Broadsword

[SPJ]

1. always handle sharps with great care.

if you drop one by accident, you may lose/sever a toe etc

2. as for the straw hats, we may weave one ourself.

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yes I am also envious of the collection.

[David Jamieson]

That is one fine looking nipple hat there Dave.

it tops my breast shaped noggin well and all the babies want a go!

[Lucas]

using sharp or live blades has a certain fun element to it, its like not wearing pads or a helmet and bombing a 1/4 mile dead decline hill on a skateboard. you know the only thing keeping you from eating some serious **** is your skill and the size of your cajones. Or doing some moderate rock climbing without gear, or dating american women, or....

[SteveLau]

Lokhopkuen,

Congratulation. What a good collection of weapons you have. In fact, there are many weapons and corresponding techniques I love. But for practical reason, now I only train the single sword. Everyone has only limited time and energy. The Chinese broad sword I am using is also the first one I bought in ~2004. It was too long, too heavy, too curved, and too wide on the broad part. A few swings of it has caused pain in my wrist. So I was certain it needed to be customized. Now it weighs about 1 lb. 8 oz., with total length 32 inches.

My ideal single edge sword looks like the one shown in the following linked webpage:

http://www.swordsoftheeast.com/hanwe...nesesword.aspx

It allows all sword techniques like slashing, hacking and piercing.



Also the sword first mentioned by Fopah is very close my ideal one. I agree with other members' post that sure there are good swords around, but whether they fit us is the ultimate question. It is very true.



Regards,

KC
Hong Kong

[Fei Li]

My ideal single edge sword looks like the one shown in the following linked webpage:

[url]http://www.swordsoftheeast.com/hanweibeiledaochinesesword.aspx[/ur

This one (like most modern ones) is too heavy, historical sabers did not weigh more than 1,7

[SPJ]

bei le ye

or just bei le is the prince or son of a king

bei le of man chu or qing

they had to learn all fighting methods including archery, spear and even firing a gun

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[SPJ]

actually, there would always be body guards or army to protect a bei le.

there were 8 flags army or ba qi

each flag army was led by a bei le.

in short, bei le did not need to fight alone. he had to learn to lead an army and fight, just like a general.

[Fei Li]

What about this one,
it is a rigid, blunt, heavy blade and best of all it does not have a cheesy design as most of the others…

[bamboozled]

Just a question on terminology...

Is a "wushu dao" the same as a dao made of spring steel?

[SteveLau]

Fei Li,

Yes, the one you showed is very good, and very close my ideal dao. If the front tip is more towards the front rather than curved up, it would be ideal in shape to me.

One question that I would like to post to members here - why is the front part of the broadsword designed to be broad (wide)?




KC
Hong Kong

[Yum Cha]

A good swordsman has his "quiver" in where is always the right tool for the right job

WOW, look at the rack on that!

[Eric Olson]

Go for a combat steel, Lung Chuan dao (Dragon Well)