Stick Sparring

[giggskadabra]

Video of me and My good friend and training partner paul doing some stick sparring, we both practice russian all round fighting which is a competitive melee system that incorporates both armed and unarmed combat. see what you think

 

[drop bear]

Eye protection?

 

[Tony Dismukes]

Yeah, even going as light as you guys were, I'd still vote for fencing masks. Accidents do happen.

Maybe it's a side effect of the fact that you were trying to go light, but some of your mechanics seemed more suited for saber than for stick. I saw blows land which might have been effective cuts, but wouldn't have done much with a stick.

What were you using for sticks? Looked like it might have been some kind of light plastic.

 

[Danny T]

Yeah, even going as light as you guys were, I'd still vote for fencing masks. Accidents do happen.

Maybe it's a side effect of the fact that you were trying to go light, but some of your mechanics seemed more suited for saber than for stick. I saw blows land which might have been effective cuts, but wouldn't have done much with a stick.

What were you using for sticks? Looked like it might have been some kind of light plastic.

Yea I agree eye protection and is are they stick fighting or sabre playing just using sticks?
More linear movement compared to what I am accustom to with few attacks to the weapon hand when available.

 

[giggskadabra]

Hey guys the style is based on russian sabre, so that should explain why the strikes look the way they do. I do agree fencing masks should be worn and its a priority for us to buy these asap

The sticks are literally just pvc conduit pipe bound in electrical tape (a bit ghetto i know) but these are light enough for sparring and cheap enough to replace

 

[Tez3]

I have to be nosy and ask what the 'RAF UK' bit is? (being ex RAF like ) are you based in Liverpool?

 

[giggskadabra]

I have to be nosy and ask what the 'RAF UK' bit is? (being ex RAF like ) are you based in Liverpool?

Hey man sorry it stands for Russian all round fighting it explains more in the videos descriptions and yes i am based in liverpool but obviously not with the airforce

 

[Danny T]

Hey man...

Oh oh.
Tez is a she...not a he... Quick apologize before she notices.

 

[giggskadabra]

Oh oh.
Tez is a she...not a he... Quick apologize before she notices.

Eeek my bad my own fault for being presumptious

 

[Tez3]

Lol, no worries, I must admit I've never come across Russian Stick fighting, looks interesting. Hard to imagine Scousers fighting though says she laughingly!
We used to have a Liverpool regiment, the Kings, here and they were always fighting bless them.
A few years back I was at at Angerr Management MMA fight night, they put a stick fighting 'demo' on, it really got the crowd going it was fierce!

 

[giggskadabra]

Look it up on youtube maxim shatunov has all the best videos of raf its all quite brutal. And yeah us scousers love a bit of fisticuffs haha

 

[Tony Dismukes]

Hey guys the style is based on russian sabre, so that should explain why the strikes look the way they do. I do agree fencing masks should be worn and its a priority for us to buy these asap

The sticks are literally just pvc conduit pipe bound in electrical tape (a bit ghetto i know) but these are light enough for sparring and cheap enough to replace

Aha! I thought that looked like saber work. Glad to know I wasn't imagining things.

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

Aha! I thought that looked like saber work. Glad to know I wasn't imagining things.

Almost exactly like saber work. One main difference is saber's faster, but that's likely due to the lack of masks.

 

[Pittsburgh Arnis]

Video of me and My good friend and training partner paul doing some stick sparring, we both practice russian all round fighting which is a competitive melee system that incorporates both armed and unarmed combat. see what you think

for posting! I've found that hockey gloves and lacrosse arm pads also work good.