Ten weirdest blades on the planet?

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Originally Posted by fearn

Hi Kronckew,

I'd guess Chinese. Most of the Star Trek people are based in California, especially LA and San Francisco. There's a thriving Chinese martial arts community here, but not a lot of Indian martial arts or their weapons. Based on simple proximity, I'd guess Chinese influences first.

Best,

F

No intention to drag this further off topic from the original "weirdest blades" but it does seem that while Chinese, Japanese, and Korean arts have had their big boom, with Filipino arts coming close behind now... Indian and Indonesian martial arts haven't really grown in great popularity ..or at least are just beginning to. Ten years ago I've heard of Taekwondo, Mantis boxing, Wing Chun, Aikido, Jujutsu, etc. but not Arnis or Kali until a few years ago.. and I did not hear of any Silat in the Western World until more recently... and even more recently Kalaripayattu, Shastar Vidiya, and "Gatka". But now there's Maul Mornie (Silat Suffian Bela Diri) touring the world, teaching classes... there's a few Silat teachers in the US. There's Pencak Silat Sunda that is open for international students... Kalaripayattu schools are opening across southern India, and I believe one in Germany. And while the sparring-based Gatka has been around, Nihang Niddar Singh (Shaster Vidiya) is now teaching martial arts in the UK. Of course these arts have been around in their respective locations, but as for dissemination into the wider world, many did not until recently.

Very cool. Now... back on topic...