Kali stick weapon flex: rattan vs polypropylene (Cold Steel escrima)

[quinatu]

i'm thinking about buying a chinese sword made of polypropylene, should i do it? can you make it sharp?

[ioda006]

@quinatu You could not make it sharp. Pointed, maybe. Any reason you don't want real metal?

[EMT22637]

I don't like the weight or the feel. If you are worried about preserving your training sticks wrap the impact surface with electrical tape, unless you're doing full contact work every day it should do the job just fine.

[ioda006]

@EMT22637 definitely agree with you about the weight - MUCH heavier and I don't like it.

[Jonbino]

That flex might hurt more like a whipping effect. Will leave a hell of a welt on the side of someones face.

[Shrimpgoldfish]

In my opinion the more flex the better as long as you can still get some decent hits.

[7The7Green7]

The flex is actually a good thing, means it's less likely to break anytime soon. Besides that, how many of us have ended up with splintered rattan sticks after a short period of time? I have. These Cold Steel sticks are long lasting and durable training sticks, especially if we are going stick to stick in drills hard core. But I love to train with the rattan as well because it is a natural element.

[white7shadow777]

I use different rattans as well as other woods form the Philippines and in most cases it better going with the real thing and not some plastic rubs thing.

Safety should be a concern but when you use too much safely equipment you lose the reality of a real fight. I also sell equipment from the Philippines my website will be up soon so if your interested in something send me a message i can get some really nice stuff.Rattans, Kamagong Stick, training gear and real Kris straight form the Philipp

[otomo129]

@white7shadow777 I agree with you but, as a waster, these pose a much better deal, although twice as much as a single standard rattans stick, the durability is vastly superior, and you can get around the flexibility but trimming them, there a video here in youtube displaying the resistance these have:

watch?v=YmwiDCPZcJM

I shiver at the thought of doing the same with a kamagong stick.

[1trae9]

I actually hacksawed 1 full size bar off both of my cold steel polypropylene sticks. The length is now 27 1/8" for shorter, faster, less wobble perfection. (perfection for my liking that is)!

[Koshinn]

The girl recoils and closes her eyes just before the sticks impact.

[Jonbino]

@Koshinn

So do you.

[Equalpower]

Nice, it gives it a much more "whipping" reaction than I thought. I'm thinking of buing a few of these and modding one if it is ever needed in my home, and use a safe version in training. You can get them less than 30$!

[Mantinae]

Nice video.

Very clear and informative.

[williamhenkel]

How's the weight? The flex wont bother me, it increases velocity. But I'm curious on to how light they feel and whether or not you trimmed your's to the traditional 28''

[ioda006]

@williamhenkel much heavier even when trimmed to the same length. The polys are 1" diameter and heavier than my 1 1/4" rattan sticks.

Still highly recommend them though.

[ioda006]

Also, I did not trim mine at all. I train with a lot of different sized weapons and I like the length that these are at.

[jarmatic]

This is exactly what I was looking for to determine the amount of flex in the Cold Steel Sticks- way too much for me- Thanks so much!

[ioda006]

They definitely flex more than rattan. One thing to note though - you can easily cut them down to a shorter length.. these are 32 inches long.. even cutting them to 30 or 28 would be reduce the flex quite a bit, but it will still be more flex-y than rattan at any length.

I find disadvantages as well as advantages with the flex. Just remember it's not always a bad thing.