Shaolin-Do answers challenge.

[Judge Pen]

Originally posted by norther practitioner


So far I've only done fan, straight sword, broadsword, and staff. I still have spear, hook swords, 2 straight sword forms, another broadsword, and another staff form to learn.... plus I would like to learn some flexible weapons some time too.. not just beat the hell out of myself with them..

I haven't learned many flexible weapons yet. Don't know if I want to. I'm fairly tall so I like the staff, spear, and Kwan dao. Learning strainght sword right now. Still have chain whip, 3 sectional staff, double broad swords, and double hook swords to learn.

[Okami]

Just one thing to say about melon hammers. . .

FEEL THE BURN!

[norther practitioner]

Any traditional weighted weapon can get that way.. I practice the same sword form with different weight swords.. gets much harder in some postures with a combat steel sword.

[Judge Pen]

I prefer combat steel in a broad sword and the heavier the Kwan dao, the better. I like my straight swords to be around 2lbs though.

[Shaolin-Do]

I like myweapons as heavy as I can find
Have red wood staff, nunchakus, tonfas, and a redwood broadsword, which isactually pretty light.
Have a 3 section, but dont really know how to do sh!t with it...

[Brad]

I use whatever I can afford I used to own a three section staff, but the end broke off when my teacher was playing with it. Last time I buy a Chinese weapon from a Karate school, lol

[norther practitioner]

I use a medium weight broadsword, combat steel straight sword.. my chain whip is heavy too... but for demos sometimes I use wushu steel...

[Judge Pen]

With my straight sword I like a little flexibility in the blade, but not so much that it feels like tin foil. My favorite is still the Paul Chan practical tai chi sowrd.

[Arhat of Fury]

33 pages of this gibbereish..... wow I am impressed.

Mercer and rhadnotti,

I have a question for you. I am in az, currently looking for a schooland am curious of the forms that SD teach. If it is shaolin kung fu then it should look close to the forms that yan ming and shaoi pu teach. Do you guys learn traditional forms such as tan tui, breakfall and small red fist. I do understand that kung fu is up to ones own interpretation and this is what makes it very form sifu to sifu. But the core of the form will usually remain the same.

Whats your take on this?

Arhat

[Brad]

With my straight sword I like a little flexibility in the blade, but not so much that it feels like tin foil. My favorite is still the Paul Chan practical tai chi sowrd.

You'd probably like the new wushu competition swords. Still semi flexable, but not with the snaping and poping you hear with the tin foilish ones. They're heavier and much better balanced too.

[crazymaddrunk]

If it is shaolin kung fu then it should look close to the forms that yan ming and shaoi pu teach.

Why should it? Are they the last word on Shaolin kung fu?? Are they the last descendents of Shaolin temple? Are they the ONLY ones that can teach Shaolin forms correctly?

I think not.

[joedoe]

Originally posted by crazymaddrunk
If it is shaolin kung fu then it should look close to the forms that yan ming and shaoi pu teach.

Why should it? Are they the last word on Shaolin kung fu?? Are they the last descendents of Shaolin temple? Are they the ONLY ones that can teach Shaolin forms correctly?

I think not.

For once I actually agree with you. There are many arts that can claim a lineage from Shaolin. Not all of them will look the same.

[MasterKiller]

Are they the last descendents of Shaolin temple?

Everyone knows Sin The' is the last bastion of true Shaolin knowledge, right CMD?

[Sin The']

I am the last bastion of all Shao-lin knowledge you rank infidel. That is why you see me as a threat.

[PHILBERT]

Originally posted by Sin The'
I am the last bastion of all Shao-lin knowledge you rank infidel. That is why you see me as a threat.

Go play on a freeway.