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Originally Posted by Mike Brewer
Tanto, I don't think anyone's disputing that. All I'm saying is that if you want to learn to parry and move off line, there are lots and lots of arts out there that will teach them even better, and they'll teach them in conjuction with a whole litany of other fight-applicable skills.
... To reiterate:
I think sword arts have tons of value, across a whole broad spectrum of areas. I just don't think they are practical for self-defense.
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Hehehehehe.... Just poking fun at the overall significance of the thread itself.
Like any other skill (butcher, baker, candle stick maker) we usually get out of it what we put into it. When we minimize a skill set to the point that a sword is perfectly useless it has been confined into oblivion.
A sword is such a symbolic thing... It reminds me that life is one mistake from over. A breath away lies our own oblivion.
In THAT respect there are few arts that compare...I consider most stick/ knife arts in the same regard. Kali, arnis, eskrima, silat...
Not Japanese so much as weapon based but similar one and all. I'd like to see more folks practice the sword like exercises and footwork. The grappling is a whole NEW game with a blade, ya know? OR is it an OLD game???
Personally I could find more use in a length of rope than a sword...
