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

The rattan sticks are from bloodsport.com and the polypropylene sticks are made by Cold Steel (got mine from manventureoutpost.com). This video demonstrates the weapon flex that can be found in both. The polypropylene has a significantly greater amount of flex than the rattan. Remember, flex is neither bad nor good - it just depends on what the application is and what you're comfortable using.

Find my review on the Cold Steel sticks here: http://martial.jessecrouch.com/2009/05/cold-steel-polypropylene-kali-escrima....

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[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.

[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.

[Jonbino]

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

[Jonbino]

@Koshinn

So do you.

[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