Katana VS. Water Balloon?!?!?!

I know the match-up is a bit biased but in slow motion it does look quite interesting. Check it out and enjoy.

Japanese Sword Cutting Videos

Here's an interesting tameshigiri video showing cutting practice. The cut in the video does look a little awkward but the iaidoka pulls it off fairly well. Nice video with classical technique. The dojo that offers instruction on the Japanese sword has a whole line of these videos on youtube.

Slow Motion Brick Breaking

The video above is quite interesting as it shows what really happens when your hand impacts a solid object. Though the brick did break, when view in slow motion it almost appears as though the hand is in danger of doing the same. Watch and enjoy.

Reverse Grip Sword Cut

On one of the forums I regularly visit there is a bit of controversy about the practicality of a reverse grip sword cut (not that swords are very practical in this day & age anyhow). Quite a few of the forumites claim that reversing your grip on a sword is only appropriate for knives or Zatoichi :)

And along comes Renfield Kuroda, a JSA practitioner from Japan to prove that if you think a reverse grip sword cut doesn't work you're totally wrong. Check out that set and feel free to share your thoughts.

Here's the review from this weekends seminar

So, as some of you may remember, my sensei Don Hebert and I went down to Baltimore last weekend for a weapons intensive. In preparation I purchased a sample suit of kendo armor since it was a full contact event and I thought it would be appropriate to test an item that I am considering selling on my website.

The armor held up just fine, though shots that came down directly on the top of my head had the potential to make me see stars. In fact, it happened quite a few times. This was ok, in my opinion, because it actually gave me some incentive for performing proper technique. I feel totally confident now in carrying and selling this kendo armor, if I was able to survive mostly intact.

Gear for your everyday life

Well, maybe not every day, but LA Police Gear has some interesting tactical gear for military and police personnel. The items span the range of clothing to survival equipment. LA Police Gear has some fairly decent prices, and great package deals where LA Police Gear includes freebies when you increase the total of your order. A very nice incentive.

Enjoy

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