What weapons do you like to train with and why?

[Blindside]

It is a very good question though.

Yesterday I opened two boxes with my knife.

 

[Tez3]

Yesterday I opened two boxes with my knife.

Then it would be no problems to the police here at least.

 

[Dirty Dog]

Yesterday I opened two boxes with my knife.

I just trimmed a hangnail with mine...

 

[PhotonGuy]

No, if you go to Whitby you take wooden stakes.

Those are effective weapons too if used properly.

 

[PhotonGuy]

And a good shortsword would be handy for making new ones or sharpening old ones.
These are for protection from vampires, right?

A good short sword would be good for making new short swords or sharpening old ones?

For protection from vampires your short swords would supposedly have to be made out of wood, and they would have to be driven through the heart as well.

 

[Dirty Dog]

No, if you go to Whitby you take wooden stakes.

And a good shortsword would be handy for making new ones or sharpening old ones.
These are for protection from vampires, right?

A good short sword would be good for making new short swords or sharpening old ones?

For protection from vampires your short swords would supposedly have to be made out of wood, and they would have to be driven through the heart as well.

The stupid... it makes my brain cry...

 

[Tez3]

Ah well, there you go.

 

[Tez3]

A good talk to go to. How to Kill a Vampire - Halloween Lecture
Even if you didn't fancy killing vampires the speaker is Curator of Firearms at Leeds Armouries, part of the Royal Armouries. I've been to Leeds Armouries a few times, they have every weapon you could imagine using, from ancient to new. It's a magical place to spend a day or three or a week, a month

 

[donald1]

A good talk to go to. How to Kill a Vampire - Halloween Lecture

A lecture?? That wont do at all...
Just round house kick em and if it dosnt work try again...

Im sure master ken would know how

 

[Tez3]

A lecture?? That wont do at all...
Just round house kick em and if it dosnt work try again...

Im sure master ken would know how

The lectures at the Royal Armouries often have a quirky theme but brilliant at telling you about ancient ( and modern) weapons, their history, how they are made, how they are used. I went to one about Japanese archery, learnt a lot. Also one about the Battle of Waterloo. There are also galleries of modern weapons, some quite odd and very inventive. There's early rifles and handguns as well as modern ones. Some quite nice shotguns too which my husband wanted (in the UK many of our shotguns we still use are heirlooms, beautifully made and valuable, shotguns aren't banned we just love the workmanship of the 'old' ones))

 

[PhotonGuy]

So there's been lots of responses as to which weapons a person chooses to train with and why. This is what I like to train with. I like to train with sticks and knives because I find them practical. Knives you can carry with you depending on where you are and they're also very common. Sticks are easy to come by. They are perhaps even more common than knives so its not hard to find a stick of some sort lying around. Also, some people mentioned that they train with certain weapons such as the dao because they're fun. I must say the dao does look like a fun weapon to learn and I would take it up if I knew of a place that taught it in my area. For that same reason I train with swords and sais, because they're fun. Also, some of the techniques done with swords and sais can be applied to other weapons such as sticks. Aside from that I've had exposure to many different types of martial arts weapons, some of them quite unusual, and the techniques for using them. I do that for research and general knowledge.

 

[Grenadier]

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