Ramsey making those colors POP!! 💯🔥 I appreciate you! 👊
@victorwelkin9136
3 жыл бұрын
He surprised me when he did that!
@abrahamlincoln6201
3 жыл бұрын
@@victorwelkin9136 I know same
@sirteabag8652
3 жыл бұрын
Grandmaster...can you teach me how to use a Chinese sword ?
@abyssoulzenith
3 жыл бұрын
Ah hell yeah, i new these MMA guys were legit. My prayers have been answered.
@ZackofAllTradesct
3 жыл бұрын
Oh man! That made me happy! What a homie. Ramsey you have been promoted to 5th degree Green White & Red belt 🇲🇽
@kuuryotwo5153
3 жыл бұрын
Mexican Martial Arts: Judo. Judon't know if I got a gun, Judon't know if I got a knife....
@ACSMEX
3 жыл бұрын
Unless I´m not aware of them, I think any martial art coming from our native side was lost after La Conquista. Nowadays México is a potency in TKD, for some weird reason. And boxing, of course.
@Stevo_YouTube
3 жыл бұрын
@@ACSMEX MMA was founded by a Mexican named Jesse.
@strider4life696
3 жыл бұрын
lol Mexican Judo 😂
@shinobi1014
3 жыл бұрын
Its Puerto Rican Judo lol ask RATKING. its also in "horse and carriage by cam'ron mase" dont tell me yall never heard the songs.
@Gotchism4Life
3 жыл бұрын
MMA used the chancleta
@maximechopin2600
3 жыл бұрын
These are real weapons, Ramsay just steel plated his skin
@reasonerenlightened2456
3 жыл бұрын
Once the firearms become unavailable then I'll be looking at metal sticks again.
@mrmoth26
3 жыл бұрын
The groove is called a fuller.
@taekwondobro
3 жыл бұрын
You beat me to it
@BWater-yq3jx
3 жыл бұрын
4:33
@WeAreSoPredictable
3 жыл бұрын
Crazy part is, it should really be called an emptier. :)
@MansMan42069
3 жыл бұрын
@@WeAreSoPredictable ahaha good one
@szepi79
3 жыл бұрын
yep. it has 2 purposes: 1. as Ramsay stated, it removes weight 2. it makes the structure of the sword stiffer. the idea behind it is the same as for C-beams.
@sfkingalpha
3 жыл бұрын
"It's a little bit unwieldy." Don't think I've ever heard the word used in such a direct sense.
@WildBillCox13
3 жыл бұрын
Appropriate usage, all right.
@moreparrotsmoredereks2275
3 жыл бұрын
More weight towards the tip of the blade is not inherently bad, as it increases a sword's cutting capacity. Sabers, cutlasses, falchions, tulwars, Viking era swords and many others tend to be more blade heavy, because they are intended more for cutting than thrusting. Less weight in the blade makes it easier to defend with and gives you more control over the point, so swords intended more for thrusting will typically be balanced closer to the hand. I don't know much about the jian, but it looks to me like a compromise design, intended to be reasonably good at both cutting and thrusting, so the balance point is probably meant to be somewhere in the first quarter or third of the blade, if I had to guess.
@SurmaSampo
3 жыл бұрын
There are also a number of types of Chinese Dao that are strong cutters and more forward weighted as well.
@Arcana437
3 жыл бұрын
Overall it depends on how the user fights, if the sword will be put to it's potential
@neo-filthyfrank1347
3 жыл бұрын
That doesn't make sense I have one of those traditional one handed european swords and it can barely cut and is much better at thrusting yet it certainly seems blade-heavy
@SurmaSampo
3 жыл бұрын
@@neo-filthyfrank1347 It is likely that you just have a poor quality sword.
@Arcana437
3 жыл бұрын
@@neo-filthyfrank1347 yeah, it maybe of poor quality. Or you didn't sharpen it enough. Or maybe the way you cut is different? And you're body has a natural way for thrusting?
@TheWabbitSeason
3 жыл бұрын
It's the same reason Olympic fencing uses flexible weapons. It can be done safely with minimum gear. HEMA likes it a bit rougher which is why we wear stronger masks and some armor to prevent broken bones.
@swordsmanxia
3 жыл бұрын
People seem to forget that a Jian can be anything from a two handed long sword to an epee.
@holydiver6570
3 жыл бұрын
Cause they stretch every morning. Thats true chinese discipline right there
@jolonghthong
3 жыл бұрын
Grandmaster jesse has blessed this video i see...
@pluviasalutor1290
3 жыл бұрын
When I was younger I always thought the bendy swords were meant to emphasize how fast and strong the characters were. Since they could also fly/jump through the air and stuff.
@prastagus3
3 жыл бұрын
It does. However 99% actors/actresses don't have skill to do so with a real sword. Only martial artists actors like Jet Li and Donnie Yen had used real swords and other weapons in movies.
@gabrielsagala9969
3 жыл бұрын
A stiffer sword would also be less shock resistant and they would break much more easily as a result
@prastagus3
3 жыл бұрын
@@gabrielsagala9969 Thus good swords have both stiffness and flexibility in a good ratio to be considered good swords.
@gabrielsagala9969
3 жыл бұрын
@@prastagus3 It's much more complexe than just ratio. Metalurgie is a science on it own. I was talkin about metal work in general.
@prastagus3
3 жыл бұрын
@@gabrielsagala9969 I'm also talking about metal work in general. I only know metallurgy in general and not in detail as well.
@stevstring
3 жыл бұрын
That’s really interesting. I’m about to go down a research rabbit hole.
@Ultr4l0f
3 жыл бұрын
I got two or three or four tips. Shadiversity. A history buff and all around nerd who talks about both realistic historical weapons, as well as analysises of pop culture weapons. Describes things like metallurgy, the physics of cutting, balance of weapons etc etc. Good stuff. Todds workshop. Dude makes a bunch of experiments with realistic gear he often crafts himself. Metatron. A guy DEEP into roman history. Talks both about general history but also weapons and armour. Especially roman. Skallgrim. Another nerd with a fascination of weapons. Trains HEMA (historical european martial arts) and often buys replicas and puts them trough tests.
