January 15, 2009 at 8:08 am
Jeff Moden (1/15/2009)
DavidB (1/15/2009)
See what happens when you leave people up in cold weather for too long. And you thought it was unsafe to go in the rural spots down south. :w00t:BWAA-HAA!! It was a guy from down south that taught me how to make my first tennis ball cannon out of Coke cans and duct tape way back when Coke cans still had bottoms... 😛 I won't describe how, but he also showed me how to turn it into a very, very, nasty weapon. Source of iginition was a flint striker from a Coleman lantern.
Oops, I think I just gave that one away... :blush:
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January 15, 2009 at 8:11 am
Chris Morris (1/15/2009)
GSquared (1/15/2009)
Grant Fritchey (1/15/2009)
jcrawf02 (1/15/2009)
Have I mentioned how much I LOVE all of you, and REALLY APPRECIATE all of your help on the forum?(laughs nervously, backs away slowly...)
Oh now, don't be getting nervous over potato cannons. There are a lot more weapons around here as, or more, deadly.
For example, oh Gail, how many swords in your house?
Just katana, I've got two. Then... one celtic sword (leaf shaped, hand forged, steel not bronze), one irish sword (ring sword, stamped steel, looks cool, too top heavy), a viking sword (stamped steel again, but well built for all that), a claymore (I was young, but it's hand forged and beautiful), a scramasax (stamped steel again, sweet little blade), a sabre (junk, but it looks so cool)... do bokken count? 3-4 of those at home and two I donated to the dojo... That's about it. Unless you want to count bayonets?
Sounds like quite a nice collection. All I have is handguns, and none of them are particularly pretty (functional, but not quite so aesthetic).
Blimey are you lot waiting for armageddon or wot? Good grief!
Waiting? Who said anything about waiting for Armageddon?!? :w00t:
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January 15, 2009 at 8:16 am
Chris Morris (1/15/2009)
They take a few moments to string, speshly in the dark, so if Mr Catburglar comes visiting then your best move would be to pin him to the ground after he's left the premises. A yard of 1/2" birch furnished with a type 16 would suffice.
That's what I keep the katana for. The recurve's stored disassembled, so it takes quite a bit longer than the longbow to be usable.
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January 15, 2009 at 9:27 am
GilaMonster (1/15/2009)
Chris Morris (1/15/2009)
They take a few moments to string, speshly in the dark, so if Mr Catburglar comes visiting then your best move would be to pin him to the ground after he's left the premises. A yard of 1/2" birch furnished with a type 16 would suffice.That's what I keep the katana for. The recurve's stored disassembled, so it takes quite a bit longer than the longbow to be usable.
That's a really really fast motorbike innit?
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January 15, 2009 at 9:47 am
Well it is steel, and likely move's fast in Gail's hands, but no, it's not a bike.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana
Got to play with sticks last night, Filipino style last night. Luckily didn't hit anyone's hands or get my own hit.
January 15, 2009 at 9:54 am
Steve Jones - Editor (1/15/2009)
Well it is steel, and likely move's fast in Gail's hands, but no, it's not a bike.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana
Got to play with sticks last night, Filipino style last night. Luckily didn't hit anyone's hands or get my own hit.
I gotta say - for some reason I would be MUCH more intimidated by someone heading at me with a razor-sharp sword than a gun. Intimidation factor off the charts.
(something about - they MIGHT not use the gun, but someone wild enough to show up with a sword knows how to use AND will have no compunctions about doing just that)..
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Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part...unless you're my manager...or a director and above...or a really loud-spoken end-user..All right - what was my emergency again?
January 15, 2009 at 9:58 am
Matt Miller (1/15/2009)
Steve Jones - Editor (1/15/2009)
Well it is steel, and likely move's fast in Gail's hands, but no, it's not a bike.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana
Got to play with sticks last night, Filipino style last night. Luckily didn't hit anyone's hands or get my own hit.
I gotta say - for some reason I would be MUCH more intimidated by someone heading at me with a razor-sharp sword than a gun. Intimidation factor off the charts.
After seeing what the katana can do watching the History Channel, I have to agree. At least if you get shot (and live) you may not lose a limb; the blade however.....
