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who here does this? I know about our friends in hawaii that go real contact, and our canine friends setting the pace.. but who, like me, is still progressing to this stage with their padded sticks? and how do you make them? and how, specifically, do you guys fight with them?
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that's what we do. i figured it was pretty much universal. as soon as we get better, we're gonna upgrade to dowels instead of pvc.. but the pvc still puts welts and bumps all over me.. not to mention the color changes my bruises go through.. purple to blue to green to yellow to some sick puke color. heh.
i found that with this basic weapon, it works better if you first tear off 3 inch strips of duct tape, and tape the seam of the insulation perpendicular to the weapon..to "suture" it closed.. i do that every 2 to 3 inches. then i cover the rest of the weapon LENGTHWISE with the duct tape, not spirals.. also, i tried leaving 2 inches of insulation at the tip of the weapon..so thrusts wouldn't suck so bad.. but that DOESN'T work.. as the free play in the insulation (even when foam stuffed) makes the foam around the tip break down faster.. and you're basically taking shots form bare pipe.
i also leave the bottom 6-8 inches bare, for a handle.. we have to repad our weapons every month or so.. which comes to about every 8 hours of straight fighting. the foam crushes.
badger, how do you guys utilize em? you fight in rounds? you keep score? (we don't do either really, we fight til exhausted)..
anyone else do this?
that's what we do. i figured it was pretty much universal. as soon as we get better, we're gonna upgrade to dowels instead of pvc.. but the pvc still puts welts and bumps all over me.. not to mention the color changes my bruises go through.. purple to blue to green to yellow to some sick puke color. heh.
i found that with this basic weapon, it works better if you first tear off 3 inch strips of duct tape, and tape the seam of the insulation perpendicular to the weapon..to "suture" it closed.. i do that every 2 to 3 inches. then i cover the rest of the weapon LENGTHWISE with the duct tape, not spirals.. also, i tried leaving 2 inches of insulation at the tip of the weapon..so thrusts wouldn't suck so bad.. but that DOESN'T work.. as the free play in the insulation (even when foam stuffed) makes the foam around the tip break down faster.. and you're basically taking shots form bare pipe.
i also leave the bottom 6-8 inches bare, for a handle.. we have to repad our weapons every month or so.. which comes to about every 8 hours of straight fighting. the foam crushes.
badger, how do you guys utilize em? you fight in rounds? you keep score? (we don't do either really, we fight til exhausted)..
anyone else do this?
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I'm an absolute novice in stickfighting; I've ordered the DB video series, but I've not received it yet.
We do use the universal PVC sticks, and we go all out, no rounds and no time limits; when one has enough, it's over.
Right now I'm trying to do this more frequently but until now I train with sticks only one or two times a week.
For Instruction, we are relying from a video from panther; it's very basic stuff teached from a guy named Arsenio Advincula.
Do you know him?
I think his series is the only panther tapes over two hours lenght.
We do use the universal PVC sticks, and we go all out, no rounds and no time limits; when one has enough, it's over.
Right now I'm trying to do this more frequently but until now I train with sticks only one or two times a week.
For Instruction, we are relying from a video from panther; it's very basic stuff teached from a guy named Arsenio Advincula.
Do you know him?
I think his series is the only panther tapes over two hours lenght.
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