@librabys
3 жыл бұрын
@@Ultr4l0f Don't forget Scholagladiatoria, a british HEMA guy who collects antiques and replicas, is very knowledgable.
@ChristopherCarpenter
3 жыл бұрын
Ramsey out here telling us he is in Shanghai China, but he is clearly in space. More lies from the hater grand Master chosen one, smh 😤
@RamseyDewey
3 жыл бұрын
We’re all in space. Unless you’re some kind of two dimensional life form contacting me from a parallel dimension where the laws of space/time to do apply.
@ChristopherCarpenter
3 жыл бұрын
@@RamseyDewey my own words have been turned against me, I will concede your point 😆
@giantm846
3 жыл бұрын
@@RamseyDewey 😂😂
@Groteskfull
3 жыл бұрын
@@RamseyDewey I think you meant "do not apply"?? 🤔 Love the t-shirt btw 😄
@michaelterrell5061
3 жыл бұрын
@@RamseyDewey YES ANOTHER PHYSICIST!!!
@abortedlord
3 жыл бұрын
A sword doesn't *need* a fuller to be well balanced, but it can be helpful to include one especially if overall weight is a concern.
@Pe3dr0
3 жыл бұрын
Damn I wasn't expecting that Mexican Martial Arts reference. Now I need a crossover.
@Jenjak
3 жыл бұрын
About the floppiness, there is a saying in Taiji Quan that when you are powerful enough and well trained with your sword you can make it vibrate when you strike. I think they use floppy weapons in movies and wushu to make the performers look more powerful.
@HipposHateWater
Жыл бұрын
Historical jian were not remotely that noodly, so that sounds like a cope that just got accepted as truth
@Devilmanlover
3 жыл бұрын
Because it's made in China
@tagsan3834
3 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@anantasheshanaga3666
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@ninjagaro.
3 жыл бұрын
Skallalgrim on Ramsey Dewey
@jolonghthong
3 жыл бұрын
Nice prof pic... get yer Yorkshire tea.
@Zraknul
3 жыл бұрын
Scholagladiatoria would probably be closer.
@RoyBlumenthal
3 жыл бұрын
Also, filming fight scenes has endless takes. The stunt person, wielding a fully weighted sword, would be exhausted before the sequence is shot.
@zachariahgoddard6039
3 жыл бұрын
Nah....“Real” swords are surprisingly light. When is dexterity more important? When you’re shooting a film?...or when your life is at stake? Swords are fast articulate weapons, even long swords and two-handers.
@RoyBlumenthal
3 жыл бұрын
@@zachariahgoddard6039 My dummy tai chi sword was about a quarter to a fifth of the weight of a real tai chi sword.
@zachariahgoddard6039
3 жыл бұрын
That only speaks to the weight of your trainer sword doesn’t it? It’s cheaply and lightly made to mimic the well balanced engineering of an actual spring steel sword, which (due to the design) will also feel like it’s made to move with precision. The heavy sword trope is a bit of a myth. Practice swords may indeed come lighter but probably due to the age, sex, skill level of the type of person it was intended for.
@librabys
3 жыл бұрын
@@zachariahgoddard6039 A real sword is light enough to be agile in the hand of a trained warrior during a combat... but not as light as having it used at full speed by an actor all day long. (they weight around 1kg and if you are not used to it, you get tired fast)
@nicholasthompson9410
3 жыл бұрын
@@zachariahgoddard6039 the weight and how tried one would be after a period of time using one is also super subjective and depends both on the individual sword and the person using it.
@dwried
3 жыл бұрын
I remember researching a bit on sword crafting. It's actually quite interesting when you get into the composition and tempering of the swords. Decent swords back in the day did have a "slight" bend to it. The reason being that you don't want the sword to snap or break under pressure. Definitely don't want the sword to bend as much as the practice sword you were showing, but they did have a slight bend so they'd last better in combat.
@_.Lucifer_Lightfall._
3 жыл бұрын
He's become a master of the universe. Either that... or he's stuck in the WONG DIMENSION! :P
@PrestonK_Productions
3 жыл бұрын
By the way, I would recommend Shadiversity. He's like you except with HEMA, and also he's a bit goofier than you, and he's also more pop culture oriented, and he lives in Australia, and uh... I guess he's not identical to you, but I still recommend him!
@PrestonK_Productions
3 жыл бұрын
@Can a swallow swallow? Skalgrim is nice and all, but Shad is just more engaging to me. They both have their own appeals.
@GuitarsRockForever
3 жыл бұрын
And Shad belongs in the same religion as Ramsey.
@YoutubeCommenter1
3 жыл бұрын
Scholagladiatoria is better
@trevorrogers95
3 жыл бұрын
Metatron, anybody?
@minipai
3 жыл бұрын
In a Wuxia movie, the bending sword presents that the swordsman has a powerful "inner force" that metal can't bear his power thus become soft.
@allengordon6929
3 жыл бұрын
A doylist explanation is that it's a holdover from Chinese epic opera.
@cyborgchicken3502
3 жыл бұрын
In older WuXia films especially those from the Shaw Bros era the swords never used to bend at all... I'd recommend films like Dragon Swamp, That Fiery Girl, A Touch of Zen, The Sentimental Swordsman and Come Drink with Me, all came out around the late 60s and early 70s
@Tyrosine0910
3 жыл бұрын
Watching these videos before physical therapy (ACL reconstruction surgery Nov. 2020) motivates me to work hard. I can't wait to get back to BJJ, & possibly try training some MMA eventually.
@jaydezifour988
3 жыл бұрын
Hey, Coach! Thoughts on Bare Knuckle boxing? Specifically BKFC, the organization? I'm excited to see how it grows and improves. Even though most of the roster at the moment is made up of journeyman boxers and washed up MMA fighters, I imagine there will be a time when younger athletes show up and take the sport to a new level. As someone who is interested in the practical application of different martial arts, it appears to me that MMA fighters overall transition better than boxers. Any idea why this is? Also would you agree that bare knuckle boxing is actually better preparation for real life self-defense than regular boxing? Looking forward to a response. Thanks a lot!
