Strikes on the Pell

Aaron Pynenberg doing a pell striking exercise.
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[KnightsHawk]

And the people who over glorify the katana, say that our long swords are slow!. Good vid!.

[jromandell]

I am all for people thinking katanas are the mystical blades of sure killing, cause with the bullets run out they are going to be sad.

[hayleysfinest]

Let's not fight about our styles here. Instead of self closing resistance, let us learn from each other's styles and not focus on 'this method' or 'that method' or finding out who is superior, but rather what can we do to better ourselves. After all, gentlemen, isn't that what the martial arts are all about?

Also, great video. It was nice seeing long sword techniques in action.

[akira357]

To be honest, Japanese Samurai are amateur compare to the rest of the world warriors. Samurai fought among themselves, and that's how all of their martial arts revolve around...fighting among themselves. Europeans fought across countries and world, their weaponry evolve to match/surpass combat effectiveness of their many opponents. Therefore, Westerns are no doubt most superior in armament. If you wanna talk about Eastern superiority...talk about Mongolian, they ruled continents! Not Japanese..

[ENGLISHDOGSOLDIER]

I'd like to add that I personally never knock others martial arts.If someone gets what they are seeking from it that's all that matters in a more civilised (allegedly!) period of history.

We should never forget however that our ancestors in Northern Europe were pattern welding swords and weapons of extraordinary quality and complexity.

We have played second place in our own territory for far too long and we need to reach out and show where we came from and how good we were.

[ENGLISHDOGSOLDIER]

@KnightsHawk I agree with you but the media has much to do with this.In my own little town we have six far eastern martial arts schools of various disciplines while the whole of my county only has two European martial arts schools.

It's my belief that our ancestors were every bit a good as hand to hand and weapon to weapon as anyone.In most cases they would have had a size advantage to eastern warriors and in a fight size does matter.



[Schattenninpo]

Awesome training!



[amida41]

@krazeedocta My hands on experience with both arts is limited, so I'll be the first to admit I might be wrong, but it seems to me that Kenjutsu is more limited in the angles of attack they use than western swordsmen. The Katana's weight is focused evenly all along the blade (and hilt), whereas the Longsword gets lighter towards the point. This results in a top-heavy Katana sword, whose trajectory cannot be altered mid-swing while retaining any cutting power. The longsword seems more agile to me.

[elgostine]

@Ranziel1 that depends on the period. japanese yoroi of the time of the ren period, were fairly advanced, but the most advanced i think were partly not sure to what extent, influnced by the portuguese, but were fairly comparible to european plate armour, but the earlier O-yoroi of the time of the warring states era and mongol invasions, was armour intended largely for mounted archers.

[elgostine]

i have a question about pell work, what i have is not much of a pell, just a 6 foot stick about 2 inches thick. sunk about a foot into the ground, my sword is a hanwei practical norman sword, heres the thing, ive been hitting the 'pell' however may its the sword but i seem to often get alot of vibration in the sword, and after only a few days after getting the sword, the guard already shifts very slightly up and down on one side. im not 100% sure how solid the guard was but it wasnt like that.

[blakan3]

@FireFighter214 True but there are places where this is actualy a sport, and i believe there are actualy "schools" for this.

[Ranziel1]

@TheSchoolWorld Not really, the most expensive yoroi armor was as heavy as European plate harness, while arguably of worse construction. The techniques of using both swords are remarkably similar and they, in fact, were meant for similar duties. Both served as a sidearm on the battlefield, as a dueling weapon and as the basis for all other combat techniques, as all European masters taught longsword combat.