what's more fun than a homemade lightsaber?

[Bladite]

martial artists always seem to wear funny clothes, like these doing siniwali:

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seems to go with the activity, i guess. they never seem to just wear normal stuff. notice the distinct similarity between the siniwali and morris schools of stick arts.

here's a link to the english martial art of morris: the bottom two especially show the deadly stick kata

yeah. check out the homeofpoi website i mentioned at the start... poi forms pretty much cover the range of what two objects held by the hands whirling about the body can manage, and then some - it has fairly unique stuff most martial artists aren't going to bother with - art vs function... there's a really good book on poi, and the general techniques are almost exactly the same for all that "fancy" stuff you see in the movies - the so called "fountain"...

so, with all these common forms and moves, and countermoves, it's going to look a like after a while. there's only so many ways to whack someone, and only so many ways to avoid being whacked, so... :>

the costumes? can't speak to that

bladite

 

[Yvsa]

martial artists always seem to wear funny clothes, like these doing siniwali:

seems to go with the activity, i guess. they never seem to just wear normal stuff. notice the distinct similarity between the siniwali and morris schools of stick arts.

here's a link to the english martial art of morris: Linky the bottom two especially show the deadly stick kata

What's the golfer's excuse that wear them funny lookin checked pants and especially the ones that get tucked in their socks?

 

[Bladite]

that reminds me...

any good videos teaching various techniques for stick fighting? attacks, blocks, counters, all that. dvd of course. anything from kubatan, escrima, bo/staff, 12 foot flexi-bo (whatever that's called)...

i've been using the poi lately to work on chain whip and rope dart moves - found a video on that, but wouldn't mind more. also found "weapons grade" chain whips - just $90. yikes.

always eager to learn a new trick.