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Quarternog

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In Topic: REH's Fighting Styles

28 December 2008 - 06:32 AM

Welcome Quarternog!

That's the reason I joined the FMA years ago; that plus the fact that Bruce Lee gave it his seal of approval. ;)

Having since trained in some other bladed arts, I've become convinced that FMA techniques for short rattan sticks do not translate to long steel swords without some modification... :)


Thank you!
What kind of modifications exactly?  I suppose long steel swords are certainly going to be much heavier than the one handed machetes most FMA styles use mostly.
I haven't crosstrained in many weapon arts yet, but I can tell for sure that FMA is closer to Conan than Korean Haidong Gumdo (I'm a blue belt in that) or Kung Fu styles that have weapon forms (quit that after a month). Maybe Muay Boran, but I've never met anyone that taught that.

In Topic: REH's Fighting Styles

27 December 2008 - 06:23 PM

I don't disagree with that, that's why I suggested that FMA could not be the sole style of REH's Conan. It would have to be anything from any system that captures the essence of REH's writing, and even that is open to interpretation by whomever is reading the stories.


In my personal opinion, the "living and breathing" martial art that best translates Conan into the real world would be indeed FMA - that being the very reason I chose it to practice.

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