Schph Gochi
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Post by Schph Gochi on Jan 5, 2004 6:24:37 GMT -5
Have you sent an e-mail to Tanthos?
I am sure that he would love to have your tutorial...he might not have seen your post...I know that I miss a lot....anyway...send him a pm.....I am sure that he would love the idea....we try to cover all of the bases of "being Jedi" here....and this would be a logical choice...
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Post by tailonkae on Mar 29, 2004 8:58:04 GMT -5
Dellow Fedi....... I mean fellow jedi I have shown Tanthos a first draft of the tutorial I am working on and he likes what he sees.. even though I have alot of work to do to it still. He suggested that when I am done send it to the person who created the site and see what he can come up with along with my input. If there is anyone who would like to put something in let me know and I will be happy to acknowledge your ideas as well. MTFBWY
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Post by zhidon on Apr 22, 2004 15:07:38 GMT -5
greetings fellow jedi;
as was posted elsewhere, master smudge and i are holding lightsaber training class using the Shinai technique. we use a 6 point kata for pratice. originally we used a 4 point, right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg. But after a few accidents we decided to add 2 more. We always stress that head shots are not allowed, but sometimes a hit can go astray. we show students how to block a head shot when they begin training, but without practice they soon forget. with the 6 point kata we have added head shot and head block. every move we use is also in the EP2 visual dictionary and the forms are listed in the SW insider with Ayala Secura on the cover. we do not use armor, but insist on gloves and closed toed shoes. many of us wear our jedi boots. we mainly use shinai swords which are made of planks of bamboo held together. these are the same swords used in kendo. however with the advances being made in EL lightsabers we are using them more and more. parksabers blades are a bit thicker walled than our homemade ones, but we can use ours in any hilt. parksabers blades can only be used in parksabers hilts. we also have filled our polycarbonite blades with refective contact paper covered wooden dowel rods inside for daytime use. so far we have not broken any lightsaber blades. we are making our own hilts as well, so having a lightsaber is cheaper and more personal. after all a jedi is required to make his own saber. if anyone has any questions i would be happy to answer them.
May the FORCE be with you.....always
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Post by Jauhzmynn Enz on Apr 22, 2004 15:16:43 GMT -5
COngrats on getting that together. I'm stuck over here without any practice buddies.
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Post by JediKai on Apr 24, 2004 10:30:54 GMT -5
And Zhidon and Smudge's practice is listed on the Western Order events page. Zhidon, are you and/or Smudge going to be at ComicCon? Perhaps we can meet up and talk about this.
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Post by zhidon on May 3, 2004 12:13:10 GMT -5
master kai;
yes, barring incidents, i will be at comicon. i dont know if erik will be there or not. we have added a sunday shinai class everyweekend we dont have something else going. anyone is welcome to come. i am also will to travel [if its not too far] to teach anyone who wants to learn. we have now made a prototype EL lightsaber as quickly and cheaply as possible. see details on the new thread i am making under EL LIGHTSABERS.
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