How many of you practice,sword fighting/kendo ,knife fighting,archery

>knife fighting
Who the fuck "practices" knife fighting? Are you getting ready for the raid on Dieppe? Kek.

>>218223
he's getting ready to take a walk down PA

>>218223
>Who the fuck "practices" knife fighting?

its fun

I practice with an axe and weighted maul handle every day.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oaz-wHag3QE

Combat training metal on metal medieval weaponry. I’ll split your shield and your skull.

>>218226
>gun

>>218220 (OP)
Shooting is a martial art, especially in the field at unknown distances.

>>218228
I dont disagree

>>218220 (OP)
I go to my local park and practice with a katana daily.

What is the point of training with weapons that you don't carry?

>>218231
Ask anyone who does a katana related martial art and they'll give you some stock standard b.s. answer like "I do it because it helps keep me fit" or "I do it because it's good for strengthening my mind" like no, you do it because you want to LARP as a samurai. That's why I'll never respect people who do martial arts, they're all fundamentally dishonest.

>>218232
I do martial arts. I train with the pistol and combat survival knife, because those are the weapons I carry.

>>218233
Lmao goofy ahh

>>218232
i do judo so i can be thrown at mach 10

>>218232
I train under sensei fukyu nigguh

>>218236
i heard he's a 1000000000000degree nog belt
is that true?

>>218223
It's a lot of fun and still relevant as a modern martial arts skill. If you like grappling adding a knife really changes the dynamic and forces some new problem solving.

>>218220 (OP)
You would like Fandabi Dozi on YouTube. He does bushcraft and martial arts content largely (but not exclusively) through the lens of the 17th and 18th century Scottish highlands.

>>218231
Some people, like Tom Langhorne of Fandabi Dozi, carry anachronistic weapons innawoods because it's entertaining and gives insights to previous eras (experimental archaeology). It can also be practical for home defense etc., particularly in jurisdictions with restrictive weapons laws: there are plenty of documented modern cases of home defense with cold weapons. Most often it's as >>218232 said: martial larping is fun and good for your physical and mental health.

>>218235
Based. 4chan is a judo website and /out/ is a judo board. Do you train outside? I'll be teaching some outdoor judo to my hiking and range buddy soon and I'm trying to decide if we should train gi or no gi.

>>218240
Gäsbruder

>>218231
Two things. You might carry it at some point (for example, I have a machete in my truck for use in the woods, even if I don't carry it on me normally). Also, plenty of skills translate to other weapons. For example, most of the machete stuff I'm training also works with a mid-sized knife (which I do carry), a walking stick, a beer bottle or any other somewhat straight thing I can hit someone with.
>>218220 (OP)
Blades of any size, impact weapons, throwing weapons, some meme shit (meteor hammer) for fun. Also unarmed combat. All of that for 25 years by now, with ranged weapons (bows, firearms, crossbows) added in whenever I had an opportunity.
There's no weapon I can't use at least somewhat effectively.

>>218240
Seconded. Should we put it to a vote?

>>218220 (OP)
I am going to be buying some archery equipment soon. I used to practice at a shooting club when I was a kid, so I am hoping some of that natural intuitiveness has stuck after 25 years.

I'm going straight in at the intermediate level gear because I I intend to git gud over the next few years, and it will be great to be back in a club environment. Any suggestions for a decent recurve? I am also open to "traditional" flatbows (fiberglass limbs) and wooden arrows, because that seems like a great way to re-introduce.

>>218235
You mean aikido

>>218220 (OP)
I train 11th century martial arts.
For now I only dabble in kite shield and sword, but I'll work on extending the workshop to spear and dane axe

>>218240
I only do mexican judo

>>218220 (OP)
I compete internationally in HEMA and bohurt. I play in several LARPs. I have had several long term romantic and sexual relationships with other men. I have been on 4chan for 20 years, which probably means I have turbo autism or something.

And despite all of that, this is still the gayest, and most autistic thread I have ever seen. I salute you, m'retard.

>>218220 (OP)
This thread is from >>>/out/2785566 so the new question is how many of you martial autists go /out/ - Outdoors?

I'm an avid reader of medieval history and would like to learn Muslim swordfighting because of the Reconquista and Crusades.

>>218257
We do have some arabic sources, but they are largely posterior to the Reconquista and the Crusades, just like the european ones. Plus they are mostly concerned about archery and lance from horseback.

>>218232
I do it because I have an unhealthy fascination with Musashi. No one in my dojo plays nito but one day, I’m gonna bust it out on them!

>>218244
Post it in the archery thread. More people might answer.

>>218220 (OP)

Ive done archery, i shoot guns, i do HEMA, and ive dabbled in other martial arts (which i plan to do more of when i have more money).

I also plan to learn horseback riding and "defensive driving". Unlike martial larpers i actually take a pseudo-pentathlon approach and try to do all types of "martial" arts. If youre larping as a warrior and not trying to do literally everything then youre not a "warrior" youre just a larper.

>>218226

>>218232
I have a longsword so that in ww3/guerrilla war/whatever I will never run out of ammo and I want to pull a Mad Jack Churchill
Don't train with it often because I don't have much space and fuck it, I'd fight guys with guns and bayonets, so what use is drilling sword v sword techniques?

Have a bow and arrow too, used to train with it, but am lazy now

>>219546
>so what use is drilling sword v sword techniques?
There's another sword apocalypse sperg out there who doesn't have this lazy retard cope and he's going to cut you down. Also, there's plenty of sword versus bayonet, etc. material out there.
>Don't train with it often because I don't have much space
>wants to use it in the trenches and urban fighting of WW3
>lazy
Stop being lazy, it's boring.

>>219546
I also have a longsword so I'll see you on the field

>>218220 (OP)
No, I decided to learn martial arts by myself at home, from time to time I invite friends to come or I sign up to a gym to spar and pressure test some stuff, but it's mostly aimed at self defense and it's not like I am going to be walking around with a sword.

But I do practice with knives and stuff that I might find laying around in the streets, for exemple staves, fabric and rocks, I also test a little bit with random objects like chairs and tables. I'm soon getting my gun pass to practice shooting too

>>219746
Yes I often leave my table, chair, stave and knife on the side of the road just in case someone needs them

>>219755
You probably assumed I'm American, bars are built everywhere here and they are usually half outdoor, I wasn't even thinking when I typed that part as I was referring to close quarters stuff, but realistically speaking where I live I could pick up a chair or table at almost every street corner lol

>>219766
All the outdoors furniture in my city is chained down. America!

For me it's spears

>>218232
If you actually talk to people 90% of will say some variation of "its fun and I like it". Its only the BJJ people who start spouting off about the real world and going to the ground etc.

>>218236
Chasity cage helmet