Way of the Warrior - Way of the Samurai

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Originally Posted by mrbeast

Cool vids, Happy Times

How about some European martial arts?

Check this IMHO very cool video on You Tube. Bear in mind this is not stage combat, its interpretations of genuine European medieval combat technique (performed at half speed for saftey and so you can see whats going on) taken from real manuscripts dating to the 14th and 15th century.

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj4Ng6DBfrg

I like that stuff, especially when they handle the sword not only via the grip, but holding the blade itself too, and using it more like a combat stick, or a spear. I reminds me of a technique that I learned too, and which was meant to enable using a katana even in the narrowest spaces like a lift cabin, that prohibit the ordinary fighting styles. Prefered of course is wide space, especially for a katana that is designed to hack and chop, not so much to stab and slice. but you CAN very effectively fight with such a long weapon in limited space.

Okay, they had not lift cabins in Japan back then, but you get the idea...