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Coup de Groin
Sir William:
--- Quote from: SirNathanQ on 2010-11-14, 17:59:24 ---Ugh. Thats really, really, REALLY, disgusting. I suddenly just lost a fair bit of respect towards ARMA also.
I do free sparring with my friends, and we even put on demos for the local middle school. If any one of them did this I would make sure it's a looong time before a sword makes it in their hands again... >:(
In my sparring, we use full body target (although pulled blows obviously, as we use steel blunts), grappling, throws, ect. We can get hurt, and I'm fine with that. In fact during one bout I didn't step back as much as I needed to from a blow and got a nice cut on the forehead for a few months. But I'm perfectly fine with that. We're practicing martially effective techniques with martially effective weapons (minus an edge). We're gonna get some bruises and such. But anything like that in inexcusable. I draw the line at groin shots, biting, and anything that could turn a simulated fight into a REAL one.
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I think this is awesome...definitely a step above the usual play-acting. I wish I had had a group of like-minded friends when I was in high school.
Sir Edward:
It's never too late to start. :)
Sir William:
Well that's what we're doing now, aren't we? :)
I'm excited man, excited! No hair pulling either- that last bit's aimed at Sir Nathan's last post; no groin shots, biting- and no hair pulling.
SirNathanQ:
As I said, anything that could turn a simulated fight into a real one ;)
And thank you for the kind words, I am blessed w/ cooperative friends who are willing to deal w/ my freak obsession. :D
The trick is to find people who are interested in martial arts in general, but have no access to actualy joining a group or such. In fact, my main sparring partner is primarily interested in eastern martial arts.
It's quite fun for all.
I'm even working on starting a fencing club at my high school. Lets hope it goes well.
Sir William:
That would be awesome if you can make that happen, Nathan.
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