The Swordlady in motion

[Swordlady]

My dojo recently participated in an annual Sword Fest held in Malvern, PA. Here are a couple clips of me at the Sword Fest for your perusal (or amusement). Right-click the following links for download; they are in mpeg format.

Solo kata (17.7 MB)

Tameshigiri (3.95 MB)

I tried tameshigiri (Japanese test cutting) for the first time that day, so please don't be too hard on me.

 

[Bob Hubbard]

Look good to me.

Thank you for sharing.

 

[Rick Wade]

Look good to me.

Thank you for sharing.

I agree that was very good. I don't know a whole lot about traditional weapons; however, it was definately pleasing to the eye.

V/R

Rick

 

[Bester]

Thank you. :asian:

 

[Cryozombie]

I enjoyed both clips, I hope my technique is 1/2 that good someday.

 

[shesulsa]

Thank you very much for posting the clips, Swordlady! I enjoyed watching them.

 

[Jmh7331]

Great clips, thanks for sharing. Where in Malvern was that? I work in Malvern. I wish I knew of the demo. What type of wood (I'm assuming wood, I have no idea) are you cutting thru?

PS - I love the Heineken truck driving past, great touch! :ultracool

 

[BlackCatBonz]

that was awesome swordlady.....keep up the good work!!

 

[arnisador]

Cool! I studied iaido for a while and loved it.

 

[evenflow1121]

I cant download it for some reason

 

[Swordlady]

Great clips, thanks for sharing. Where in Malvern was that? I work in Malvern. I wish I knew of the demo. What type of wood (I'm assuming wood, I have no idea) are you cutting thru?

PS - I love the Heineken truck driving past, great touch! :ultracool

It was held in Burke Park. Here's the webpage with the info about Sword Fest: http://www.mafcenter.com/swordfest2005.htm

It was the second annual Sword Fest; the first one was last year.

I wasn't cutting through wood. They are straw mats - called tatami - soaked in water. Tatami omote is used in traditional Japanese test cutting, since it is no longer politically correct to practice test cutting on convicted criminals. ;-) You can read more about tatami omote here: http://www.tameshigiri.com/Omote.html

 

[Swordlady]

I cant download it for some reason

Hmm...that's odd...the links are working for me. Are you using a Broadband connection?

 

[Bob Hubbard]

I cant download it for some reason

Files are in MPG format. What viewer software (OS, etc) are you running?

 

[Jmh7331]

Thanks for the sight, very interesting. I hope to catch it next year.

 

[bdparsons]

Thank you for taking the time to post the clips. Very nice.

Respects,
Bill Parsons
Triangle Kenpo Institute

 

[Franc0]

Nice clips Swordlady :asian:

Franco

 

[Gemini]

Enjoyed the videos. Thank you. May I ask what sword you use for cutting?

 

[The Kai]

Very nice clips

Thanks for putting them out there

 

[Swordlady]

Enjoyed the videos. Thank you. May I ask what sword you use for cutting?

It was a Last Legend Dragon katana (borrowed from a fellow student).

 

[The Kai]

The angle and "Cleanness" of the cutting look great

How long have you worked the sword?

Todd