Hello,

I am trying to gain an understanding of my favorite weapon, the sai. I purchased a book, probably very well known, "Sai: Karate Weapon of self-defense", by Fumio Demura. I am also looking to find any additional sai katas online, as I want to be able to move with the weapons. Anybody have any links, or maybe comments from personal experience?

Thanks

This page has videos of Isshinryu kata, including sai kata: Kusanku Sai, Sai Chatan Yara No Sai, and Ki An No Sai

http://www.ironcrane.com/html/isshinkta.html

NOTE: during high volume times, the videos on this site become password protected

Site seems to be password protected now.

Cthulhu

I'm not able to access any videos. Do you know of any sites that might show a step by step diagram?

I just played a Sai kata video. No connection problems. Loved the clasical music in the background too :)

This page has videos of Isshinryu kata, including sai kata: Kusanku Sai, Sai Chatan Yara No Sai, and Ki An No Sai

http://www.ironcrane.com/html/isshinkta.html

NOTE: during high volume times, the videos on this site become password protected
Thank you for posting the link, I enjoyed it very much! :)

Is it just me or was the video (filming) quality poor?
Half the time I couldn't really see what the guy was doing becuase it was so grainy.

Since the videos only work part of the time. How do you copy them to your harddrive so you can watch them anytime?


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Nevermind, I was brainfarting and was trying to save it through WMP instead of just rightclicking it and using the "save target as" funtion.

Well, I was finally able to access the video files. Unfortunately, the quality is so poor, it's almost painful to watch. No matter what size I viewed the files at, the resolution and level of artifacting was horrendous.

Cthulhu

I have to agree. The videos are fun to watch, but they're so pixelated that you really aren't able to tell what they are doing.

Hello, I just bought a pair of Sai's and a couple of books. We have no one with experience here. Thanks for the info.....aloha

Hello, I just bought a pair of Sai's and a couple of books. We have no one with experience here. Thanks for the info.....aloha
The sai is not an easy weapon to master even with a teacher so I am wondering how you will be able to do it with just a book.

Well, hopefully one's expectations are not to master anything from a book. Learn and experiment with, OK. If mastering ANYTHING were easy there'd be a whole lot of "masters" running around...oh...wait....nevermind.

well, hopefully one's expectations are not to master anything from a book. Learn and experiment with, ok. If mastering anything were easy there'd be a whole lot of "masters" running around...oh...wait....nevermind.

lol

I did a post about the sai not that long ago. Your best bet is to go to your nearest Japanese martial art dojo( for me it was a shotokan karate school ) and ask the instuctor if he has done anything with weapons. If your lucky like I was the instuctor will help you. Its so much easier when you have some one to show you the little things