Originally Posted by
mickey
Thirdly, and most importantly, the use of heavy weapons requires chi training. Sure, you can muscle it if you want. But if you want the most benefit from such training you should be training chi.
Are you suggesting that chi is moving the weapon rather than muscle strength?
@ the OP, an Olympic bar is 45 pounds and just over 7 feet long. It can be fun to play around with but if you do some spinning moves and build up momentum and try to stop too suddenly you may injure your connective tissues (whether you are "training chi" or not).
I don't know how much an Olympic bar would weigh if you cut the ends off.
There are also smaller weight bars (5' I think) that weigh 30 or 35 pounds. Perhaps one of those might be another option.
Unless you absolutely need the metal parts at the end of the weapon, why not just consider a weighted staff?
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