are easy-they cut nicely on a wood bandsaw, and the only thing you have to worry about are sharp angled transitions-they are stress risers and the material will fail there (IMO there should NEVER be sharp corners on trainers anyway) and use either stall mat or 550 cord wrap for a grip. If you spar with them they can hurt quite a bit-have Nok make you a sparring trainer, and use the poly for partner drills. It slides like steel and doesn't splinter like hardwood (I have done some fairly serious amateur surgery to get oak bokuto splinters outta myself).
After you cut them
Out you just sand the edges and steel wool/scotchbrite them to give a rounded corner-free surface.
Easy peasy.
 
I'm pondering the mission Scara presented to me. He's wondering about weight. My first thought with wood was pencil lead, but getting it in the right place might be tricky and it should be more to the blade edge rather than the back where it would be easier to apply.

I figured I'd make it Chiruwa and put some handles on it resembling a real khuk. That part is easy.

Guess I'll go back to pondering. In my other life I'm a gun guy and practicing fighting with a knife is something I need to wrap my mind around.
 
Bawanna said:
I'm pondering the mission Scara presented to me. He's wondering about weight. My first thought with wood was pencil lead, but getting it in the right place might be tricky and it should be more to the blade edge rather than the back where it would be easier to apply.

I figured I'd make it Chiruwa and put some handles on it resembling a real khuk. That part is easy.

Guess I'll go back to pondering. In my other life I'm a gun guy and practicing fighting with a knife is something I need to wrap my mind around.
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I was thinking lead fishing weights inserted through holes drilled through the spine, perhaps filled with glue to keep them from rattling around.
 
I plan to mount an assault this weekend. May not get off the launch pad but it won't for lack of trying.
 
There was an earlier thread about training khukuris a few months ago.

I am skeptical that anything made of wood or plastic will have the weight to make a realistic training implement.

My recommendation is this: Buy the cheapest piece of junk khukuri (or khukuri-like-object) that you can find. Grind or file the edge off so it has no edge at all. For extra safety attach some kind of padding around the edges. Maybe duct tape some foam or rubber in place.

You will then have a training khukuri with the same heft as the real thing, but not as lethal. It can still knock someone senseless or bruise up a training partner, but it probably won't maim or kill anyone by accident.
 
davidf99 said:
There was an earlier thread about training khukuris a few months ago.

I am skeptical that anything made of wood or plastic will have the weight to make a realistic training implement.

My recommendation is this: Buy the cheapest piece of junk khukuri (or khukuri-like-object) that you can find. Grind or file the edge off so it has no edge at all. For extra safety attach some kind of padding around the edges. Maybe duct tape some foam or rubber in place.

You will then have a training khukuri with the same heft as the real thing, but not as lethal. It can still knock someone senseless or bruise up a training partner, but it probably won't maim or kill anyone by accident.
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We shall see. And a metal one would have plenty of its own issues. For one, I need something that won't get the cops called on me when used outdoors.
 
davidf99 said:
There was an earlier thread about training khukuris a few months ago.

I am skeptical that anything made of wood or plastic will have the weight to make a realistic training implement.

My recommendation is this: Buy the cheapest piece of junk khukuri (or khukuri-like-object) that you can find. Grind or file the edge off so it has no edge at all. For extra safety attach some kind of padding around the edges. Maybe duct tape some foam or rubber in place.

You will then have a training khukuri with the same heft as the real thing, but not as lethal. It can still knock someone senseless or bruise up a training partner, but it probably won't maim or kill anyone by accident.
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I had that same thought. Paddind even over the whole blade.
Paint it yellow or blue. I'd not worry about the neighbors.
 
For weight, make up a weight on a shaft (adjustable dumbell with weights on one end works nicely) or just spend time chopping stuff with the real khuk. The whole point of accurate drone blades is partner training, and weight=injuries. You get hurt often enough without that.
If you must have an equally weighted unedged trainer make up a wooden one and pour lead in a hole in it, but the weight-on-a-handle works (and youcan go heavier, which you need to be able to do to build strength). I've been working live for so long that it doesn't really occur to me to do anything else.
 
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