spear training

JCaudill · 07-08-2008, 07:17 PM

I am looking for a way to pick up proficiency with a spear, and it seems that none of the schools in the area teach spear work. Any suggestions where I might pick up some useful information. (books etc.)

**LeiWuLong** · 07-08-2008, 08:46 PM

The principles of Hexagon staff are great for a spear, sorry i dont know about american schools.

**WC_Lun** · 07-08-2008, 08:50 PM

Honestly, like anything else, you need a teacher to really learn the spear. What part of the US are you in?

JCaudill · 07-08-2008, 10:46 PM

Kingman Arizona. as it is i have to drive 60 miles to Lake Havasu in order to attend my shotokan school.

**WC_Lun** · 07-08-2008, 11:22 PM

Don't know of anyone in that area. Sorry man. The spear is my favorite weapon and think it can teach a lot about the different ranges of combat and timing, with a good instructor who knows its more than stabbing

Hope you get a chance to study it.

You're not gonna want to hear this, but I would concentrate on your shotokon unless you are at least a black belt. The footwork is very important with the spear as with all weapons, and it is a lot different from shotokan footwork. It could lead to a lot of confusion both with the spear work and your shotokan.

JCaudill · 07-08-2008, 11:26 PM

i appreciate the input. i have seen a lot of really devastating things done with a 9 foot spear in battle situations, and have been amazed by the versatility of a Bo staff with a pointy bit on the end.

**WC_Lun** · 07-08-2008, 11:29 PM

Its not known as "The King of Weapons" for nothing

**Jason** · 07-09-2008, 12:41 AM

I read in some American Martial Arts magazine, that it is the hardest to hardest out of all Chinese weapons, taking up to 10 years.

JCaudill · 07-09-2008, 01:12 AM

i usually see it in a more western setting, but the most skilled guys were defiantly the ones with the Chinese spear training.

**WC_Lun** · 07-09-2008, 02:05 AM

The spear can mimic a lot of weapons, so it does take a bit of training to get the intricacies of it. However, the hardest weapon to master is the rope dart/meteor ball. Its considered the highest weapon...and if you've ever worked it, you know why. I think I have more bruises from a blunt rope dart than all other weapons combined and I haven't trained that long with it.

**bladeborn** · 07-09-2008, 04:49 AM

I looked at a rope dart once thiking that I would give it a go... Then I thought better of it!

JCaudill · 07-09-2008, 01:39 PM

my first love will always be the sword in all of it's forms. simple and perfect it is a blade with a bit that you can hold on to.

**LeiWuLong** · 07-10-2008, 06:30 AM

JCaudill what do you mean by western sword and shield, it seems vague, im not being cheeky im just askin here so dont get me wrong, are you talking Anglo-Saxon based forms or LaangSwaarden or what?

JCaudill · 07-10-2008, 11:20 AM

there a about 7 thousand different schools of thought on western sword and shield stuff. mostly i study with a school call Tattershawl. the masters we study are primarily Liberi, and Talhoffer. it is hard to get more specific than that being as both masters taught a full range of fighting from unarmed to dagger fighting all the way up to lance combat from horseback

**TRIANGLEFROMGAURD** · 07-10-2008, 11:28 AM

Not sure how far you are from Phoenix but, Augistine Fong is in that area and a very good CMA teacher.

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