are rattan wood martial Arts weApons durAble enough to sor full contact use?
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As long as you are not beating things with it Rattan will last. Rattan is good because is it fairly cheap, soft enough to absorb most common shocks, bumps and bang-ups and yet hard enough to be used for contact. Other woods are so hard that once you hit something too hard, they crack or splinter. Rattan is resistant to such problems. (But not immune.)  So, although you can use it for contact, you will need to replace it in time. It is however one of the best woods for contact martial arts.
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El Chingon ~\n                     What's up Vato! In my opinion, you want to get something that's going to last you a while. Go with a water bag Ringside.com has them, the best thing about them other than their durability is, it's easy on your hands, it actually feels like you're hitting a person to the body. I've had mine for close to 8 years now, considering what I paid for it you can't beat it.\n\n                      Leather and vinyl bags can be easily repaired with duct tape like the guy mentioned above some bags can last up to twenty years with proper care. The only thing wrong with these bags is sometimes the sand (if you use sand) settles at the bottom of the bag and when you hit it, it feels like your hitting a brick wall. The water bags never settle. Good luck.
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you really don't want to buy used weapons unless you know the former owner (some owners are harder on weapons thus cutting down the weapons life span).  you first need to decide whether you want electric or dry (depends on whether you want to compete and whether your local clubs have electric fencing available).  \nmy suggestion is to get a starter set from one of these places...\nphysical chess\nblue gauntlet \ntriplette\nabsolute\nyou should be able to find them if you put their name in a search engine.
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I studied sword for 8 years and I can say it is simply for the fun of it. \n\nIt doesn't have much practical application, but ironically it did teach me the most important martial arts lesson there is to learn.\n\nA weapon changes everything. The most positive aspect with realistic sword training is that you learn how final and fatal and see and experience it.  Yes everyone knows a knife or gun or bat is deadly, but a lot of people don't REALLY have it register how quick it ends. Many schools teach that it is easy to defend against weapons, when that is not the case.  It really drives home the notion that all you really need is one hit, regardless of whether it is a "good" hit or not, you usually are able to disable the person with that strike then follow it up. Whether it is knife, staff, escrima stick or sword. \n\nThere might be limited practical application in that the same techniques can be used if you pick up a broom or bat, etc. but most people study sword for the fun of it. I mean real sword as opposed to SCA dungeons and dragons style LARPing. or just studying forms (iaido).\n\nThere also are sport applications to some of the systems like sport fencing and kendo, however I personally do not consider this real sword study as it is not training you in traditional techniques.
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Iv'e been doing MA for 39 years and i've never heard that hard syles of MA are only good for attack and fighting?\nany martial art that you make a lifestyle out of and stick to is good whether it be for self defense or whatever.you dont need to swallow a dictionary and a bucket of b/shit to give a good answer.
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NO question is TOO foolish to ask.\nBut the answer is NO.\nLook, rubbers are cheap enough to buy in mass quantities.\nThey are also designed for single-shots, if you get my drift.\nAnd trust me, I've tried to reuse one, once...the son-of-a-gun broke on me.\nDON'T take a chance...spend the money and protect yourself, if not your partner.
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VISIT\nin.dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Weapons/Personal_Defence/
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I've been a student of combat arts for 22 years now...and I've taken some seriously, and played w/ a bunch of others over the years.\n\nMy two favorites have been Muay Thai simply if anything just for the exercise alone...as well as the conditioning.\n\nFor a striking art alone, it's solid...definitely trains you to take a hit and get over fear.\n\nBut for an all around art that uses everything (chokes, locks, throws, striking, evasion, weapons of all types, and a great combat mentality) my favorite overall has been Bujinkan Taijutsu. I've been studying this art for the last 6 years, and out of everything...it's flat out the most comprehensive art I've ever seen as it focuses on universally applicable principles over set "by the book only" techniques that are too limited both in mentality, and application.\n\nNot to mention, there's a lifetime of material to learn...so unlike Tae Kwon Do for example where you can learn the entire system back to front in 2 years...Taijutsu never gets old as there are always new things to see and experiment with.
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All martial arts, in the wrong hands, are dangerous.  Now, if the question that you are asking is, which is the most effective form of martial arts if used as a tool in defending ones self or others then that is a matter of opinion.  My humble opinion however, is that the Japanese martial art of Bujinkan Taijutsu (also known to many as Ninjutsu) is one of the easiest forms to learn and one of the most effective at taking on multiple attackers both armed and unarmed.
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There's a knife the navy SEALS use.  It's fantastic. \n\nAny of the SOG knives are great.  I have the revolving blade saw/knife, and it's never let me down.  Had it for 4 years already and use it every year hiking and camping.  Hasn't even needed to be resharpened yet.\n\ncheck the website below.
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In my dojo, we've heard this rumor also.  While we have not verified the information, we decided as a class that whoever started the rumor had a good point.  As such, now when practicing weapons takeaway techniques, we either throw the weapon from the area in the case of a knife, or lock and load the weapon at the opponent  in the case of a gun.  This gets us into the habit, at least, of keeping the weapon away from the attacker once we've got control of it.
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if its unarmed then: kungfu, ninjutsu, muay thai, karate, kenpo
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Bound's hubby here:\n\nFirst and foremost ... DO NOT SHOOT IT!\n\nDamascus trwist barrels are not safe to shoot with modern smokeless gunpowder shells!\n\nNow, looking for your hammer ... try Numrich Arms at the link below!
