Shovel Hook
Yellow Belt
Just curious if anyone here trains spear fighting techniques. The Cold Steel demo/instructional was very impressive to me and I plan to pick up an Assegai, or maybe the Atlanta Cutlery Zulu, very soon and develop skills with it. I have always been interested in edged weaponry, and thought about the modern day combat use (in the event of not having a firearm) of the Khukri, Barong, Cutlass/Sabre, Katana/Wakizashi, Tomahawk, Bowie, Gladius, Battle axe, Kwang, CS Warlord, and so on but this dvd convinced me the spear is the king of non-projectile weapons. A backup is required which for me would be a push dagger, but this is a devastating weapon (as shown in comparison to a round of 00 Buckshot on a side of beef) with many advantages, and I can't wait to add it to my arsenal and become proficient with, maybe master, its use. The provided instructional seemed a fairly complete guide. But what other styles and systems make use of the spear? The naginata of Japanese arts could be worth looking into, or any information on African close combat. If you've not seen the Cold Steel dvd you can get it completely free from their website, it also includes (in addition to pretty entertaining performance demos of their products, an intro to blowguns, and use of the polearm and halberd) a pretty lengthy introduction/basics instructional on self defense with the sabre and cutlass which was very informative to this layman. I like to learn as much as I can about proper techniques of all weapons, more of a hobby than anything.
One more thing, completely off topic but I don't want to clutter the forum with another topic; Does anyone have any experience with the Atlanta Cutlery/Windlass Knob Sword Cane? I was wondering about quality, durability, and such, is it a good purchase. Never really interested in a sword cane before but this features a full length rapier blade, giving it minor cutting ability (compared with the usual stiletto blades on this type of thing). If it's pretty good quality (eg-functional) really wouldn't be a bad thing to own and practice with, and have that option for defensive carry uses.
It only costs $75 but I have to watch every penny. Oh, when I asked about quality, I am not snobby about knives, just want to know if it is combat ready. It appears to be, even though it was created for a movie (a recent Batman sequel)
One more thing, completely off topic but I don't want to clutter the forum with another topic; Does anyone have any experience with the Atlanta Cutlery/Windlass Knob Sword Cane? I was wondering about quality, durability, and such, is it a good purchase. Never really interested in a sword cane before but this features a full length rapier blade, giving it minor cutting ability (compared with the usual stiletto blades on this type of thing). If it's pretty good quality (eg-functional) really wouldn't be a bad thing to own and practice with, and have that option for defensive carry uses.
It only costs $75 but I have to watch every penny. Oh, when I asked about quality, I am not snobby about knives, just want to know if it is combat ready. It appears to be, even though it was created for a movie (a recent Batman sequel)