Master Chinese Tai Chi Practice Sword Good Balanced New Review

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(More customer reviews)This sword blade looks nice. You can see your reflection on it, but it is a little stiff. It weighs 3 lbs 3.75 oz (560 g) without the tassle and its balance point is about 4.5 inches (11.4 cm) from where the handle connects to the blade (closer is better). My instructor tells me that this is more suited for decoration than for tai chi competition. You should ask your instructor before buying this sword. The scabbard is made of plastic and the handle is made of rubber. The yin yang symbol on the handle was not glued on clean, but from a distance, it looks good.

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This Tai Chi sword is stainless steel with a mirrored polished finish. The sword is more rigid than a spring steel blade, but don't let that dissuade you. The sword is very firm in the handling but still has a great range of flexibility.

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The Big Book on Fencing - by Rudy Volkmann Review

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(More customer reviews)AS I said, this is a great text, though it could use a good rewrite for clarity and ease of reading.
While the text is great, the pictures are almost univerally shoddy. They are hard to see, and simply not printed well. That is due to this being published as a xeroxed book, not as a printed book. This is a good way to print a small-run book such as this, but the illustrations really suffer.
Regardless, the section on repair is worth the price of admission alone, and the discussion of the various stances and parries is superb. I can still recommend this book.

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Magnum Libre d'Escrime "You can't learn to fence from a book, but you can learn significant things about fencing." Written for the average American fencer, this 271-page text has gotten "must buy" reviews from the British and Dutch fencing federations as well as by current president of the American Fencing Coaches Association (the USFA does not review fencing texts). Included are sections on history, pedagogy, tactics, directing, repair (Dr. Volkmann's celebrated repair manual is one of the sections), and the plans for a fencing dummy. The main part of the text, though, is a highly illustrated encyclopedia of all the moves used in foil fencing, which includes the theories behind the moves and positions, and detailed explanations of what goes wrong when trying to learn them. Just the section on stance, advance, retreat, lunge, and recovery types take over thirty detailed pages

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United Cutlery Gil Hibben Knife Throwing Guide Review

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(More customer reviews)Recieved product quickly. Got a lot of useful information on the subject of throwing knives that is allowing me to enjoy myself and relieving stress while throwing the throwing knives I purchased at the target board I purchased at the same time. Thank you for your assistance.

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The recently updated Hibben professional guide to throwing offers 64 pages of detailed instructional, full color illustrations for the beginner or the professional.

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