A new sword joins the family. Using basic sword strikes from the Filipino martial arts (kali / escrima), I "built" a new sword meditation, 解剖学的研究 / Kaibōgakuteki kenkyū / "Anatomical Study" for the backyard dojo.
This lighter sword, with its double-edge blade, and only being held with one hand, is allowing me to explore deeper into some of the body mechanics of sword use. And it's an absolutely beautiful weapon: one side is darker than the other, and there are waves of grain running across her blade.
This lighter sword, with its double-edge blade, and only being held with one hand, is allowing me to explore deeper into some of the body mechanics of sword use. And it's an absolutely beautiful weapon: one side is darker than the other, and there are waves of grain running across her blade.
She is a beauty to behold and a beauty to wield.
棘 / toge / thorn
espada / kamagong ("ironwood") Filipino wooden short sword
Some [seed] fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.
—LUKE 8:7
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爪 / tsume / claw
jian / unsharpened Chinese straight sword
Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped what was left with its feet.
—DANIEL 7:19
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頤 / ago / jaw
"Musashi oar" suburito / heavy oak wooden sword
Then he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached down and took it, and with it he killed a thousand men. And Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”
—JUDGES 15:15-16
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舌 / shita / tongue
katana iaito / unsharpened long sword
In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force.
—REVELATION 1:16
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牙 / kiba / fang
wakizashi iaito / unsharpened short sword
Fire and hail and famine and pestilence, all these have been created for vengeance; the fangs of wild animals and scorpions and vipers, and the sword that punishes the ungodly with destruction.
—ECCLESIASTICUS 39:29-30
espada / kamagong ("ironwood") Filipino wooden short sword
Some [seed] fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.
—LUKE 8:7
•
爪 / tsume / claw
jian / unsharpened Chinese straight sword
Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped what was left with its feet.
—DANIEL 7:19
•
頤 / ago / jaw
"Musashi oar" suburito / heavy oak wooden sword
Then he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached down and took it, and with it he killed a thousand men. And Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”
—JUDGES 15:15-16
•
舌 / shita / tongue
katana iaito / unsharpened long sword
In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force.
—REVELATION 1:16
•
牙 / kiba / fang
wakizashi iaito / unsharpened short sword
Fire and hail and famine and pestilence, all these have been created for vengeance; the fangs of wild animals and scorpions and vipers, and the sword that punishes the ungodly with destruction.
—ECCLESIASTICUS 39:29-30
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