Test Cutting with Combat Weapons

[Dale Dugas]

Brothers and sisters,

Anyone else test cut with combat weapons?

Here is me cutting mat at the 2007 Zhang Sang Feng Festival.

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x270/DaleDugas67/Cutting.jpg

[Dale Dugas]

These are my babies of death.

What you think?

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x270/DaleDugas67/IMGP0615.jpg

[Musubi Dojo]

Sharp looking blades (pun intended ;) )

What are you cutting there? I'm afraid I know nothing test cutting but it always looked interesting.

I would call your straight blade a "tai chi" sword for lack of a better term. The other blade looks like an extremely serious broadsword.

Am I even close?

Cheers
c

[Dale Dugas]

The sword you called a tai chi sword is a Bagua Tai Jian(Bagua Big Double Edged Sword). Its almost 3 pounds of steel and teak.

The other sword is called a Miao Dao which is a precursor to the Katana in China and used in Hsing Yi and other Muslim Arts in China. It is also combat steel and teak.

Im cutting tatami mat that has been soaked in water.

I had already cut a piece into smaller pieces and I was throwing up a smaller piece and then cut that piece in half.

Much fun was had that day...

[nismophreek]

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x270/DaleDugas67/Cutting.jpg

Does Dickies really make martial arts uniforms?? :D J/K

[Qasim]

Those are sweet! Can you post some information on the Miao Dao?

[Musubi Dojo]

Cool stuff! :D

thanks
c



The sword you called a tai chi sword is a Bagua Tai Jian(Bagua Big Double Edged Sword). Its almost 3 pounds of steel and teak.

The other sword is called a Miao Dao which is a precursor to the Katana in China and used in Hsing Yi and other Muslim Arts in China. It is also combat steel and teak.

Im cutting tatami mat that has been soaked in water.

I had already cut a piece into smaller pieces and I was throwing up a smaller piece and then cut that piece in half.

Much fun was had that day...

[Kyuusaku]

Hmm - bagua swords are simply called "baguajian" as far as I know (as bagua sabers are called "baguadao")... "Tai" doesn't really make sense here.

Cool babies of death, though. :D

[TMA]

Those are sweet! Can you post some information on the Miao Dao?

here's the link to the wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miao_dao

[Dale Dugas]

Hmm - bagua swords are simply called "baguajian" as far as I know (as bagua sabers are called "baguadao")... "Tai" doesn't really make sense here.

Cool babies of death, though. :D

How the family system of bagua I teach calls them.

They are cool.........

[Kyuusaku]

Fair enough, it may be a unique appellation within your style.

(Still, note that if you search for "baguataijian" (in Chinese characters) on Chinese Google, you get 0 hits, so I guess it may be really unique ;) )

[David Craik]

Is test cutting common in Chinese sword arts, as with tameshigiri in Japanese ones?

[Dale Dugas]

Not really.

Its more grown out of the japanese arts as well as people wanting to use the swords they have in CMA in a realistic way and really cut things with power and structure.

Way too many wushu players out there who dangle tin foil swords and think its going to work. not.