@jaketheasianguy3307
3 жыл бұрын
Having personally used 1 handed Chinese Jian for sword sparring despite not knowing anything about Chinese swordsmanship ( i applied messer and arming sword techniques instead), the Jian balance is very close to the guard and felt kinda similar to a rapier, and handled very awkward if you use it like an European cutting sword. Also the tassel was there to shift the balance of the sword, not just for decorative purpose The practice sword's "blade" are usually very cheaply made and thin in order to emulate that "close the guard" balance. Very nice for form practice but a terrible tool for even practice light sparring
@Jenjak
3 жыл бұрын
Real historical Jian are springy but not floppy. And they are way heavier than people would expect. Those wushu jian weigh about a pound or less. A real jian weighs about 2 pounds and the balance point on average is about 2 to 4 inches away from the guard...so it feels heavy in the hand, a bit like a hammer would. You are supposed to use your whole body to move the sword and not just your arm or wrist...
@xunsun8063
3 жыл бұрын
The reason for a movie to have bending swords, i think is because to the ppls that watching those movies it makes no difference if its bending or not, it is already been established the bending sword is more deathly using by a sword master because it's hard to defense again a soft bending sword than a straight forward hard sword. But normally a real bending deathly trickery sword are the skinning sharp kind that can be hidden concealed like a belt or in a cane. For Chinese ppls a soft bending sword is becomes a common knowledge. Its like a ever change snake that is hard to block against. Lot sword fighting kong fu movies have those swords. Just like bare fightjng kong fu, its a sword fighting Kong fu. In reality it might be easier to break? Or less damage I'm not sure, but one thing for sure if the material for the sword is right, it still deathly. Not the same material used for practice sword. For them to be effective, they use real iron or steel adding other stuff and/or make sword skinner to create this bending effects. Real deal.
@dgundeadforge17
3 жыл бұрын
Im learning to forge knives and swords fullers are used to reduce weight, it also stiffens the Blade a little due to increased surface area.
@roycehanly3666
3 жыл бұрын
Did you mean cross section? Increased surface area doesn't directly make the blade stiffer. The metal doesn't care how much of it is exposed to the air, for this purpose. A wider cross section will. You might raise a bulge to either side of the fuller if you hammer the groove in, which would stiffen the blade.
@dwaneanderson8039
3 жыл бұрын
A blade with a fuller is stiffer because it has the same basic cross sectional geometry as an I beam.
@Weeping-Angel
2 жыл бұрын
I used to ask my mom all the time “why is the sword so floppy? How are they going to fight?”. I can’t believe it took me 20 years to find out.
@acaristic93
3 жыл бұрын
Also note today whether you do wushu style form competitions or modern olympic fencing or historical fencing via HEMA or suchlike most often you want a sword that can bend,but the reasons can differ. In wushu,it's for a similar reason you have the red strands at the end-it helps make the motions showy and fancy.Which is also likely one of the reasons(aside from what you noted about safety already) they're used in films. Another being that most (not all) practitioners of chinese martial arts seem to primarily use such versions to train with,which means that's what they'd likely use to teach actors to swing around for fight scenese.What you said about people being used to bendy swords is definitely a factor in it. With olympic fencing,HEMA,SCA etc. it's generally so you can safely thrust at your sparring partner(while they still wear appropriate protection) and minimize chance of injury while still fighting at intensity(which is not every sparring but a necessary part of it) so it works basically in the way you've emulated when 'stabbing' yourself. However many historical swords were a bit bendy,generally not floppy as some modern ones,but still bendy. The reason is simple-if you've got something that's not bendy at all you get something that may be more prone to breaking(the actual physics and mechanic properties of steel are somewhat more complicated but I'm simplifying here for brevity sake). There are exceptions to this rule-katanas generally werent bendy because they were most commonly made of two metals-steel on the edge and iron in the back,so having them be bendy uniformly was tough to impossible to achieve(however many modern katanas are pure steel and thus actually on average more durable and bendy than most historical ones). Also in Europe when you look at some longswords made specifically for armored combat they are often nearly entire rigid(so that they can be more useful as levers in armored grappling and that you can more easily stab against the gaps in the plate armor and go through potential chainmail at those points),and will more often have parts of their blades either unsharpened or actively dulled(regular longswords were still often used in armored combat but simply weren't specialized for it).
@moo3992
3 жыл бұрын
It is because the actors had weak wrists for swordplay.
@lordbatz7363
3 жыл бұрын
Film student and asian film nerd here, the swords might be a left over from Peking opera who´s weapons are also bendy. The influence of theatre in chinese cinema is understated. A lot of early sino film is re telling of plays , operas and folk stories etc. Not to mention a ton of stuntmen and actors who did kung fu and wuxia movies in classic HK cinema were trained in opera as children before joining the film industry . The most famous of these is of course Jackie Chan. There is a 1988 film called Painted Faces worth checking out about it.
@22ronco22
3 жыл бұрын
swords tend to flex to improve the blade's durability. with it flexing the impact on it is distributed by the blade. and no, it doesn’t greatly reduce the damage done by the weapon. I recommend looking for it in some hema channel, they are about European swords but the principle is the same. but yes, training swords are more flexible than normal ones.
@-Zevin-
2 жыл бұрын
It is worth adding to this however that historical swords that did have allot of flex like rapiers or some thinner European swords it did impact their use as a weapon, while a flexible blade can cut well (of course not as flexible as these training Chinese swords) it is much harder to cut well with a flexible sword it takes perfect edge alignment and you are more likely to mess up a cut, as the blade will be more likely to flex than push through a target. This is a big reason why swords like Katana cut so well, it's not their curve, or even their sharpness, it's the very thick non-flexible blade that makes them cut well even for beginners.
@Quach7
3 жыл бұрын
2:15 I've never handled a sword. But I do now that different tennis rackets are balanced differently.
