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@@rewirauna9511 depends how it is made. If it has a mekugi pin to hold it together, gently hammer that out and then tap off the handle. If it has no mekugi pin I think it's safest to assume it has a rat tang construction and treat it strictly as a wall hanger and do not swing it or try to take it apart

The company or the blade type? Either way, sadly not

@@AscendingGuru sheathes tend to be quite pricey so I wouldn't recommend it. Especially in the 1500s and for such a long sheathe

A wooden staff absolutely would beat most swordsmen. Try and parry a quarterstaff. But also, I appreciate the joke

@@sirxarounthefrenchy7773 muyedobotongji ssangsudo manual and the jedok geom jangdo manual for the first part with the basic movements. It looks like the montante because there's only a few ways to move a giant sword without ripping your arms off. Half the reason why I started working on my interpretation is because I disagree with the sibpalki interpretation and think it's based off completely wrong foundational movements for a giant sword. Happy to go into more detail if you'd like

@@JustaBug You're right, no so much different ways to move it if you want to working tendons for the rest of your life. I've been practicing montante/spadone for a year and a half at my HEMA club. How would you say the balance change compared to a montante ? How much do it's weight ? How long is it ?

The balance is changed only slightly in the way that it is curved and single edged, so where often you would throw a false edge cut, this isnt an option, but turning it over feels a lot better than with the montante for some reason. For example, the ssangsudo true edge rising cut to the right feels way better than the true edge rising revez with the montante. In terms of specs, in the manual the blade is 135cm, handle 45cm and weight 1.8kg, no pommel. Antiques are far and few, but constructed this way mine with a slightly shorter blade and handle by order of a few cm has a POB of 25cm and feels pretty good to use. So stopping this is even less on an option, but it does open up the option of doing shorter downwards-ish cuts but just pulling up with the left hand and using the right hand as a fulcrum which I do at about 41 seconds in, which is not fantastic with a montante. I'm only familiar with Figueyredo in terms of montante manuals so if any other systems have a similar motion I'd really love to know

@@JustaBug It sound like you're describing Figueyredo's altibaxos or Alfieri's fendente. I can also pull it off going quite hard with a Talho by striking forward and then bringing the pommel next to my hip to better stop it.

@sirxarounthefrenchy7773 I suppose it would be quite similar to an altibaxo but with very short travel. The beauty of the ssangsudo is the pob and weight combined with it aimed at the wrist (likely of a polearm wielder) means it's very little effort for a devastating wrist cut. I assume a similar effect could be done with a montante with some extra oomph to counter the pommel

@@nick-sherer great question. Ssangsudo dimensions in the manual are roughly 135cm blade and 45cm handle (though mine is a bit shorter with 40cm handle). Jedok geom dimensions in the manual are 103cm blade and 37cm handle (though mine usually come out 100cm blade and 38cm handle because most forges are used to a 100cm blade for hema stuff)

@@wrynn1194 nope. The copper collar is after the guard and the pictures in the manual show the hands on the handle for the most part, so I think it's a thing that is there that can be used rather than to be used all the time like the sibpalki guys do. So I have a normal sized handle which I hold normally

@@kobet7341 there's a separate part of the form for that. But it's definitely not my first choice for closed space combat

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@@JustaBug youre welcome

So… get possibly stabbed by the guy you just probably cut or get definitely stabbed by the guy behind you?

Maybe could be mitigated by some footwork. But importantly, he keeps a sort of high guard until he makes the cut to the rear, and presumably he is cutting under his opponent’s arms so he is still somewhat “behind” his own sword when he turns

Sometimes you can see it, there are still timing and binding play involved, when someone chops close to their body, you can turn to trick this distance, is the same theory with Fiore’s Posta de Donna. Or straight up using this distance to void your body to attack.

Thats not actually the assumption this is working on. The case for use is that your sword is stuck, either in the opponent, or more commonly in historical fencing, in a grapple under their armpit. The assumption is that if you do nothing you are going to die. So while I agree turning your back is not generally a good thing to do, here it is done to give you leverage to free your sword and cover your head as a next best thing to do. I've used this quite a lot and several times I have covered an afterblow or a strike in the grapple with the high cover, which would otherwise have gotten me as my sword is firmly wedged under my opponent's armpit. Hope that gives a little more context to the technique

Thanks! I can't say I've watched the new star wars movies, but I can imagine a cover, turn and slice would probably work well with a lightsaber

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@@Gwalothel in short, it's not. It's modern Japanese swordsmanship repackaged with false ties to Korean history. They've changed the backstory a couple of times in the life of the martial art as well. Kummooyehs history is much the same being an offshoot of haidong gumdo

@@JustaBug thanks. I‘ve been practising this art for 15 years but despite the stories it was quite obvious that it is a modern martial art, though I don‘t find much Japanese style in it.

