Whatever...................
Are you not reading anything that people post here?!? THE KWAN DO IS NOT A SWORD. It is a lance and it is held by the center weight. You do NOT hold it by its end. The Blade is heavy and thick the counter balance is heavy and thick. Your measurements have no bearing on the kwan do.
FYI, chinese didn't use a whole lot of body armor.
FYI, a 100 pound plate is no bigger than a large pizza and is only an inch thick. Melt that down into the shape of an anvil and you get a pretty small anvil.
Do us a favor and actually pick one up and learn to use it before you make an endless tirade about something you only vaguely know about.
Uber heavy weapons are great training however
And traditionally, the Kwan Dao is exaggeratedly heavy, so it's great for conditioning. We ran an article titled Only the Strong By Chris Friedman in our 2009 September/October issue which discussed traditional shuai jiao training using a 70 lb kwan dao. The master showcased was Zhuo Quan Sheng, a 3X nations shuai jiao champ.
That's priceless, Lebaufist!
My first school, Lam Kwoon, used to pride itself on heavy weapons and had similar experiences, although we seldom competed in the Opens.
I've had this longstanding fantasy of creating a special division for TCKFMCV that featured a uber-heavy Kwan Dao. I wanted to build a custom super heavy Kwan Dao and let the winner take it home. I hoped to use one of the old Dragon Well blades, make a end spike and fit them on a fat solid metal shaft, but I haven't found an affordable maker and don't have access to that sort of heavy machinery. I have no budget for this unfortunately. I could get Tiger Claw to donate the blade, but the spike and the shaft, as well as assembly, that would cost. Then we'd need to find some competitors that could enter, although I've already discussed the idea with a few local traditional folk and they were all for it.