@isaweesaw
3 жыл бұрын
I agree with your conclusion. The modern floppy type are designed for wushu, a performance art, rather than combat. It's similar to unarmed kung fu having a lot of elaborate steps and movements that are combat-related but have deviated from that purpose
@treasurewuji8740
3 жыл бұрын
Flapping around and reflecting lights from different angle can create an illusion that the fight is "busier" than it actually is, too.
@jestfullgremblim8002
2 жыл бұрын
@@treasurewuji8740 yeah lol
@Smokeywolf64
3 жыл бұрын
You should look up mr Scott M Rodell he knows alot about the jian and its history
@TeaSerpent
3 жыл бұрын
Chinese swords historically had lanyards. Some of those lanyards would have a very small decorative tassel at the end just like you see in European swords. This is the origin of the Tassels you see on modern Jian. Modern kungfu practice weapons are influenced by opera weapons but also by the weapons used in military parades. Just like the modern military the ancient Chinese military had special parade dress and parade weapons. It was these parade dress and parade weapons that Chinese opera emulated in their weapons the stage costumes of military characters. Military parade weapons were often larger, flashier, and heavily decorated. This is the original source of things like big tassels on swords, spears, polearms, etc as well as the origins of bladed weapons with metal rings pierced through the backs "nine ring sabers" or polearms with holes punched in the blade to accommodate attaching a tassel. These weapons were never meant for fighting, they were only meant for military dress parade. But the result was that this is how famed gallant mythologized military heroes of the past came to be portrayed. Dressed in fancy costumes with highly decorated weapons. These weapons and costumes were also adopted into opera. The opera versions of these weapons were also often lightened to make them easier to handle and less dangerous for performers in case they were accidentally struck by a weapon during a stage fight. That floppy type of sword however is a modern thing in martial arts practice. They were not historically used as practice weapons as both their weight and balance are too different from real weapons. Most modern practice swords, even those with thicker stiff blades including many so called traditional sharp forged blades, are not balanced accurately. They have the center of balance farther back than historical Jian in order to make the weapon feel more lively in the hand. Modern weapons do not have to deflect heavy strikes from other weapons or deliver powerful cuts. In a historical weapon they had to compromise between making the blade easy to wield but also capable of making those heavy cuts and deflections. Modern weapons do not need to do that and so they have changed the balance fully in favor of creating a lively feeling in the hand. For this reason many people consider traditionally balanced swords to be poorly balanced in comparison to modern swords. Of course there are also cheap Jian that go the other way and make the blade far too heavy, often advertising it as being "martial sword" and the sword you have is likely one of these. But floppy modern performance wushu Jian are not balanced like a traditional sword. You mentioned fullers, and they did exist on Chinese Jian, but they weren't common. Most historical Jian did not have fullers and they are not necessary for balance. Yes the reason for fullers is to lighten a blade but the shape and width of Jian blades just did not require them. Fullers were actually very common on Qing dynasty sabers, but very rare on straight swords. The last thing I'd like to add is that the extended finger you mentioned is a modern development. It is not part of historical Chinese swordplay and it does not assist with thrusting. Not only does it put the finger in a great position to get cut off, but it also weakens the grip for deflecting, cutting, and also thrusting, and makes it difficult to use techniques such as "flicking" and "pointing". Weapons use even in many traditional schools has become mainly just about forms and not about teaching practical weapons skills. For that reason a lot of things done only for the way they look have been adopted into some traditional schools. This includes the pointed finger grip and the broken wrist position on Dian "pointing" techniques.
@user-go8zl4hs3d
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Ramsey, the bloodgroove is actually also for blood and to drain it , because otherwise is can create a vacuum when you stab someone and your sword can get stuck easily. Great video tho grandmaster hater
@librabys
3 жыл бұрын
That is not true, i can assure you a diamond section does not get stuck in stuff, the fuller really is just to remove weight without making the blade weaker.
@nss_BoB
3 жыл бұрын
i am sorry but your research is completely false, you let yourself fooled by the people who dont want us to know how much of deadly weapon the floppy jian really is. in reality the floppiness is used to curve the direction and change harmonization of your chi blasts so your opponents can not dodge them or lift right their little toe to neutralise the blast. glad i could help.
@RamseyDewey
3 жыл бұрын
Good thing you came along to set the record straight!
@MasterZhang
3 жыл бұрын
"relatively safe thing" Keyword "relatively", ha.
@beardedsurvival2934
3 жыл бұрын
The fuller also adds structural integrity. It essentially turns the sword into a sharp I beam allowing it shatter other more poorly made swords.
@dropkickcorpse
3 жыл бұрын
I always thought it was more of a movie making problem. Many movie sword fight scenes (GOT, Witcher) are using rubber swords and effects are added later to make it convincing. The kung fu actors are probably trained in wushu and are more used to handling the weight/noise etc. of fight scenes with the light metal wushu swords.
@scottmacgregor3444
3 жыл бұрын
As Mr Moth said, it's called a fuller. It's purpose is not only to change the weight distribution, but also reduce the overall weight without reducing the stiffness of the blade. In construction I beams use the same principal.
@engineeredlifeform
3 жыл бұрын
My Tai Chi sword wouldn't be much good for stabbing either, as it telescopes into itself. Good fun flicking it out to full extension, like it's a light sabre though : -)
@Manta665
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad the sword didnt slap you in your face when you tried bending it on your chest! Thank you for (not only) this educational video! :D
@cyborgchicken3502
3 жыл бұрын
In older WuXia films especially those from the Shaw Bros era the swords never used to bend at all... I'd recommend films like Dragon Swamp, That Fiery Girl, A Touch of Zen, The Sentimental Swordsman and Come Drink with Me, all came out around the late 60s and early 70s
@MrBilej
3 жыл бұрын
Very good point. That is because before Commie China changes martial arts to dancing there was many martial artists who knows how real swords work. Many of them escaped to Hongkong and that is why those old HK movies were so much better.
@cyborgchicken3502
3 жыл бұрын
@@MrBilej I totally agree with you, kung fu movies nowadays especially since 2014 have been nothing but propaganda fests, Ip Man 4 for example was so full of anti Western propaganda and if not the West then they're crapping on Japan and other Asian countries as well... I'm a huge fan of kung fu films, but the CCPs involvement in what content gets put out by vetting them through broadcasting committees is ruining the genre
@hypotheticalbrother1372
3 жыл бұрын
Are you gonna be in the new Mortal Kombat movie, Ramsey?
