Sword safety
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July 24th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Most important rule:
Pointy end goes in the other guy.
July 24th, 2008 at 10:50 am
1. All swords are always sharp.
2. Don’t you swing your sword at anything you are not willing to destroy.
3. Keep your sword in its sheath until you are ready to use it.
July 24th, 2008 at 11:19 am
1. No holes where they don’t belong
2. Don’t make yourself leak.
July 24th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Hmmmm.
I’ve known any number of Wiccans and, in my personal experience, a sillier bunch of people you’ve never seen.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Years ago, a good friend of mine was teaching me bits of kendo. Of Japanese descent, this guy had swords that had been in his family for centuries. After months of work with a bokken (made of oak), I asked him when he would let me handle a live blade.
He laughed. “When I’m sure that you won’t cut your own fuckin’ ear off. Now shut up and make a circle.”
That was good sword safety.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Hmmmm.
Yeah. The best IMO are nunchucks. I’ve been involved with eastern martial arts for decades now and the number of times I’ve seen guys knock themselves out or hammer their own nuts with these things is literally uncountable.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
A few additional rules about the sword itself
make sure the sword is of sufficient quality that it won’t break (a.k.a. no stainless junk)
make sure the sword is well attached to the handle (when you reassemble it after cleaning do it right)
July 24th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
What Billy Beck said. I fenced, western style, in my younger days and then studied Iaido, a Japanese style. Point at the guy on the upper left on the link, he’ll move, and you will see any number of ways you can filet yourself if you don’t know what you’re doing.
July 24th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Hmmmm.
“make sure the sword is of sufficient quality that it won’t break (a.k.a. no stainless junk)”
Oh God yes! People playing around with wallhangers, swords that belong on a wall display only, is perhaps one of the most dangerous things around. You literally have no idea what’s going to happen, or where the pieces are going to go when it does.
July 24th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
“Wicca is a nature-based religion based on respect for the earth, nature and the cycle of the seasons. ”
It seems her luck continued– she was lucky enough to have stabbed her foot with access to a modern medical facility, rather than just having more Wiccans around to put spells on her bleeding foot and stuff herbs in the wound.
“Nature-based”? So other religions are what, based on the “un-natural”?
Maybe they’re just farmers, who by necessity must have an understanding of nature, respect for the earth, and an understanding of the cycle of the seasons. But then, farmers tend to do things that work.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Concealed carry rule number 1:
Inside the pants sheathing should be done with extreme caution!
July 25th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
“Keep the pointy end out of your own body.
Likewise, keep the sharp edge out of your own body.”
Used to know a bunch of Wiccans. Some very weapons-savvy, some absolute moonbats.