@@Gwalothel cutting to centre. Focus on drawing and researching styles. The concept of zanshin has even worked its way in. Heavy use of vertical downwards cuts. These are all remnants of Japanese swordsmanship introduced to Korea during the occupational era and quite absent from historic manuals pre occupation

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Nah nodachi typically have different handle to blade ratios, the ssangsudo is closer to masamune in its short handle to blade ratio. Nodachi also rarely get up to this size, whereas the ssangsudo is, as per the manuals, regularly larger than the wielder and still used in battle rather than being ceremonial swords

@@JustaBug I didn't know about those specifics of the ssangsudo! But the point I was trying to get at was that nodachi were commonly used and nobody questions their viability as a battlefield weapon.

Great question. The ssangsudo came from the nodachi but it has a much longer blade collar (habaki on the nodachi) and also there's are far fewer nodachi in the realm of length that the manuals list the ssangsudo should be. At least in terms of ones actually used for combat. It's likely monstrously large nodachi existed (greater than wielder height) but were uncommon but because they were the ones that qi jiguang had exposure to, they were the ones that became standard in China and Korea for the ssangsudo style. There were also likely blade shape differences but due to the lack of surviving ssangsudo it's all speculation until someone finds some period historical documents proving it

@@JustaBug Thank you for your explanation! By the way, I'd like to add some info to your video, or rather say: a bit of correction. To my knowledge the nodachi was used as a battlefield weapon, in Japan when the warrior wasn't using it, it was stored on the back (possibly wrapped in). So I infer that the ssangsudo was also used in the same way. Therefore if a bandit or some kind was to attack the warrior, it would be a lot quicker (and far less deadlier) for the warrior to use a regular/shorter sword which is most likely at hand, on the hip, than to start getting it off from the back and unwrapping it.

@@SamuraiNinja_HUN not sure about back draws. I've seen art of swords been strapped on the back for transport with no concern for likelihood of use. In Korea it is unlikely the ssangsudo soldiers had another sword at their hip besides a dagger. There's one manual in China that mentions a dagger with a long sword but none about other swords and so having another sword on the hip seems to be a Japanese thing likely due to culture

@@JustaBug Hmm, I see. Thank you again!

@@JustaBug Oh and also in Japan, in the sengoku era, it was common even for the ashigaru (foot soldier) to carry a short sword as a secondary weapon for close combat or in case the soldier loses his primary weapon.

@@setokaiba200x the kodachi literally translates to small sword. It's a shorter blade than a katana and handle usually of longer proportions than you would see on a waki blade. As for the use, I'm not an expert in Japanese swords, it's not my area of interest so take what I say with a grain of salt. I don't think we have any manuals or historic records of their use. So we can't be sure. They were likely carried for self defence, and could possibly have been intended for hand and a half use, like we see on some korean swords with similar blade and handle length, but that's purely speculation. There's a youtuber called Nate the Aussie who is a good friend of mine who specialises in Japanese historical martial arts and he may know more. Hope that helps and sorry for the inconclusive answer

​@@JustaBugThank you very much! I'll check your friend's channel.

You could but then you damage your sheathe more (and they probably weren't cheap or easy to acquire) and you also only have the option of moving in one direction so you can't draw and change your mind to draw while retreating

Yeah, I'm not against the concept of kikentaiichi. Just the execution ends up as everything moving as one, and it's a concept that's leeched over into many koryu schools and other sword arts as well. The concept is fine, the execution is usually poor and the teaching of why or the thought process of order of movements that students get taught- often even poorer

@NamazuRyuSaiken quite possibly. Many of koryu schools I've been to have been in the context of sparring and most of them have had some kendo experience. Either way, I think many kendoka would benefit from considering order of movements though that's probably the least of issues with kendo

@@JustaBug Different Koryu have different approaches to combat - so KKTI being bleed over to Koryu may have something to do with my theory of a kendoka dojo doing koryu as an extension. It's just a theory of mine since I dont hear KKTI term being used on Koryu exclusive dojos. My best guess is a Kendoka that trains in Koryu as an extension bleeds the concept over because its what they are learning from the beginning. And Koryu is very open ended conversation too because MSR is categorized as Koryu but it is a relatively modern style developed during a peaceful era (which seitei takes heavy inspiration from) - when other much older styles were developed during the warring times when theres more emphasis on survival than "presentation" base