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What Is Your Favorite Blunt Object?

Discussion in 'Tilted Weaponry' started by redravin, Mar 24, 2014.

  1. redravin

    redravin Cynical Optimist Donor

    Location:
    North
    The only one I have any direct experience with is the staff from back in my Society For Creative Anachronism days.
    We were LARPing before LARPing was cool.
    Pretty damned efficient, easy to fabricate, hard to block, multiple strike points and a lot of fun if you don't mind serious bruising with the occasional broken finger.

    I watched hard to hide though and not very good in a house with lots of breakables.
     
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  2. rogue49

    rogue49 Tech Kung Fu Artist Staff Member

    Location:
    Baltimore/DC
    I've got a pair of Kenpo Sticks I've been trained in...and used to teach too. (also called Escrima)
    Have them near my bed.
    [​IMG]


    Yeah, that's one of the forms the higher belts have to learn in American Kenpo.
    My instructor used to go down to Tijuana with two little hidden switches like car antenna scrunched up into little belt pockets.
    If he got attacked, he'd just quickly whip them out. (but no one would think he's armed otherwise)
     
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  3. EventHorizon

    EventHorizon assuredly the cause of the angry Economy..

    Location:
    FREEDOM!
    anything made of glass. if you're using a blunt weapon, might as well make it into a sharp weapon as long as you're willing to use it
     
  4. rogue49

    rogue49 Tech Kung Fu Artist Staff Member

    Location:
    Baltimore/DC
    My head.
    ;)
     
  5. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    That is certainly a dangerous weapon...........in more ways than one :p.
     
  6. ChrisJericho

    ChrisJericho Careless whisper

    Location:
    Fraggle Rock
    Yeah but how are you going to use the sticks and a flashlight at the same time? Everyone knows that in a dynamic ,critical, tactical situation, you would never evvvvvvvver want to turn on the lights in your room, therefore if you haven't integrated a $100+ surefire light into your stick training then you're nothing more than a glorified airsoft'er except with sticks !
     
  7. rogue49

    rogue49 Tech Kung Fu Artist Staff Member

    Location:
    Baltimore/DC

    ??? :confused:

    Now why would I even need to use a flashlight???
    First, I can see fine even when I get up in the middle of the night without any lights on. (just did it)

    Second, I would think any lights on your sticks would be just as much a distraction for you as an opponent.
    If you're fighting in the dark, you want to see/sense the movements of your opponent. (and I trained for this in the past)

    And if you're talking about fighting in the city with the extended sticks I was referring to.
    Then even better, the ambient light outside would be to your benefit as well as the fact your sticks are black...against black, making them effectively invisible weapons vs. your opponents.

    That's the nice thing about sticks...they're in your hands, under your full control...you can use them for defense and offense.
    I like them better than knives, you can't stab yourself...or it can't be used against you as likely potentially...and it looks better in court.

    Lastly, I cannot as easily wound/kill a person I care for...like the cop around here that accidentally shot his daughter in the night.
    Even the pros make mistakes...there's no turning back a bullet...and a bladed weapon can be quickly lethal too, no coming back from that either.
    Nah, I'll take my sticks...they're just at the right level...good extensions of my body, not "kicking it up a notch" too much.
     
    Last edited: Aug 30, 2014
  8. buzzgunner

    buzzgunner 180 gr. of diplomacy

    My favorite blunt object? My '94 Ford Explorer.
     
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  9. ralphie250

    ralphie250 Fully Erect Donor

    Location:
    At work..
    Indestructible
     
  10. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    :D:D:D:D 8810-260-img-1_compact.jpg :D:D:D:D
     
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  11. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    I appreciate a woman who's not afraid to take matters into her own hands.
     
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  12. genuinemommy

    genuinemommy Moderator Staff Member

    I have a baseball bat. And a really sturdy lamp. It's one of these bedside pole lamps. It looks shabby chic and has a base that weighs about 10lbs. Easy to grab and weild in a pinch.
     
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  13. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

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  14. Charlatan

    Charlatan sous les pavés, la plage

    Location:
    Temasek
    I am not so paranoid of invaders that I need to keep things handy.

    That said, I am pretty good with a bokken or a shinai.
     
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  15. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX

    Of course it is.

    It belongs to Lindy :cool:.
     
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  16. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    This fall, we finally had a really good hapkido class where we learned the fundamentals with the bokken. (In our hapkido curriculum, weapon training is normally reserved for the senior belts who have it as a requirement.) We just stuck with eight direction footwork drills with overhead strikes, but I learned a lot about how to grip it and how to move my arms throughout the downward strike. It's deceptively difficult at first.
     
  17. Charlatan

    Charlatan sous les pavés, la plage

    Location:
    Temasek
    It takes a bit but it should become natural. The big hurdle is to not swing it like a baseball bat or a light sabre. The left hand is the power hand and the right does the steering. Keep your hands relaxed, light and loose gripping with the pinky and ring finger of the left hand.
     
  18. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    All of this was taught but the last bit. In hapkido, the grip is slightly different. We grip with all fingers but the index fingers. This grip is key to hapkido's joint locks, throws, submissions, etc., yet is still based on kenjutsu.


    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_AjHqLhvyw
     
  19. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    Well, I see that the "blunt object" was recognized without the picture needing a caption.:p


    I won't very often admit to being at a loss for words. Orgasms are hard enough to describe, but this thing...

    It's very versatile, never gets tired. It6's not what I would call quiet, but the buzzing is relatively low pitched, so it doesn't bother me at all.

    I love to have Sig use it to nourish my nethers so that I can torture my nipples with both hands.

    And when he watches what this "device" does to me, his dick turns to cast iron, I swear.:eek:

    Guys, it works great for guys too...:cool:
     
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  20. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    I like to use it while I blow my hubby. It's my favorite.
     
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