@RamseyDewey
3 жыл бұрын
There’s a new one?
@bubblewhip382
3 жыл бұрын
Ramsey "HEMA" Dewey.
@RamseyDewey
3 жыл бұрын
Well, the Chinese straight sword is Chinese, not European.
@bubblewhip382
3 жыл бұрын
@@RamseyDewey you must be mistaken for the fake one. The real one is Historical Eastern Martial Arts, we are good friends with Mexican Martial Arts.
@saberserpent1134
3 жыл бұрын
Wushu steel swords are props, not weapons. It gives the performer the ability to race through sequences that; 1. Would get their own selves cut to pieces with a real jían or dao 2. Not even be possible with properly weighted jían or dao. SLO - "Sword-Like Object"
@TaiChiFlow-AdamSapi
3 жыл бұрын
You misses 2 things. As i was told japanese metal was better quality and blades were harder and during chinese japanes wars the japanes blade often cut or ruined the chinese ones. Thatswhy taoist monks - according to taoist philosophy where soft overcomes the hard - invented the soft blades, these have 2 benefits, when the blade pierce the body and hit the bones, the stiff blade stucks, while soft ones going further around the bones, Second the same with armour clothes, between the parts there were gaps, and soft blades found the gaps automaticly. The second thing is that soft blades can do related to the fa jin skill on higher leveles in martial arts, the whip effect, wave can go through in a soft material like water, but couldnt work in frigid material like ice. It is more about demonstrate martial skills, looks and sounds nice, but i guess i should had have real benefits in battles as well.
@WildBillCox13
3 жыл бұрын
Safer is the closest to the reason they use practice swords in theater: because actors don't know the first thing about weapons safety. Lighter, more flexible blade means fewer on set fatalities. Some folks are known for causing injuries on set (Seagal, et al). Let's not give idiots like that real swords, shall we? ;-)
@WildBillCox13
3 жыл бұрын
I have a buddy who's an expert fencing instructor (Corsair Fencing Club, Etna, Pa, USA). And he is safe, safe, safe, to work with; a tribute to his skill and understanding of his role, both.
@ohman3282
3 жыл бұрын
im a chinese guy listens to a foreigner explain how chinese swords work
@jhojansegura
3 жыл бұрын
Ramsey I remember I watched an old video about you doing kettlebells. Can you show us some workouts that you do or that you teach your students for boxing/mma?
@uncleouch9795
3 жыл бұрын
I'm currently working on a Hitatsura Nihonto. In other words a "full temper Japanese sword". These are some of the most visually appealing Nihonto. Historically they were also the most fragile due to the large Niei crystals and general hardness of the steel. In my business, we know that the Nihonto produced with a more equal balance of soft and hard steel perform better overall. We call the groove a Hi, pronounced Hee.
@jolonghthong
3 жыл бұрын
Or heeeeeeeee
@MrRand0mGamer
3 жыл бұрын
I come to learn about floppy Chinese swords and I come get my dreams crushed about Shaolin Monks :(
@michaelterrell5061
3 жыл бұрын
The answer is that historically they aren’t.
@Taterzz
3 жыл бұрын
sick sword katas bro!
@opperbuil
3 жыл бұрын
@Ramsey Dewey, I suspect the blades are made with elastic style spring steel because the alternatives are even worse. One can use brittle steel, which breaks when damaged. One can use ductile steel which bends back only a little, resulting with a wrongly curved blade. Spring steel blades bend back to their original form, which is the desired effect. By laws of physics, any energy stored in elasticity is energy not spent on damage. That can be damage to the environment, like actors and scenery, or the clashing blades.
@Emperor_x8
3 жыл бұрын
Finally someone tells the truth about mma on KZitem
@Marotonella
Жыл бұрын
Oh come on Ramsey... Taekwondo people make sound from their kick with their trousers, wu shu people make sound with their weapons. Competing swords cames with FX build in.
@frankmartinez4856
11 ай бұрын
Know what you're saying about balanced made sword(Gim) had a 8 Immortals Jian from Lungchuan(before it got stolen)was a real sword(Chien) 😊
@sergeantwilliepete2252
2 жыл бұрын
Why does your voice sound like you should be Narrating Marvel Comic Books?
@RamseyDewey
2 жыл бұрын
Because I should. Excelsior!!!
@borisyi7430
3 жыл бұрын
In history, diffrent Chinese sword was used in diffrent period. mainly named by the dynasty or clan, just like 秦剑-Qin sword, 汉剑-Han sword, 明大刀-Ming grand blade, 苗刀-Miao blade. In this the sword is 清剑-Qing sword ,used in 清朝-Qing Dynasty(1644-1912).
@ZarlanTheGreen
3 жыл бұрын
Practice swords, like the one you show here, flex a bit (mainly in the last third) …and many real swords also flex a bit, though far less. *_HOWEVER!_* they are *_NOT FLOPPY!_* Chinese swords in wushu demo or movies flop about all over the place, in a way that is *_COMPLETELY_* different to any sensible practice swords (e.g., the one you show here) *_…and NO non-Chinese swords in movies/demos, flop either!_* As such, this is not a real answer to the question.
@enriquecerradamartos2893
3 жыл бұрын
Coach I have a question on the Khabib-McGregor fight. I think you said the submission by Khabib was a neck crank but I just heard it was a Fulcrum Choke. I don't know anything about BJJ so I would appreciate a clarification. Thanks!
@stuffnuns
3 жыл бұрын
Why do they use Fencing epee’s with Fencing sabre hand guards in the big duel between Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone in 1939’s Captain Blood? Same reason as Crouching Tiger - they could. The audience, in the main, doesn’t know or care. If it looks exciting with less dangerous props, then, hey, do it. It’s a movie, after all. “. . .you killed my father, prepare to die.”
