OK, any non-western European sword form, at all,

[freiman the minstrel]

OK, guys,

about a week ago posted to this board saying that I am starting to get a little curious about Japanese sword forms. I asked if anybody knew where I could look at one on the web.

I have found about half a dozen places that I could order a video tape of sword Katas for about thirty dollars. I am curious, but not that curious, yet.

How about this? Does anybody know a place on the web I could look at ANY non European sword forms, Katas, practice drills, or the like.

Korean, Chinese, Thai, African, Indian, Anything. I an very curious.

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[Therion]

Howdy, Freiman.

I used to study oriental sword forms and know they're quite popular in training and competition, so I figured there would be a lot of videos online. A quick Google search ("sword kata" video) popped up 150 results. Here are some of the topmost:

BLAM Gallery (Japanese kata vids)
http://www.vernonjonesjr.com/BLAM/gallery.htm

CyberKwoon (Chinese weapon vids)
http://www.cyberkwoon.com/forum/downloads.php?cat=1

Iron Crane/White Lotus (Chinese sword vids)
http://www.ironcrane.com/html/swordvid.html

City Jitsu (basic Japanese kata)
http://www.cityjitsu.org (follow links, url is too long to easily post)

These videos and the Google search should get you started - post links if you find something really cool.


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