Training Weapons

[apoweyn]

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[txwingchun]

Originally posted by shaolin kungfu
Does anyone here do knife sparring? With rubber knives of course.

**** that's what I've been doing wrong train with rubber knives. I wish I had thought of that earlier and about about 3 training partners ago.

[Mr Punch]

Originally posted by rogue
I also don't do excessive stick training for self defense as the **** things are hard to find when you need them, and as my sensei has said, "if you're looking for a stick you aint looking at your opponent".

True. But we did a lot of quite effective training with things like rolled up glossy magazines (Fighting Arts International was a fave weapon of mine). If you got it tight enough it could deliver a nasty shock, or if thrust, it could cut or cause serious bruising and tearing.

Also used umbrellas, but don't want to sound like Steed...!

Rubber knives are good. Had a lot of training with wooden knives (tanbo) but these hurt too much when your friendly opponent is playing like a psycho. One guy we had would just jump on us and stab us wherever he could. Hurt !

Also had the rare chance during one of my aiki demos to my karate school, showing rather too well why I thought an angled block with a stick is better than a straight one... and the follow up of what to do when suddenly your one seemingly solid long bo becomes two dangerously splintered truncheons!

[yenhoi]

www.fightingarts.com has a article that shows you how to make a maxim magazine into a sharp object by just folding it twice! For defending yourself vs arabic terrorists on an airplane of course. Co-workers enjoy this trick also!

[Dave Fulton]

Hi,

I am looking for someone in Maryland (Frederick or Montgomery Counties would be ideal, but not required) who can teach me some TCMA weapons.

I am interested in: Spear, Staff, 3-Section Staff.

I am interested in developing fighting skills, not winning tournaments.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Respectfully,

Dave Fulton

[apoweyn]

Well, if you want to expand that search to include filipino weapon systems, I'd be able to help you. Otherwise, there are probably better resources than me here.


Stuart B.

[apoweyn]

Out of curiosity, though, you want to develop real fighting skills with the spear and three-section staff? To what end?

(I'm not trying to discourage you. I'm just curious.)



Stuart B.

[Dave Fulton]

Hi Stuart,

Thanks for the replies!

I am a student of the Filipino Martial Arts and certainly would welcome information from other FMA sources as well.

I have learned a little bit of FMA staff, but I wanted to expand what I know and a lot of the TCMA spear & staff methodology that I have seen seems closely related to my FMA staff, so I thought that TCMA might be a good place to start. I also know a very little bit of 3-Section Staff that my guro says he learned from TCMA long ago.

My motivations are somewhat academic ... and yet not ... I train with a FMA group in Frederick and we do a lot of full-contact weapons sparring ... think Dog Brothers®. I want to expand my repertoire in certain areas, so as to bring a little something "new" to the table.

Respectfully,

Dave Fulton

[apoweyn]

Dave,

Wow. I'm glad I asked then. I can completely understand wanting to explore it for academic reasons. I actually fenced in college for the same reason (because of the european fencing influence on FMA). And I agree with you about the chinese influence on FMA too.

Interesting.

After all that, I'm wishing I could be a little more useful to you. For FMA, there's Mike Krivka in Gaithersburg (JKD Concepts teacher). But if you've already got a group in Frederick, that probably doesn't help you much.

As for the longstaff, I hear ya. I suck with it. (Our teacher referred to it as the 'kawayan.')


Stuart B.

[Dave Fulton]

No problem Stuart.

Actually, I know Mike Krivka, but I do not think that he would be able to help with these particular weapons.

Thanks for your help!

Respectfully,

Dave Fulton

P.S. Out of curiosity, who was your FMA teacher?

[apoweyn]

Yeah, I figured you might know Mike, as close as you are geographically. (I lived in Monty County myself not too long ago, by the way.) And I think you're right. I don't know him well, but I can't recall ever hearing about his prowess with traditional weaponry.

My FMA teachers: My first teachers were the Patalinghug family in Pasadena, Maryland. Doce Pares Eskrima. They run a school named The Kick Connection. After about six years there, I started training with Guro Pat Finley in Columbia, Maryland.


Stuart B.

[Dave Fulton]

Stuart,

You must know Masamichi Derin then, because I believe that he studied/studies with the Patalinghug family too.

Masamichi came to a few of our seminars in Frederick, but a haven't seen him in a few years.

Dave Fulton.

[apoweyn]

Actually, I'm afraid I don't. I trained there about 10 years ago now. I stop by to visit periodically. But I haven't been there on a regular basis since 1993.

I've been meaning to visit Guro Carlos though. Sometime soon, I hope.


Stuart B.

[Khun Kao Charuad]

I don't know if this school still exists or not, but there used to be a Kung Fu school on Georgia Ave in Wheaton called "Flying Dragon". I think they used to teach chinese weapons (its been years, so don't quote me on this).

The only other referral I can think of is Sifu Dennis Brown on Colesville Road in Silver Spring. I believe he teaches Wushu, but I understand that he also does some weapons.

Its worth a shot, anyway. If nothing else, perhaps you could get a referral?

Khun Kao

[apoweyn]

I think they're both still operating. The Flying Dragon school is Tai Yim's fut gar school, I believe.