@gabromgabrom5870
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Ramsey, i like a lot your channel, and it's my first subscription in youtube in my history. As i don't have any friends who knows martial arts, or willing to help me, i would like to ask your guidance. I'm making alone a video game in 3D, where it's possible to have a fight of any sort, and i making the animations for those fights (6 months and counting, thousand of animations already made) , trying to make different styles like Box, Karate, Kunf Fu, JKD, Muay Thai, Muay Boran and street fight. What youtube channel do you recommend me, to use as a reference of each martial art i mentioned? (there are so many fakes martial art channels out there, it's hard to find a trusty one) I'm using a lot your videos as a reference. My big problem are the grappling, combos and take-downs. I mean, as an example, how to solve in multiple different ways ( with a counter attack, eluding, blocking, counter grappling ) a grappling movement, during the movement and when its finished, and make it in a correct and distinctive way for each martial art. I'm not making a choreographic "Hollywood" fight style, a real dirty fight animation its my goal. Greetings and a hug from the south of Argentina ( Bahía Blanca).
@denzuko1
3 жыл бұрын
Watch the movie: reign of assassin ( 剑雨). It depict the use of a flexible sword, although exagerated. One of the reason for flexible sword was the concept of sword belt. The sword is hidden in the belt, which requires very flexible property.
@89334726
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Coach! Was wondering If you could help me with my after training stretching? Since we are still living this "New Normal"-era kickboxing only, around four times a week and my thighs and hips are getting kinda stiff & painful from not really havin' a proper stretching routine to do after training. Also starting to think four days a week might be just a bit too much this early in my training. Oh, and PLEASE don't go sticking more spears against your body without warning first, almost made a mess...
@Blodyqueef
3 жыл бұрын
As a student of Chinese martial arts I've always HATED spring steel weapons.. They've no weight, way tooooo easy to manipulate, and the muscle/tendon strengthening that would come from using even just a wooden representation of a Jian or Dao would do so much better to strengthen those muscles and tendons than the afore mentioned springy steely whippy whips. Also, the tassels DO serve a purpose......when you first start learning the Jian. If you can practice the techniques, and forms, with the tassels moving along with you and NOT getting all caught up and tangled, then you have mastered the handling of the blade. The way the tassel moves with the elbow and wrist is a sign that "hey! You're doing great and don't need the tassels anymore!" If the tassels keep getting tangled and messed up, well "hey! Get good!" They're pretty much training wheels for Jian enthusiasts. I HATED having to learn the weapon with those tassels, but, it works.. Great video, Coach!
@TheKungFuAthlete
3 жыл бұрын
Really nice Sword, Ramsey. I left all of my Taiji weapons in Nashville when I moved to Thailand last year. Hoping to find a place to buy some practice weapons. May look on Aliexpress. Also, these weapons are great for making cool KZitem videos and trying to become an extra in a wuxia movie 😂
@micaiahflores1592
3 жыл бұрын
As a former Muay Thai practitioner with a self-taught sensei...( yes I understand that’s not ideal,) but I am looking to gain more flexibility even though I have had recently a dual laparoscopic hernia surgery. And I am looking to get back into potentially Muay thai or just strength training in general being Covid it is rather difficult. Would crunches and push-ups suffice to gain back some muscle mass. I do retain some of the definition, ( back muscles and the like) that I have had while I was under training...
@Rainbow_Oracle
3 жыл бұрын
Wider grooves in a blade are called fullers. Cutting or grinding a fuller into a blade makes it lighter. Hammering in a fuller makes it wider. A wide single fuller gives a blade an H-beam geometry giving it greater rigidity for its size. In the old days this allowed a smith to make a wider or longer blade out of either less overall metal - thus saving cost - or out of poorer quality metal, generally due to a lack of sufficient metallurgical knowledge or refining equipment. Several medium fullers or very many narrow ones act like stiffening ribs giving the sword more metal in the thin dimension making the sword very rigid for more effective thrusting, and less likely to be casually bent out of shape during use. The fuller also allows a blade to be made narrower overall for a given stiffness, helping retain effective cutting geometry as well. Hollow ground, T-shaped, Y-shaped, cruciform and pipe-backed blades follow similar design logic. Partial length fullers can also be placed strategically to change the balance of a blade. Fuller's near the tip of a blade and running toward the hilt move the balance point backwards toward the user. This generally a blade better tip and edge control, and if swinging, allows one to change the direction of cut faster. Fullers near the hilt bias the balance towards the tip giving a blade more "authority" and "bite". The benefit is essentially a better chop, and more effective beating aside actions, but otherwise makes the blade harder to control and more difficult to use in almost every way. A blade that is balanced too far back tends to become whippy tip-wise and is both hard to control and chops poorly. Fullers or grooves can also be used to decrease surface area, reducing binding, clamping and sticking on a blade when cutting. This is somewhat common in axes, and is fairly common in high-end kitchen knives and notably in specialty cheese knives. Fullers are also used decoratively, such as in window-pane fullering typically seen on cinquedeas, where the fulled sections are often subsequently painted, or engraved. The single or few extremely narrow fullers typically seen on reproduction katana and kukris are "almost" entirely decorative, neither lightening, nor stiffening, nor widening the blade to any appreciable degree. Fancy blades from Arabia and eastward can sometimes have lipped fullers with captive pearls that slide up and down the blade. This is said to be based on the sliding weight principal, which might possibly work in lead or steel balls, but pearls are typically neither large nor heavy and the feature is essentially decorative. The oft given "blood-groove" designation of a fuller CAN be valid, but only on narrow, sharp-shouldered, relatively deep fullers. It has been noted by medical professionals that if a person is stabbed and the blade is stuck there, one SHOULD NOT remove the interred object, as it's presence effectively seals the wound, greatly slowing blood-loss. Deep, narrow -- preferably several -- blood grooves could theoretically prevent the flesh from sticking to, and sealing around a blade completely, with the consequence of allowing the wounded person to start bleeding out immediately. This is a more a valid concern I think, on a battlefield, and for projectile weapons like arrows, darts, and javelins which are designed to remain stuck in the opponent, but it's application to swords and knives probably does stem from the observation of a person who was run through with a blade, and thus fatally injured, but continued to fight for a good while longer, as they were high on adrenaline, and weren't actually loosing blood very quickly since their wound was essentially plugged tight. For an individual user I don't think it matters very much -- unless you are defending yourself against an aggressive wild animal with a hunting sword, like against a boar or a bear -- but on a battlefield where everyone in your army has weapons with blood-grooves, this might actually fair difference in the overall speed of lethality from thrusts of your troop's armaments. Or at least that's my thoughts on the blood-groove concept. Tl;dr: Blade groove generally = fuller Fuller = Wider, stiffer, thinner blade Fuller also = slicier, stabbier, bigger, sturdier, lighter, and cheaper OR prettier blades Blood Groove = very narrow, sharp fuller Blood Groove = more bleed damage from stabs Blood Groove = useless at all the other functions of a fuller, except maybe for adding prettiness
@difaertkilldfs9895
2 жыл бұрын
These swords are meant for training, not for war. In real battles the chinese soldiers preferred "chinese warswords". In July 1938, a Captain Lv Junsheng chopped 27 japanese in a row with two warswords, one in each hand.
