How to Swing a Stick PERFECTLY? - The Art & Science of Weaponry - STAFF Martial Arts
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Eastern martial arts don't incorporate philosophy. They promote religion. And they jam more religion into it than martial arts. This is why when coming up against a purely practical martial culture the eastern cultures crumble at first contact. Watch a bung poo chow warrior go up against a boxer. Or check out why MMA styles ditched all the zen woo crap.
what's your primary fighting staff style?
You are a powerhouse! Love the videos.
You have made it if you have scammers!! Just found your channel amazing research and presentation.
At age 62, I'm getting ready to retire and am looking for a hobby. After binge watching your staff videos, I believe that the Way of the Staff will provide the physical, intellectual and dare I say spiritual, qualities that I am looking for. Thanks for posting, and may God bless you.
Please make a series on stick/ staff . Making and training. Happy New Year!
Happy new year too! I have a series on the channel titled "the way of the stick" that includes many videos from making to fighting
I am a fire spinner and Nomad from the USA. I have been surprising people with a martial staff and martial spear inspired flow, and this video just unlocked new abilities in my skill tree so to speak LOL. Looks like youtube auto unsubscribed me, so you get a resubscribe. I have always loved your philosophical break downs of various old world topics and staff stuff.
Very cool! That would make a cool pendant too!
Peace be with you. Woody QGJM
While rotation and extension are certainly the means of generating maximum angular velocity, and therefore power in a stroke, it's also important to remember that in a combat, the element of distance is also important. This is a concept perhaps best illustrated by the philosophies developed by Bruce Lee, and is a large part of the reason why he developed those philosophies. A big swing might be four times as fast as a small swing, but if the big swing has five times as far to travel, the small swing will hit first. In combat, speed is often more important a factor that anything else, because if you hit first, not only can your disrupt an opponent's attack, you can often prevent them from attacking, at all. For the same reason, sword fighting in movies bears little resemblance to actual sword fighting, because in movies, the goal is drama, and big swings make for exciting visuals, whilst in an actual fight, the goals are lethality and survival, and those big swings tend to leave one relatively open to attack and unable to defend.
Not related so much to sticks/staffs, but my dad used to teach Karate. Occasionally they'd get people with kickboxing training come to their sparring sessions and try show off their spinning kicks. Turns out that's a bad idea, because you end up with your back turned for long enough to get hit in the back.
@@paddor :D ... please don't tell me that you really think that Bruce Lee was only an actor.... Maybe try quick google search before commenting ;)
@@joeofloath practising backflip will make you a better fighter but is a bad idea to drop as a street brawl tactic. Might be required, though, and it pays to land it.
@@LupinYX Lee wasn't and isn't considered a great master in China. Watch his early TV acting appearances where he spouts new age pablum. Lee did train Wing Chun unlike the other martial actors who trained Chinese Opera, but he wasn't special in their martial world. Lee is an American phenomenon.
@@LupinYX Bruce Lee was a con man. He could work his abs and spew nonsense about real combat. He NEVER had a martial art combat background. He fought twice in his life, maybe. It's probably all bunk. How do you test Jeet Kune Do if you never tested it in real combat? Just crap. The real pioneer of combat was Jigoro Kano, and Maeda, and Mufuni. In Bruce Lee's understanding, these are just classical nonsense teachers, but they dominate combat. Also, if Lee fought a Muay Thai master, he would be crushed. If he fought Saenchai, he would be begging for his life. Lupin, you are blind, little brother.
Fantastic! great video and we are happy to be a part of it! Really cool to see some of those principles in motion when Tom is freely moving with the stick himself.
Thanks for slinging without the obligatory and unnecessary twirls around the head. Also, I learned to sling from a guy who grew up "primitively", hunting with a sling. He showed how to hold the sling in the off hand with the thumb, at length, like aiming a rifle. The tension at the start helps and the initial movement away from the small game makes it think something is moving away from it, not spooking it, until the rock suddenly comes back around.
I'm super glad that you're finding people to work with that really lets you lean into the science - I can tell that you're extremely passionate about learning and teaching and I'm _totally here for it_
@te.legrammefandabidozi Piss off ...
Thank you for this video, I think the idea of measuring speed is very good.
I also train various fighting systems that involve the stick and usually have to make do with English sources.
But in this case I can recommend a German book.
"Der Stock", (The Stick) by Prof. Dr. Claus Matthek.
At first it looks like a children's book because of its layout, but it is actually a scientific study of the stick as an aid (walking stick, mountain stick) and as a weapon.
