Weapon Design Project

[son of oaf]

whooops!
sounds like a lucky escape!

fair play to you though for demo-ing with live blades!

the gym that a train at doesn't enter comps or do demo stuff etc. and i myself would only ever class myself as an enthusiastic amateur (i've only been training a couple of years).
The training blades are only for training and (in very few cases), sparring drills

the aluminium weapons were only originally used in knife classes, but as time has gone on (and more people own training blades) sword applications etc have become a part of the classes.
we have always been taught how and when to treat the rattan stick as a sword etc. but now we can actually substitute it for a training blade which is great.

of course it can't really substitute the real thing, but it is great for range, angle recognition, co-ordination and edge awareness.

it has really brought another aspect of FMA alive for me.

thanks for the feedback and info. it's all really interesting.

i will get those photos!