Not really. He doesn't have a sword, either.The guy cutting mats in half is further along the path to swordsmanship than the guy still choosing his sword.
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Not really. He doesn't have a sword, either.The guy cutting mats in half is further along the path to swordsmanship than the guy still choosing his sword.
Not really. He doesn't have a sword, either.
This is truth. It is just another tool in the box to learn specific things, and those things will vary depending upon the school. Learning to actually cut a target is pretty simple. It's much harder to learn how to properly swing the sword than it is to actually learn to cut something.It's not even a tiny part of many people's sword training.
If you assume the goal of sword training is to cut mats in half, which it is not.And yet he has half a mat. Against what is apparently impossible odds. Wrong tool wrong technique.
Right result.
And that's why they're called fantasy movies. After all, its no more ridiculous than being able to shoot fire and lightning from your hands like Gandolf. Again, its fantasy.I have to chuckle at movies like The Hobbit, where the dwarves are carrying axes with massive heads. They look like they would weigh in at 40 pounds or more. Nobody could fight with such a thing. It is rediculous.
No, that part is real.And that's why they're called fantasy movies. After all, its no more ridiculous than being able to shoot fire and lightning from your hands like Gandolf. Again, its fantasy.
Could you teach me how to do it?No, that part is real.
I can. I only teach that to private students, and you have to sign up for the 4-year contract deal.Could you teach me how to do it?
Iaitos and machetes are two different things. Comparing them would be apples and oranges. Even the best iaito will not perform like a machete and vice versa. I really don't see the need for an iaito to be super high quality since it'snot used for cutting or for any contact drills but I will talk to my instructor about this.
So, if I go into an MMA match, and proceed to "win" the match by knocking my opponent out in the locker room with a stool... I've won, right? Or if I walk in, wave a $1000 bill and tell my opponent it's his if he submits, and he flops down and submits as we touch gloves -- I've won, right? Right result, wrong tool... but it doesn't matter.And yet he has half a mat. Against what is apparently impossible odds. Wrong tool wrong technique.
Right result.
So, if I go into an MMA match, and proceed to "win" the match by knocking my opponent out in the locker room with a stool... I've won, right? Or if I walk in, wave a $1000 bill and tell my opponent it's his if he submits, and he flops down and submits as we touch gloves -- I've won, right? Right result, wrong tool... but it doesn't matter.
Not really. It matters. If the goal is simply to cut a mat in half, there are lots of tools that will do the job efficiently, many of which are much cheaper than a quality shinken. But if the goal is to use a Japanese sword to cut efficiently, as demonstrated by cutting a mat, you need the right implement, with the proper technique.
I really have to wonder if you're being deliberately obtuse about this, or if you've been taking too many shots to the head, or if you are just trolling...
Perhaps because... as has been repeated to you ad nauseum, "cutting" is not an activity which needs "starter equipment"???
I'm just going to assume at this point that you are in fact trolling, and leave you to it.
There is no suitable equipment. You don't think that is kind of strange?
This is not a normal discussion.
Christ... you train the way the art says because you want to train the art. You really can't get that?
Not really. That analogy assumes they cannot cut without the shinken their instructor recommends (not provides - a different thing). Sword arts are apparently pretty specific and detailed in their differences. I would assume a different shinken - even one that is of good quality - might be ill-suited to a particular style for some reasons. I'd liken it to firearm training. If the instructor is teaching how to effectively fire a lever-action rifle, and you have a bolt-action rifle, you're in the wrong class (or just brought the wrong tool). Again, since the tradition, itself, is part of the reason people train these styles, continuing that tradition seems an important factor.You example doesnt aply. What we have here is more like the equivalent of not being able to box without a set of cleto's. And not just any cleto's but specific gloves that can only your instructor can provide. Because the techique is so precise that any tool will mess you up.
What do you mean, there is no suitable equipment??There is no suitable equipment. You don't think that is kind of strange?
This is not a normal discussion.
That depends. In some places you can carry swords as long as you don't brandish them. You're from NC, maybe in NC you can't carry swords but in other states you can.I'm not sure why anyone would be much interested in that, though, since it wouldn't actually be more practical than the traditional styles, since none of us are allowed to carry those swords, anyway.
I should have said they're not legal for use. I'm not sure where you would or wouldn't be able to carry them, but I think they're not legal weapons. I may be wrong in that, in which case, I need sword training.That depends. In some places you can carry swords as long as you don't brandish them. You're from NC, maybe in NC you can't carry swords but in other states you can.
I do know in Louisiana you can carry swords as long as you don't brandish them. I was in New Orleans and there was somebody on the street dressed in a medieval costume. This was New Orleans and its not uncommon to see stuff like that there. He had a real sword strapped to his side and he explained that as long as you keep it sheathed, don't brandish it, than it shouldn't be a problem. Also, supposedly in NY you can wear a sword as well as long as its not concealed. You will get lots of funny looks but if its not concealed than its not a problem.I should have said they're not legal for use. I'm not sure where you would or wouldn't be able to carry them, but I think they're not legal weapons. I may be wrong in that, in which case, I need sword training.