The ITECH 1501 hockey helmets with lexan visors arrived and are a big success compared to the WEKAF helmets. Much lighter, better visibility, cooler etc....
Perry. I'm glad to hear you have made some progress, I suggest you check out the MSP website and watch all thier videos... they are pretty agile with the...
Gary, I have studied their videos and so much of it is "known" if for no other reason than it is the simplest, most effective or sensible way to achieve "X"....
... Over the last two years I have been so dissappointed with using gear from other sports ,We designed a new helmet for stickfighting only. The vision is...
perry gamsby <perrygamsby999@...> wrote: I think the agility in the hockey gloves may be due to being born wearing the damn things or they may be more...
I find the 18mm x 1m thin canes are tiring to use when wearing hockey gloves. If you up the diameter it gets easier but again, teh 25mmx 72cm or 1"x27" FMA...
... We stand about 5.5 feet to six feet apart when fighting. This is in our opinion the perfect didstance as it is dificult to crash, yet is workable as far as...
Perry. ... <snip> ... I havn't weighed my sticks. I probably should but I'm not sure how I would go about it... ... I use an abiniko style strike sometimes...
Gary, weigh the sticks using a scale, I find it the most accurate method after rough guessing. :o) I might weigh myself, then stand on the scales again...
John, the step back as you switch makes a lot of sense, glad to see its not just me finding these things out! Same for the targeting the swich etc. It...
... Take a look at the clip attached to my profile (if I may be so bold) When the clipis halfway through, (you can tell by the little triangle at the bottom)...
Perry ... <snip> ... Yeah platypus... of course you spell tires with a y... tyres... must be the kangyeroo thing... haa-haa I hope you don't have Mad Max on...
... Glad you explained that for kangaroo-land... (not sure that they could figure that out by themselves... hell they can't even spell tire...) ... Yeah me...
I'll work on the uploading otherwise I will simply mail you a CD in the time honoured tree based method, envelope, stamp etc.! Cheers, Perry "I love the smell...
Perry. I would like to see your videos, I hear youtube.com is pretty user friendly for uploading videos. I hope you didn't mind my kangeroo and French jokes, I...
Gary, call that trash talk? If you fight like you slagg off then yo ass is mine! We have a youtube video up there, search for Aussie Stick Fight I think, by...
Perry wrote: "We have a youtube video up there, search for Aussie Stick Fight I think, by Clive Girdham. I'm the large lad, no the bigger one. More to...
Thanks, it was a lot of fun. Some toe rag magazine called ZOO here took a few stills from it and featured it at #5 in their "Australi's 20 most scary videos"...
The fencing masks we use have lasted for a very long time. They're the more expensive type called the "3 Weapon Mask". They are very durable and the mask takes...
My concern is for hits to the side and back of the head, zip protection there. I know the aim is to avoid hits to the head at all but when you are still...
For extra padding inside a fencing mask, here's what I had us do: I have 2 masks. One, a medium-sized fencing mask and the other one was large-sized. I always...
Daniel, pretty much the same conclusions I have come to etc. As for back of head hits I find they happen more with double stick matches, especially if you use...
Houston Stick Fighting Association's 1st combative meet on 11/26/2006(Sunday) There is this newly formed Martial Arts Weapons group called the Houston Stick...
There are flights from Canada to Houston. Once we finish with the Beaver Brigade, we're coming for you! Still no indication of a suitable date, so we might...
It is great to see other people out there putting their passions into an idea Daniel. I wish you all the success in the world and good luck at your new ...
John, still wondering on when we should consider hitting Canada? We can make it early next year either to Vancouver or Edmonton (prefer Hawaii!) or later on...
Here's the video on YouTube.com with the boys in Australia swinging some rattan and laying it hard on each other. Big man Perry is seen landing some heavy...
Thanks Dan, first fight is Jake in brown t-shirt taking on Nick and Chris. He disarms Chris and goes after Nick with both sticks. Next is Johnny in red and...
Fellow Stickfighters, I have had an epiphany! Looking at my latest bruise yesterday I realised I am getting hit in the same area every session, providing I am...
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