He is a professor of damage science and materials science, so he knows pretty well how best to research breaking something. In the past he got robbed and this is one of the reasons he wrote this book. He searched for a handy weapon and chose the stick. When he found out that it had hardly been scientifically studied, he decided to do it himself with the help of other scientists and martial artists.
His book is about momentum, mass, recoil, how to straighten a stick etc.
He also looks at what energy from hits goes back into the hitter's hand and how to avoid that. This is also a very important aspect of hitting with a stick.
I like your videos, maybe I can give you something back with this recommendation. Unfortunately, I have to say that there is no English version of the book. Probably because it is not allowed to be distributed in the USA.
Thank you, very nice to find resources like this
Danke für den Tipp 🤗
Can you make more videos about dirk?!
A Highlander and a Pirate walk into a garden...
First comment baby, love your vids man.
Tom are you creating your own survival martial Arts patch? 😉👍 that was a really cool video man. In my past I was a long time martial Arts practitioner of many different styles and this video motivated me to want to start training again. The hard part is finding the time to do it. Im also a leather worker and I hope to build projects for people that will enjoy using them in bushcraft scenarios and in Renaissance/LARP environments. Thanks for the video man. Keep up the awesome videos. I love learning about my celtic heritage.
Absolutely loved this!! The simplification and explanation of the concepts was beautifully done! Really enjoyed seeing this collaboration as well, Victoria and Ben are a wicked team! :)
Tom I started training in the staff this past spring. Your vids are the best on the web for staff appreciation. Love it man! 😀
I'm going to disagree with the very last conclusion at 21:55. While you will be able to get more speed at the last moment by relaxing, you are not going to get the most power in a strike that way. When you relax, you are no longer pushing/channeling your bodymass through the stick. What power you gain in speed you will more than lose by not putting your bodymass behind it. I saw this in action on another channel where they were testing this same sort of thing against a dummy, so there was an object against which to measure the actual energy being transferred into the target. Keeping your mass behind the swing makes is much more powerful. That's why the "baseball swing" is so powerful. All your weight is behind it.
I hike a lot with a sturdy staff (and a .357 magnum.. but then I live in Texas) and I like these videos on how to use my staff to defend myself in the woods. Very interesting!! And since I'm retired I have time to practice what you preach! Fortunately I spent 40 years in the martial arts and that kind of helps!
Also from Texas…now live in the Northeast. I have a .357 gifted by hubby, which I’d be very hesitant to use…once that bullet leaves the barrel you can’t stop it. I’d hate for it to go through the wall and hit a neighbor. Prefer the staff and my Arnis sticks. Only carried a gun once in my life when a friend whose police partner broke her wrist was hiding in my home. He made the mistake of driving by my place of work…then self employed…and bragging he was going to hurt me…grave tactical error on his part. Once I told the department gossip never saw him again. I’ve spent much of my life trying to understand the human need to dominate and feel superior to others. It’s a taught behavior…often by violence against the child who becomes an abuser his or herself. Living in a country obsessed with violence doesn’t help. I’ve thought long and hard about how to deal with this…to ignore self protection seems silly but I try to find a balance between that and becoming part of the problem.
I’m your clone from Florida. 40 years, etc 🙏👍
When it comes to training with a staff , one must 'stick' with it to master the art ...
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Oh dear…awfully wonderful!
This is a great video. I'm watch from Brazil. I want to learn the art of steak. Thank you for help me. Happy new year!!
I used to practice martial arts a lot! Practicing with my bo staff has always been very relaxing and almost therapeutic. Though ive taken a fairly large break from practicing, your channel has gotten me back into it. I really appreciate your content and i look forward to each new upload:)
Your pioneering subject on stick evolution weapon/ tool is outstanding! Thank you.
Japanese DO < Chinese DAO.
I wonder how many Highlanders were also well-versed in ancient East Asian philosophy and martial arts? 🤔
i know youve probably said what it is in a another video but what is that hat
Excellent video. I can see how the gallowglass moved now as frontline heavy infantry through hundreds of years of Irish wars. In old books it describes how Galloglass would show off in front of their employers by " flourishing" their 6 foot axes or their 2 handed swords. This methodology was apparently handled done father to son, uncle to nephew in the gallowglass clans, but being mostly illiterate it was never written down by them. I think you guys solve this problem here for me. Many thanks. From Ireland.
You're videos are always interesting, and i don't think you are weird
my hypothesis about light is that it is a spiral and all measurements are seen is 2d waves on paper as frequency waves is very misleading imoo
So Einstein and every other physicist is wrong?
