New 5*+ Ticket Gacha Salt Thread

[Myrdin]

Actually, I used to practice Kendo, but traded the Shinai for a Foil/Rapier later.

And DARN, those two ^ I don't have and would have been winning ticket draws for me!

Good choice. Rapiers are quite deadly.
I personally prefer the one and half handed bastard swords which to me always translated as the finest dueling weapon, but I must admit, the combination of Rapier and dagger/main gauche is very amazing and extremely efficient.
Its just many of the moves in the Rapier fencing style (mainly Italian and Spanish, which are even crazier arithmetic bs heh) are a bit over exagerated and while they might surprise the opponent, many of them have long recovery time.
Nevertheless, rapiers is the true gentleman weapon.
Haah good old days.... damn it Corintis now you got me all melancholic !

[Corintis]

Good choice. Rapiers are quite deadly. I personally prefer the one and half handed bastard swords which to me always translated as the finest dueling weapon, but I must admit, the combination of Rapier and dagger/main gauche is very amazing and extremely deadly.

I was also just about to mention that getting whacked on the softer, leathery part of the Men by your 7th-Dan, dual-wielding Tanken/Shinai Sensei hurts

The European styles are also a lot more practical than the Asian arts, although Kendo alone barely covers the basics of a good sword fight; the Katas of Kendo and Kenjutsu covers the more practical techniques. But even then, practitioners of them say that it's better, or more convenient to practice Kendo over Kenjutsu.

[Myrdin]

I was also just about to mention that getting whacked on the softer, leathery part of the Men by your 7th-Dan, dual-wielding Tanken/Shinai Sensei hurts

And thats where gamberson and chainmail or the more motocross HEMA style of protectors come into play ! Huzzah for ways to protect oneself from unwished for pain ! :3
I still can remember the blue/purple ish spots on my hands and legs after the more intense training days though. No pain no gain I guess

[Corintis]

And thats where gamberson and chainmail or the more motocross HEMA style of protectors come into play ! Huzzah for ways to protect oneself from unwished for pain ! :3
I still can remember the blue/purple ish spots on my hands and legs after the more intense training days though. No pain no gain I guess

And don't forget the dam callouses!

[Myrdin]

And don't forget the dam callouses!

As I said - good old days....? ...eh

[Wutan]

Wow you guys have quite the experience in Swordfighting eh ?

I consider joining a HEMA Club myself cause i am quite interested in European Swordfighting and a friend of mine is a member of such a Club.

Occasionaly i perform Cutting Tests with Tatami Mats...Heck i even bought a n1 Sword from Albion for that

[Myrdin]

Albion has some nice swords indeed. The prices though.

I personally prefer hand forged weapons, purchased directly from professional blacksmiths over those machine cut blades. But that does not mean they are not well made or worse for the use. Its just - to me a blade that has not seen the heat of the flame and had its shaped at least partially hammered into it by a person, has no "soul"

But thats just me, and btw I have few machine cut blades as well (hence why I am able to compare).
Due to the manufacture method, they are comparatively cheap, and great for sparring and such

I´d say Go for it Wutan. Its a great hobby, not for every one though. If you dont find it up to your tastes you can always stop. But be sure to give it a try, you cant loose anything (well technically you can, I almost lost an eye during on of the training sessions but meh ) by trying it for a bit.

But then again lads - this is the 5* Salt thread, I would suggest let us move to the general Chit-Chat thread, so we dont put to much OT pressure on this one (since there are no mods, we have to at least try to uphold some of the rules by ourselves or the threads will get flooded and it will make it that much harder for people to look for the information they need in the future. )