@cmay7429
3 жыл бұрын
Do you know anything about the jiu huan dao (9 ring broadsword)? I've read all sorts of explanations for the rings: they were decorative: they kept the blade from dulling as quickly: they added momentum to the strike when they clinked. It all sounds a little iffy. I wondered if they could snag weapon tips.
@valandil7454
3 жыл бұрын
Answer...they're not...a lot of blades from china were flexible spring steel but not like that, you wouldn't be able to deliver a cut or thrust with something like that The over tempering is for demonstration to avoid seriously injuring yourself. Still sharp (Even Jet Li managed to cut himself with a dao when he was the olympic Wushu champion) but not representative of real historical finds from China The chinese had figured out how to temper carbon steel over a thousand years before we did in Europe, chinese blacksmiths deserve a lot more credit
@mrmoth26
3 жыл бұрын
Ramsey, I think that you once said that you don't drink tea, how do you manage to not drink tea? How can someone live without tea? I cannot comprehend.
@bondjames5874
3 жыл бұрын
coffee
@RamseyDewey
3 жыл бұрын
Step one: don’t drink tea. Step two: live
@RamseyDewey
3 жыл бұрын
I don’t drink coffee, or tea, or alcohol.
@ericsmith1508
3 жыл бұрын
Respectfully, the fuller ("blood groove") of a blade DOES NOT "reduce" the weight of the blade. It increases the WIDTH of the blade WITHOUT INCREASING the weight of the blade. The only other way to get a wider blade during forging is to use more metal. The fuller allows a smaller amount of steel to end up having the same width of a sword made from more steel. This results in a lighter sword, but the purpose is not to reduce the weight "in certain sections of the blade" as you put it. If you were to weigh a sword with no fuller, then put a fuller in it, then weigh it again, it will be the same weight. The fullered section of a blade is not "lighter" than other sections just for having a fuller in it. The fuller only allows the smith to make the blade wider in a section that has less material in it due to distal taper. The distal taper is what actually reduces the weight of the blade toward the tip, not the fuller.
@Cavouku
3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if LK Chen ships to Shanghai without any troubles. It'd be cool to see how you like their stuff, a lot of the sword channels appreciate the craftsmanship of their replicas. Not that I expect you to dump the money into it, unless Hater Grandmaster Chosen One Ramsay Dewey plans to do some weapons-related vids.
@ISkandarash
3 жыл бұрын
Practical swords are very usefull for lot of reasons, training, pedagogy, demonstrations, sparring ... But do not think that a bending blade cannot pierce you : steel is still steel ... Even those that are not sharp (these are not usually) can potentialy hurt you (thrust) in a vigorous sparring ... that's why there are specific ones for this use. the jian of this type are made to be rather light, flexible, they are essentially thrusting weapons, which require a more subtle technical mastery (historically reserved for high society rather than the soldier), historically not designed for the battlefield but as an individual and dueling weapon. For this reason it cannot be compared to medieval European swords, two-handed Han type swords or Dao sabers, whose function is different. It is not a probleme for a blade to "bend" depending how you use it, and it is not specificaly "chinese" (rapiere can bend the same way) ... Concerning the "weapon" statut, You can tell "it's not historically accurate", but not that "it's not a weapon", as long it can be sharpened and thrust you well ...
@apples1547
3 жыл бұрын
Forgive me if i came in a week late with something thats already been posted a hundred times. I initially thought that the same logic applied to Chinese bendy swords as indian Urumi/Aara. Urumi are kinda like swords in that they are long, metal and have sharpened edges, but they are floppy and flexible kinda like whips. Its said that trained warriors could have wrapped them around their waists like belts, as an example of just how flexible they would be. Looking back, its very difficult to say with any credibility that the Urumi was actually used as anything but a circus trick to scare away attackers while spinning a chaotic, unpredictable, sharp, metal band like a helicopter.
@calebkoleszar8156
3 жыл бұрын
Ramsey Dewey, why aren’t palm strikes very common in MMA fights? An exception of this would be the fighter Bas Rutten. They aren’t taught very often in most martial arts, but I see a few instructors on the internet who say that you should use nothing else in a street fight, so you can protect your hands. I know from personal experience that I can hit a heavy bag with much more force when I use palm strikes, probably because I don’t use my week wrists. Do you think if there were more bare knuckle fighting leagues we would see a trend of more palm strikes being taught in martial arts?
@oceandark3044
3 жыл бұрын
The groove is called a fuller. It does three things primarily. First, and most importantly, it lightens the blade towards the end so that the sword is balanced towards the hilt. Second, it stiffens the blade somewhat by bulking material at the edges where deflection is likely to occur in impact. Finally, it provides a resonance brake. Normally, if you take a sword and swing it with all your might against something that doesn't give, your sword will vibrate all the way through the blade to the other end. By putting in a place for the metal to be suddenly thinner, the blade has a sort of speed bump where the resonance doesn't travel through. It's not much, and you'd only really notice by hitting something with similar swords with and without fullers to feel what it is like to ring in your hand, and you probably have other things to worry about than comfort. However, minimizing that resonance does help with your grip if you hit something very hard with all your might and it doesn't split or give (like armor). Edit: Note after the fact, for edification, you don't have to have a razor sharp sword to take a lot of injury from it so long as it's heavy. My usual training sword for HEMA is a bastard sword, and the edges are really dull. Even so, and even in practice gear, we have to be very careful when we train because swinging even a rather dull sword with a lot of force will cut someone. Most swords, not just Chinese ones, used in films are very light compared to their historical war-ready counterparts for just this reason.
