Comments on: Weapons Training Failures: Share Your Story

By: NightFall

NightFall — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:50:25 +0000

One time I was fighting my bro and we had bo’s but he was going to fast and I got nervous so I struck my bo down to hard quickly and it broke were I was holding it so my hand got cut.

By: Martial Arts News 7.18.09 « Striking Thoughts

Martial Arts News 7.18.09 « Striking Thoughts — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:54:15 +0000

[...] Chris wants to hear about your weapon training failures. Weapon or no, do you have a tale of fail to share with us? If so, please [...]

By: josh young

josh young — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:05:22 +0000

I have a failure video of me kicking a wavemaster kickstand.
I was on a slick floor and the pressure of my kick took me right off my root and slammed me down onto my tailbone. It hurt for over a month… one day I may post that video somewhere.

I have also landed on my back before when my kick went up too far and my body and root followed. I was only 15 or so then, I tried kicking up high and found myself horizontal to the ground and landed right on my back, hitting the back of my head pretty good.

By: ab rocket

ab rocket — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:40:35 +0000

Wow! I’m sorry to hear that happened to you. In my opinion, they make tai chi sword tassles too long! I know it’s placed on the jian to create confusion with your opponent, but it seems to always get in the way! Sometimes, I may wrap the tassle around my wrist to keep things like that from happening.

One of the stories I can recall is when I started training for the 3 section staff and hit my shin bone and head.
After that happened, I switched to using a foam covered weapon.

By: Matt (Ikigai)

Matt (Ikigai) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:56:47 +0000

One time while demonstrating nunchaku bunkai the swinging shaft broke in two during an impact with a bo. The shattered piece went sailing back into the seated audience, coming to rest just in between two people’s legs.

By: josh young

josh young — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:40:53 +0000

I use wooden jians for training had they been real I’d be dead from a severed artery in my leg. I have some real swords but limit my use of them to the moves I have down.

Doing patterns with escrima I’ve conked my arms plenty, if they were knives I’d have been cut.

Training with rope dart I’ve gouged my shin.

I’ve had to dodge about a half dozen bounce back shuriken over many thousands of throws, a few got me and drew blood on my arm where I warded them off.