That's what I'm doing now. That's what I should have done when I asked a guy who is two meters tall and wears about 100 kg of muscle to come at me with a really hard mezano cut, against which I then defended with appropriate force. This resulted in my sword coming apart so that the tang broke and the pommel came off. Of course I should have made sure to prevent such an impact when the swords crossed.
It was a three-year-old spada da zhogo, polished to a nice shine by Jan and engraved with my personal insignia, so I do feel its loss a bit... But then again, now I get to have a new sword as soon as I can afford one! I know just what I want: something a bit heavier in the blade to keep me in line and lend a bit of authority to the proceedings. In the meantime, I get much-needed practice with different kinds of blade.
EDIT: added pics.
Friday, October 02, 2009
Using someone else's sword
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Training report,
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Gasp! I thought those things were indestructible! Sorry to hear about your loss.
no need to buy a new one- it's covered by the SES reasonable usage guarantee....
yours
GW
Guy: ssssshhh! See, if I get a replacement AND float "new sword" past Heikki as an Absolute Must item, I get TWO swords! ;)
In that case, we have a spada da zogho in stock- want it?
I'll try it out at the salle first.
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