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In a test where a steel ball is dropped from various prescribed heights, bamboo resisted denting better than oak, and is about equivalent to our hardest native wood, maple. The finish chosen can have a much greater impact on long-term durability and scratch-resistance. Eventually, all floors will scratch, and bamboo can easily be refinished, unlike laminate flooring.\n*In a cross-section of a bamboo culm it has to be distinguished between a dark outer zone (approximately 30 percent) with closely packed fibers and a white inner zone (about 70 percent), which is rather porous. With increasing culm height the share of percentage of the dense exterior fibers in relation to the cross-sectional area increases and therefore slim canes are superior to thick-walled bamboo. \nThe accumulation of the rigid fibers in the edge zone improves the values of elasticity as well as tension, shear, and bending strengths. As of timber, the modulus of elasticity (MOE) of bamboo is reduced with increasing stress (5-10 percent). A MOE of 2.000 kN/cm² can be assumed to calculate constructions.The bamboo tube is stiffened by the nodes by preventing buckling of the culm wall: The fibers are curved towards the culm axis, similar to a multiple-curved surface. Their MOE is 40 percent less than that of the internodes. \n\nThe tensile strength of the outer zone is two to three times higher than that of the inner zone. The tensile strength in the nodes is only moderate because the fibers there run disorderly. Nodes reduce the tensile strength of the culm. The tensile strength decreases in culms of over 5-6 years of age.The compression strength, however, increases with the age. In a test the 6 year old culms showed 2,5 times the compression strength than the one year old ones. Cane sections with nodes show approximately 8 percent higher compression strength values parallel to the fiber compared to sections without nodes. In tests with compression load perpendicular to the culm axis, the nodes cause strength values up to 45 percent higher than in tests with tube sections without nodes. The sea level, at which the plant grows, as well as the age of the poles have a big influence on the silicification of the vessels, which leads to a considerable increase of compression strength.The shear strength of thin bamboo canes is higher than that of thick-walled tubes, caused by the ratio of the rigid fibers to the sectional area. The shear strength of node material is about 50 percent higher than that of internode material. \n'Atrops' examined bamboo that is usual for building materials: Tube diameter 70-100 mm, wall thickness 6-12 mm, used for a span of 3,60 m. The elastic deflection was min=1/25,9; max=1/16,1; on average 1:20,1 of the span. \nIf deflection is not desired, the green bamboo culms can be bended to the opposite before installation (superelevation). \nFracture behavior-The bamboo tubes behave well at compression load. No sudden buckling nor cracking of the tube wall occurs. Shear fractures are the most frequent failures in bending tests. These are favored by drying cracks parallel to the culm axis. The internodes in which high shear stresses occur should therefore be filled with concrete. In case of shear failure, there will always remain a load-carrying capacity of the two halves. The fracture behavior of conventional timber differs from the fracture behavior of bamboo. Cracking of individual fibers does not lead to a spontaneous break of the whole cane. The appearing cracks are immediately redirected into the fiber direction and therefore affect less the stressed part. The input of energy is retarded. The reinforcement nodes (diaphragms) prevent the emerging longitudinal cracks from spreading over the entire tube length. \nParticularly the compression, shear, and ply bond strength are increased by the node material. Such symptoms are called factors of increase of the fracture toughness. In the research of modern composite materials, the attention
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Since you want to find the "strongest and most durable wooden walking stick in the world,"  I assume you mean looking for the strongest type of wood.  \n\nThe strength of wood is based on a scale called the Janka scale.  It measures how many pounds-force it takes to make force a .444 inch steel ball into wood to half its diameter.\n\n(A.K.A  its the amount of weight you need to put half of a half-inch steel marble in the would)\n\nThere are quite a few varieties of extremely hard wood.  \n\nCurupy, at around 3900lbs/f, is a wood that is often used in flooring.\n\nEbony,3200-3600 depending on the speices,  is a wood that is extremely hard and polishes well.  It has also been used for centuries as walking sticks.\n\nHowever, if you're looking for the hardest wood to make a walking stick from, it's Lignum vitae.  It possible the world's strongest wood (4500lbs/f) and is very resistant to almost everything.  The only draw back is that it is waxy.  A walking stick that slips from the grip is a bad walking stick.
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I train in a 450 year-old school of Japanese swordsmanship. One of the techniques taught to students in our school is kaishaku which means "to assist". When a person commits seppuku (ritual suicide by disembowlment) they will have a second called a kaishakunin who will put them out of their misery before they can shame themselves by crying out in pain.\n\nThe stroke we are taught is designed to sever the neck with the exception of a small portion of skin at the front of the neck (to keep the head from rolling away in an undignified fashion). The strike is performed with the right hand, but the left hand steadies the sword at the end of the stroke. This strike has been used historically and is taught the same as it was at least 100 years ago. \n\nThe strike is not particularly hard although it is fast. My experience cutting mats using Japanese and western swords is similar. In class we say "the sword cuts, not the man". Which means that the sharp edge of the sword is supposed to slice the target. It's more important to have proper blade alignment and speed than it is to have power.\n\nSo the answer is technically: No. A sword can take a man's head off with much less force than a softball player uses to hit a ball if it is done correctly.
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I would suggest getting a color gaurd rifle.  Although made of wood, you should not have much trouble with breakage, unless you are practicing on concrete.  I would suggest practicing in your yard.  \n\nBuying a Garand with most parts is going to run you in the 500 to 800 dollar range at most gun shops, and this is for a worn used rack grade piece.  A collectors piece is more in the 1200 to 1800 dollar range.\n\nSecondly, for your purposes, you need no internal mechanisms, as you are not practicing firing the rifle, only spinning it.  \n\nI think a high school color gaurd rifle, weighted with metal if it is not heavy enough, would be more than sufficient. \n\nLastly, the U.S. Rifle M1 was made by Springfield, and Springfield is a company not a particular rifle.