HINT: if you are having trouble learning how to control both ends spinning and keeping both of them straight "like wheels".. (Go pick up poi) learn there then come back.. :) ;)
ahh, this is much like the chinese meteor hammer. i've always used a single hammer, but i've been thinking of pursuing the double-ended version. is this much different in technique from a double meteor hammer?
@shaolinkungfu666 I don't know anything about any meteor hammer, or any Chinese martial arts for that matter. The suruchin was used by Okinawan fishermen for maneuvering their boats and made of bored-out stone and hemp rope, so there was nothing metal or "hammer-like" about them.
@shaolinkungfu666 i actually come from a bak sil lum background and im going into budo, yes theyre almost identical in use and construction, save for the okinawans having to use hemp rope and rocks, the chinese often used chain and metal ball weights, sometimes rope, but yeah, great weapon, i carry a rope version around with me for self defense, its one of the only weapons left that arent illegal to carry and using it with hojojutsu works like a charm ; )
Its not a slang it is an official name. Poi are like Suruchin just cut at the middle and mostly made for different figures, yes, fun and show. Apart form Suruchin which is more made for ombat.
I know that yes, That Is why I learn it, as Shihan Nishiuchi said himself: ''I prefer traditional Kobudo, because 1 good hit in the right spot is much better that just swinging around.''
There just are some similarities in the construction of them, thats all I am saying. In no way I am trying to prove that they are both used for fun.
Great videos. Much thanks. I've made homemade suruchin out of nylon rope and racketballs. One question: when he introduces the Kosaburi, I noticed the instructor swings his right hand and it stays on top during the whole pattern. But the guest instructor uses a wider figure eight pattern where both his hands take turns on the top. The guest sensei is adding more moves, but you don't actually see him bring his hands together and transfer to one hand... which one is right?
amazing stuff =) many thanks for upping this, in fact it really improves my nunchaku-do, for the very last part is tremendous effort made from the sensei thanks hempev ;)
That's right! Even the classical version isn't anything more than rocks tied with rope...but you'd need to find flat rocks, grind holes through them, and find some strong hemp rope to connect them if you wanted to be as original as possible.
HINT: if you are having trouble learning how to control both ends spinning and keeping both of them straight "like wheels".. (Go pick up poi) learn there then come back.. :) ;)
CrazyAcetheoriginal 1 year ago
It is very different to the meteor hammer but mostly because of weight.
But as always techniques can be implemented by a skilful practitioner of budo
alexvthooft 1 year ago
ahh, this is much like the chinese meteor hammer. i've always used a single hammer, but i've been thinking of pursuing the double-ended version. is this much different in technique from a double meteor hammer?
shaolinkungfu666 1 year ago
@shaolinkungfu666 I don't know anything about any meteor hammer, or any Chinese martial arts for that matter. The suruchin was used by Okinawan fishermen for maneuvering their boats and made of bored-out stone and hemp rope, so there was nothing metal or "hammer-like" about them.
hempev 1 year ago
@shaolinkungfu666 i actually come from a bak sil lum background and im going into budo, yes theyre almost identical in use and construction, save for the okinawans having to use hemp rope and rocks, the chinese often used chain and metal ball weights, sometimes rope, but yeah, great weapon, i carry a rope version around with me for self defense, its one of the only weapons left that arent illegal to carry and using it with hojojutsu works like a charm ; )
Taud 1 year ago
I take Isshinryu karate!
crypter27 2 years ago
Many people take many different martial arts, but you really don't want each of them to tell you individually.
hempev 2 years ago
so true
crypter27 2 years ago
kinda like poi!
teresalopezm 4 years ago
Sticky and moist, or just purple and bland...?
hempev 4 years ago
I think he means Like glowstringing which are glowsticks on 2 strings swinging to make pattern shapes using after images of the glow sticks
immortalvamp 4 years ago
That's poi?! I always thought that was a Hawaiian food, but you mean it is slang for something else?
hempev 4 years ago
Its not a slang it is an official name. Poi are like Suruchin just cut at the middle and mostly made for different figures, yes, fun and show. Apart form Suruchin which is more made for ombat.
Wingmeaker 3 years ago
You will not see any item used for "fun and show" in our kobudo.
hempev 3 years ago
I know that yes, That Is why I learn it, as Shihan Nishiuchi said himself: ''I prefer traditional Kobudo, because 1 good hit in the right spot is much better that just swinging around.''
There just are some similarities in the construction of them, thats all I am saying. In no way I am trying to prove that they are both used for fun.
Wingmeaker 3 years ago
ur the man , nice collection
xeious 4 years ago
Great videos. Much thanks. I've made homemade suruchin out of nylon rope and racketballs. One question: when he introduces the Kosaburi, I noticed the instructor swings his right hand and it stays on top during the whole pattern. But the guest instructor uses a wider figure eight pattern where both his hands take turns on the top. The guest sensei is adding more moves, but you don't actually see him bring his hands together and transfer to one hand... which one is right?
teh4klift 4 years ago
Never even used this, so I can't help
hempev 4 years ago
Thanks a lot. Really helpful stuff. I'm just wandering, is manriki gusari similiar in use to suruchin?
Styku91 4 years ago
Yes, but one is Japanese and the other Okinawan, so different styles of use.
hempev 4 years ago
amazing stuff =) many thanks for upping this, in fact it really improves my nunchaku-do, for the very last part is tremendous effort made from the sensei thanks hempev ;)
rustycoin 4 years ago
It is very easy to make this weapon. I agree with hempev!
shorinkarate 5 years ago
That's right! Even the classical version isn't anything more than rocks tied with rope...but you'd need to find flat rocks, grind holes through them, and find some strong hemp rope to connect them if you wanted to be as original as possible.
hempev 5 years ago
where can i get one of those?
ferretimp 5 years ago
You might want to watch the first videos about the suruchin, but I think it's just a rope with rubber balls threaded on each end and knotted off.
hempev 5 years ago