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My dojo recently participated in an annual Sword Fest held in Malvern, PA. Here are a couple clips of me at the Sword Fest for your perusal (or amusement). Right-click the following links for download; they are in mpeg format.

Solo kata (17.7 MB)

Tameshigiri (3.95 MB)

I tried tameshigiri (Japanese test cutting) for the first time that day, so please don't be too hard on me.
 
Kaith Rustaz said:
Look good to me. :)

Thank you for sharing.
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I agree that was very good. I don't know a whole lot about traditional weapons; however, it was definately pleasing to the eye.

V/R

Rick
 
I enjoyed both clips, I hope my technique is 1/2 that good someday.
 
Thank you very much for posting the clips, Swordlady! I enjoyed watching them.
 
Great clips, thanks for sharing. Where in Malvern was that? I work in Malvern. I wish I knew of the demo. What type of wood (I'm assuming wood, I have no idea) are you cutting thru?

PS - I love the Heineken truck driving past, great touch! :ultracool
 
Jmh7331 said:
Great clips, thanks for sharing. Where in Malvern was that? I work in Malvern. I wish I knew of the demo. What type of wood (I'm assuming wood, I have no idea) are you cutting thru?

PS - I love the Heineken truck driving past, great touch! :ultracool
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It was held in Burke Park. Here's the webpage with the info about Sword Fest: http://www.mafcenter.com/swordfest2005.htm

It was the second annual Sword Fest; the first one was last year.

I wasn't cutting through wood. They are straw mats - called tatami - soaked in water. Tatami omote is used in traditional Japanese test cutting, since it is no longer politically correct to practice test cutting on convicted criminals. ;-) You can read more about tatami omote here: http://www.tameshigiri.com/Omote.html
 
evenflow1121 said:
I cant download it for some reason
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Hmm...that's odd...the links are working for me. Are you using a Broadband connection?
 
evenflow1121 said:
I cant download it for some reason
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Files are in MPG format. What viewer software (OS, etc) are you running?
 
Enjoyed the videos. Thank you. May I ask what sword you use for cutting?
 
Very nice clips

Thanks for putting them out there
 
Gemini said:
Enjoyed the videos. Thank you. May I ask what sword you use for cutting?
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It was a Last Legend Dragon katana (borrowed from a fellow student).
 
The angle and "Cleanness" of the cutting look great

How long have you worked the sword?

Todd
 
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