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- From: bwilson@eng.auburn.edu (Brian Scott Wilson)
- Subject: Re: style/SCA
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.165840.29277@news.duc.auburn.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec23.020852.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:58:40 GMT
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- In article 1@camins.camosun.bc.ca, comptec92024@camins.camosun.bc.ca () writes:
- >
- > The first posting was my poor attempt at discribing the Bellatrix snap.
- > Which to my way of thinking is the core of SCA fighting style. The basic idea
- > in this technique being the ability to transfer energy developed in the lower
- > body to the sword.
-
- I think that I would have to disagree that this style is tyhe "core" of the SCA
- style. That is but a small part of my fighting as I mentioned I have modified it
- such that it is hardly recognisable as a Bellatrix snap. Also there are many
- people who simply use their srength to fight.
-
-
- >
- >The hanging guard that you discribe is when used with a heater an intergral
- >part of a style that in An tir is knowen as the Iron Chicken. It is a highly
- >defensive gunfighter style. It is characterized by precise shield work and
- >explosive snaps. Unfortunatly it seem also to be characterized by carpel tunnel
- >syndrome. This is likely due to a poor technique where people will do proper
- >power generation but change the direction of the sword by flicking the wrist.
- >It seem that the more proper technique to change the direction of the sword
- >is to cork screw the entire arm into the correct postion to hit. Even this
- >safer technique, which attemps to keep the wrists from being flicted, has risks.
- >These being due the fact that the sword is now rotateing in a plane directly in
- >front of the fighter. This will put stress on the wrist since it is a rotation
- >in a direction the wrist will not bend.
- >
-
- This type of corkscrew has problems to. Let me say from my own experience that
- tennis elbow is a bad thing. I'm hoping to recover in time for war season this
- year
-
-
- >That is all I have to say for now. I will pick this thread up in the New Year.
- >To all the best of the season.
- > Mackenzie.
-
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- Keep swinging,
- Brian
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