Sword Art List

[Datu Tim Hartman]

How many styles can we name?
1. Kendo
2. Iaido
3. Kenjitsu
4. Dha (Bando Sword)
5. Fencing

How many more can we ad?

 

[Cthulhu]

Well, we could start listing kenjutsu ryu-ha and just go crazy

Cthulhu

 

[arnisador]

Originally posted by Renegade
How many styles can we name?
1. Kendo
2. Iaido
3. Kenjitsu
4. Dha (Bando Sword)
5. Fencing

Krabi Krabong is known for its use of the sword; kumdo is Korean kendo. Iaido goes by other names (batto-jutsu, for example). If we are breaking it down this far we might consider various schools of Western fencing as well. Swords of a sort are used in the FMA (sometimes it's hard to tell if something is a short sword or a just a really long knife). The Tai Chi sword comes to mind, including the Kwandao, considered a sword in that context but more like a halberd.

 

[arnisador]

The Korean art of kunmudo appears to be distinct from the martial sport of kumdo.

 

[Despairbear]

Lets not forget the Medieval & Renaissance armed combat styles of Europe. There is not a name for them as a whole that I am aware of other than swordsmanship.





Despair Bear

 

[Cthulhu]

Originally posted by Despairbear
Lets not forget the Medieval & Renaissance armed combat styles of Europe. There is not a name for them as a whole that I am aware of other than swordsmanship.





Despair Bear

Did some quick poking around and found this:

Schools of the Sword & Terminology

Not knowing anything on Western swordsmanship, is this info any good?

Cthulhu

 

[Despairbear]

Hmmm.... Interesting site. Just had a chance to glance over it. I think I don't quite agree with some of the definitions but most are pretty good. It is a latter period than I usealy study so I cant say much on that side of it.





Despair Bear

 

[arnisador]

"What sports and martial arts comprise fencing?"
http://sitka.triumf.ca/morgan/faq_1.1.html

 

[arnisador]

In the TSD forum there is a post discussing the Korean sword in TSD and in particular the variation in what is considered an acceptable sword.

 

[swordfighter]

The European Historical Combat Guild

ARMA

The Academy of European Martial Arts

 

[arnisador]

I would like to learn something about Western swordfighting some day--certainly fencing influenced escrima quite heavily.

 

[swordfighter]

What we have is an reconstruction of a lost art.
I have trained with knives and machete in my Escrima training,but all my swordtraining has been with western swords.

 

[Kempojujutsu]

Are we listing styles or ryu(Schools) becuse there are over 100's of different schools that teach samurai sword alone.

Bob Thomas

 

[arnisador]

I have seen reference to a Korean sword art Hankumdo that is based on 24 techniques, one for each letter of the Korean alphabet:
http://www.ushapki.com/adults/hankumdo/index.html
Given the very few references I found to it I suspect it may be a relatively recent creation.

 

[arnisador]

"We think of fencing as chess speeded up."
-J.P. Fournier, stage fencing instructor at Mount Royal College (Canada)