John.

> Nice clip guys:

Thanks.

> I can't wait to see the longer stuff. How did the sticks work for you?
> They look pretty well made from what I can see on the video.

The sticks work really well we made 6 to begin with, right after you put the
how-to on you site 2 four footers and 4 three footers. The ones in the vid are
the last survivors and they have at least 20+ fights on them. They were all
built to MSP spec except the rope in the middle is tightly would nylon rope.

> Please tell me that you used the light brown bamboo as opposed to the
> dyed green stuff.

lol I remember Perry's failed experiment with the green stuff, no we used the
brown stuff. Kinda funny you mentioned that though, after I told Maarten how to
build a stick he went out and built one with the green bamboo and it broke about
a minute into his first fight.

> They are no good for grappling but as you can see, a guy can kinda let
> go and let the other guy have good one if you so choose. They should
> just bend enough to take the bone breaking power out of them and no more.
> Once you make the longer ones you will never go back.

I am looking forward to the longer ones and to using some two handed techniques,
it may be a couple of weeks before we have video of that though.

> FWIW
> My favorite length is 45 inches

Maarten wanted to go with 42" and I wanted 48" that sounds like a good
compromise.

> . http://www.irishsti ckfighter. com

> "Making the world a better place, one beating at a time."

> . John Patrick Sullivan. The Fifth

Thanks

Gary