January 15, 2009 at 9:58 am
Matt Miller (1/15/2009)
Steve Jones - Editor (1/15/2009)
Well it is steel, and likely move's fast in Gail's hands, but no, it's not a bike.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana
Got to play with sticks last night, Filipino style last night. Luckily didn't hit anyone's hands or get my own hit.
I gotta say - for some reason I would be MUCH more intimidated by someone heading at me with a razor-sharp sword than a gun. Intimidation factor off the charts.
(something about - they MIGHT not use the gun, but someone wild enough to show up with a sword knows how to use AND will have no compunctions about doing just that)..
I suppose that would depend on whether or not you had a gun of you own at the time.
January 15, 2009 at 10:03 am
Michael Earl (1/15/2009)
Matt Miller (1/15/2009)
Steve Jones - Editor (1/15/2009)
Well it is steel, and likely move's fast in Gail's hands, but no, it's not a bike.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana
Got to play with sticks last night, Filipino style last night. Luckily didn't hit anyone's hands or get my own hit.
I gotta say - for some reason I would be MUCH more intimidated by someone heading at me with a razor-sharp sword than a gun. Intimidation factor off the charts.
(something about - they MIGHT not use the gun, but someone wild enough to show up with a sword knows how to use AND will have no compunctions about doing just that)..
I suppose that would depend on whether or not you had a gun of you own at the time.
And if you have time to use it. In close quarters, you might not...
January 15, 2009 at 10:18 am
Steve Jones - Editor (1/15/2009)
Well it is steel, and likely move's fast in Gail's hands, but no, it's not a bike.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana
Got to play with sticks last night, Filipino style last night. Luckily didn't hit anyone's hands or get my own hit.
Oh right. The joke only works over here...http://www.katanacentral.co.uk/
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January 15, 2009 at 10:53 am
Steve Jones - Editor (1/15/2009)
Well it is steel, and likely move's fast in Gail's hands, but no, it's not a bike.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana
Got to play with sticks last night, Filipino style last night. Luckily didn't hit anyone's hands or get my own hit.
I crack a knuckle or drop the damn things on my feet every time I work with them. I'm just not coordinated enough to use two things at the same time.
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January 15, 2009 at 11:10 am
Grant Fritchey (1/15/2009)
Steve Jones - Editor (1/15/2009)
Got to play with sticks last night, Filipino style last night. Luckily didn't hit anyone's hands or get my own hit.I crack a knuckle or drop the damn things on my feet every time I work with them. I'm just not coordinated enough to use two things at the same time.
I've been working recently with two swords, katana and wakisashi. Just trying out some kata alone. It's tricky. I keep ending up with one of the swords (usually the katana) a couple steps ahead of the other.
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January 15, 2009 at 11:23 am
GilaMonster (1/15/2009)
I've been working recently with two swords, katana and wakisashi. Just trying out the kata alone. It's tricky. I keep ending up with one of the swords (usually the katana) a couple steps ahead of the other.
We don't train with a wakizashi at my dojo and I've never tried it. The draws alone have to be pretty different or do you work from a present position?
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January 15, 2009 at 11:41 am
Grant Fritchey (1/15/2009)
We don't train with a wakizashi at my dojo and I've never tried it.
Neither do we. I have a couple books and I'm seeing if I can figure some things out. It's hard. The coordination of the two is very difficult.
I'd love to study kenjitsu, but there are only two instructors in South Africa, one in Durban (550km away), one in Cape Town (1400 km away)
The draws alone have to be pretty different or do you work from a present position?
I've been working mostly working from various 'ready' positions, with both swords drawn. The one draw that I've tried has the katana drawn as the first movement then, as you're striking with the katana, the wakisashi is dawn
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January 15, 2009 at 12:09 pm
GilaMonster (1/15/2009)
Neither do we. I have a couple books and I'm seeing if I can figure some things out. It's hard. The coordination of the two is very difficult.I'd love to study kenjitsu, but there are only two instructors in South Africa, one in Durban (550km away), one in Cape Town (1400 km away)
You might have more luck looking for Kendo instructors. There's a whole Kendo Federation in SA, so I would think that there were a few instructors.
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