@mafiamole
3 жыл бұрын
Very similar to the foil in the West. Which was originally used as a training tool for the Smallsword. Designed to be cheap and safe to train with, the flex is important to reduce injury during training. Actual examples of Smallswords are stiff and ofc very pointy
@BWater-yq3jx
3 жыл бұрын
I was told that in Tai Chi the Jian is for cutting tendons in ankles and wrists etc which may be unprotected. I could see a very sharp moderately flexible sword achieving that...🤔 But The 32 sword form has some stabbing movements (including supported by the other hand)... so clearly the floppy sword in application is gonna be a problem! * But for training, and form demos, the floppiness can serve as a visual indicator of fa-jin. On the tassle. It has some functionality. For training, if it wraps around your wrist it can indicate poor technique. A solid tassle also acts as a mild counterweight, effectively bringing the point of balance closer to the handle. Also, some ancient swords had horsehair tassles with rocks in them, which does imply some use as a flicking weapon! However, for 'battle' purposes you might be better off without it... as your opponent could grab it!
@plaunty
3 жыл бұрын
I do not even have to watch the video to explain this one I am short of a metallurgist.. the reason they're flimsy and flexi in the movies is because they're fake and it looks good on screen but the simple fact is to have a sword to do that you would have to have spring still and spring still is not invented back then it was actually bronze.. and Japan around the I don't remember 15th century or something they were importing swords to China and that's why you got so many so-called fake katanas from China because Japan was making them left and right and exporting them left and right.. as I said I have not watched this video yet and I love you Ramsey but just from my knowledge of weapons it does not work yes fencing swords work but you can break one and half with a machete if you've ever had a real katana you'll understand the power to wait ratio and I can chop through an ax head with a katana I got it's 400 years old and made by Kotetsu... And a lot of people get the misunderstanding that what we build today are not real war weapons they're practice weapons and yeah that's fun that's happy but I would never take a flimsy sword to battle because once it breaks you are dead!!!
@acaristic93
3 жыл бұрын
Being top heavy isnt necessarily bad for a sword,there's historical examples of such swords that were intentionally made that way.That can help cutting,and is usually followed up by styles where you continually attack using the inertia of the weapon,And it's still possible to thrust with those but it can be tougher. On the other hand you can still cut with a back-weighted sword,but it's a loooot easier to thrust and have proper point control. You can still use the continual attack type of fighting for them,but you can also attack and stop at will more easily.
@demoncore5342
3 жыл бұрын
Ramsey dude, the more top heavy a sword is, the better chopper it makes, and in general is more forgiving at cutting. Likely it's not poorly balanced, but ballanced for a task. And that "blood grove" that's called fuller.
@emilianocaprili4160
3 жыл бұрын
In my humble opinion they use those flexible sword because they are less dangerous (I wouldn't use the word safer), they are cheaper and they are quicker than a good replica of a real sword. This last characteristic can be especially useful if the director movie want create fights with very fast movements.
@kanuhakufunicorobin
3 жыл бұрын
Great Video Ramsey, Usualy Chinese swords are not suposed to be so floppy and flexible. You can get good training swords that are not floppy but they tend to be expensive. Like Mr Moth wrote the groove is called a Fuller.
@Lazerecho
3 жыл бұрын
I don't think the floppy swords should be discussed at depth without crouching tigers obvious wire-fu. They were taking the unrealism seriously.
@gusspedrinha
3 жыл бұрын
From what I know of swords, which is not much, this type of balance is fairly good on many sword types, I'm not sure about the chinese Jien specificaly, but there are many sword types that are balanced a bit more towards the tip to make them more effective at chopping. anyone interested I would recommend the many channels on HEMA or armed martial arts, just not doing this here to respect the channel ownner, he might not want someone advertizing other channels on his comments.
@georgerausch4408
2 жыл бұрын
Since I don't see anyone else answering, the "blood groove" is called a Fuller. I don't remember why but that's what it's called.
@kadenho2452
3 жыл бұрын
Chinese swords had tassels because when they would kill their opponents, blood would drip onto the handle. Therefore many swordsmen would use tassels to get blood off their hand to make their grip better. So no, it’s not just decoration.
@jacksecomb4916
3 жыл бұрын
Another reason why they might use the flexible practice swords in movies might be that the people who make movies think the sword bending looks cooler and makes the people wielding the sword look more mystical
@Mharriscreations
3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if people defend bendy Wushu swords because India has a long history of super weird bendy swords so maybe they think of those (which seemingly were used more like whips) and try to defend it that way...Maybe.
@uilnosaj
3 жыл бұрын
False, your answer is wrong, I hope you didn't made up the response. There are multiple type of swords in China, this swords advantage is, if you know how to use it, you can stab a person even when the block a guard or hides behind a shield or object.
@tbishop4961
3 жыл бұрын
Piles of dudes who have never worked in a forge "mmm.. well ackshooolly.. it's called a fuller" Me.. nope
@chihiromoon7348
3 жыл бұрын
In serial I see one man who had flexible sword and he could fight with it very well. So I'm asking if is it even possible fight that way with people and hurt them. The serial is called Word of Honor. The scene is in 2 episode almost at the end episode they fight. Please look at it and answer or do another video. Thanks
@Generic549
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Ramsey, I had a question for ya. With all the gyms shut in my country due to lockdown, me and my house mate have taken to doing some training in the park together. He has a little taekwondo experience and I have a little muay thai experience, so far we've done some basic kickboxing technique drilling and some very light sparring. My question is what do you think it would be most beneficial for us to practice? (as we both want to improve our striking)
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