Oh, and as far as the original question: I've trained in nunchaku, escrima, kama, and katana. However I'm interested in learning the naginata, butterfly knives, lion headed sword, and tonfa.
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I'm glad you have trained in escrima's, because that is what I wanted to train with. Anyway, did you like the escrima's? I just have to find somebody in this city who will do weapons training. LoL. That or teach myself. How much did you train with the escrima sticks? Thanks in advance. Jim.
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Just in response to the illegal versus legal weapons. Keep this in mind. Most weapons whether they are legal to own or not may not be legal to carry. Most states have laws against carrying concealed weapons of any kind. So if you're walking at night looking suspicious and a police officer decides to stop you for any reason, he may decide to frisk you. If you are concealing a pair of nunchucks in your jacket then you may get either hauled to jail, have the weapon confiscaded and you may get a hefty fine. Now let's say you are walking down the street with a bag carrying your nunchucks and your gi. Well, then if you are caught with the items then you can say that you were taking them to/from MA class. If the items are not illegal to own then no problem. If they are in your state then big problem for you and maybe your instructor.
It's the same with any other items that can be used as a weapon. Steak knives, box cutters or a large screw driver aren't illegal to own. If I bought some at the store and was transporting them in a bag home then no problem. If I had them in a tool box then no problem. If I had one in my Jacket pocket while being searched by an officer, big problem.
One last example. Your a cop in a squad car driving around. You see a group of people wearing baseball caps and/or uniforms, carrying bats, balls and gloves. Do you give them a second look? Probably not. Now take away the caps, uniforms, balls and glove. Now you have a group of people carrying bats. Will you give them a second look now? More than likely. The question is, what are they doing with bats? Imagine if they weren't bats but nunchucks, spears, kali sticks, tonfa's etc. Get my drift?
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Originally posted by HandtoHandUm yes i hope that we all catch your drift. But anyways i dont think that there anything illegal with carrying a basic pocketknife in your pocket. That is unless; it is used in an assualt, you are on school property, you are involved in a fight (if it is over some legnth, even if it isnt used). Anyways just about anything can be used as a weapon, btw my dad has various firearms, and a permit to carry conceled. Anyways while many weapons are against the law, many are not. My favorite is the 12.5 inch maglight. I like to hold it in a dainty looking way like the cops do, but when you move your fingers just so, snap your wrist, and move your arm foward it is a deadly club.It isnt a weapon, its a flashlight...
But speaking of objects that can be used as weapons. A large flashlight is a good example of something that can be used as a weapon if the time ever arises. The neat thing is that most cops wouldn't even think that you are carry it for self protection (concealed weapon). A few other items would be your house keys, a pencil/pen, cane or umbrella.
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Weapons training
I have trained in TKD for 20 years, and we never used weapons except to practice defending against them. Our instructor did train in the sword when he lived in Korea, but he emphasized that his sword training was seperate from Tae Kwon Do. Additionally, he demonstrated sword techniques to his very senior students, but never emphasized it-it was just special practice, not part of the curriculum.
We do have black belts who train/ed in weapons, but it was something they did on their own.
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In my school we use knife self-defense, gun self-defense, and for the people in higher ranks like me, that are in our S.T.O.R.M and S.W.A.T teams also train with Staff self-defense and Sword self-defense
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