@@asmith7876 just surprised you don't think Einstein's work is off but yes
That's a decent way to visualize it
There was a small misstatement in the video that needs to be corrected so people quote you properly. Force = Mass * Acceleration, not momentum. Momentum is M * A^2 or ( Mass X Acceleration Squared). Everything else was absolutely perfect.
I definitely want to borrow that symbol you have made in assistance in explaining as I believe that illustrates it quite beautifully.
Fantastic video. Definitely learned some stuff I want to try in my next sparring session. Two of the reasons for the different speeds in your swings(you were so close to these, but didn't quite touch them) The hand positions each person took were different, changing center of rotation and center of mass. Also, the size of the combatants play a role in the amount of mass and power that can be generated.
I have a Rack and Shovel, will begin training in 2023 (tomorrow morning). 😎
Thank you for another extremely interesting video Fandabi Dozi and all the best for 2023.
Dumb mind??? Weirdo?? You are none of these things..
You are a handsome personable man.. with a beautiful beard.. and your voice is delightful..
You are considerate., kind.. respectful.. honest.. with a grand sense of humour..
No one would think you either dumb or weird..
And sure.. you can swing a stick.. perfectly!
Please be kinder and more gentle with that beautiful guy you see in the mirror each morning.. he deserves it!!
By the way.. we are Scottish too.. and we dearly love your channel.. and all that you do.. and it hurts to hear you berate yourself.. even though we understand you are doing it just to entertain..
Sure we are too sensitive perhaps.. even so.. you work hard making these wonderful videos.. we just want for you to know they.. and you… are much appreciated..
So.. we offer this to you with great respect.. because we do very much respect you.. so.. be nicer to yourself! Always respect yourself and what you do.. because you have earned praise for your work.. and you deserve it.. you are thought highly of.. just so you know, dear lad!
Slan mo charaid
William and Jen
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That was awesome Tom! You guys generated some outstanding speed. I love multifunctional items. That staff, or any good staff for that matter, can be utilized in so many different ways!!! Keep up the great content brother and I hope you and your family had a great Christmas and hope you have a very fruitful new year!!!
I commented earlier about how surprised and excited I was to see your latest video ..'Oh WOW'! and I got yr name wrong (sorry, my dyslexia rearing its ugly head!) so I deleted my comment not long after posting it. Thank you FANDABI DOZI (not Fandozi Dabi 😄) for all your very fun and refreshing video content; I'm so satisfied watching your videos, no re-gurgitated CRAP ( 'whats TRENDING on social media' ). Keep up the brilliant work young man 👍 YOU are a BREATH OF FRESH AIR in a digital world OVERFLOWING WITH ABSOLUTE S.H.I.T.E.!
Imagine a staff made out of more durable modern material flying at 90+ mph. YIKES
At my age (69), staff or stick self defense fascinates me. Thanks, I'll be back! 👍
Happy New Year! 🎉
I'm 68 . Swinging staffs and steel pipes is part of an every day workout .No back problems , builds muscle and is extremely relaxing after a workout. ATB in 2023.
Lovely to see Saito Sensei make an appearance. Enjoyed this, very entertaining and thought provoking.
How can you sit there in the cold 🥶🥶🥶🥶 I look this and I am an ice block … 🔥🔥🔥✌️😂✌️🔥🔥🔥
Interesting test, makes me wanna learn a stick! Would love to see proper monk destroying this speed test while flying and doing flips in the air lol
Swinging things is fun. But it should still be legal to burn fire twirlers and other circusfreaks at the stake.
I prefer escrima sticks. Easier for me. I like bo staff and i train in that as well, but i find it is easier to learn the escrima over the bo staff.
I trained in Filipino martial arts which is weapons based and follow a lot of the principles that you described here. Triangular footwork, following through on swings etc.
Fantastic video buddy.......dam, now I want to swing a stick!!
Another great video, Tom. As you were talking about your three principles, I visualized what to me was a good symbolic representation of all three: the classic trebuchet: the triangular base for support, the arching swing of the arm, generating enormous power at the end of the throw.
AWESOME VIDEO!! THANK YOU SIR!! GREAT WORK!!!
Cool video! What if you stuck an accelerometer on the end of the stick?
Teaching is a skill.
Capital Job!!!
Deus Vult 😎
Learn the path.. then forget the path and make your own path.
Love this channel, but from a practical fighting perspective, the starting premise of this post is completely upside down. Winding up to do a maximum power attack? You might as well send your opponent a postcard telling him where and when you intend to hit him. Try hitting a heavy bag with those twirly spinning moves. Lets say you generate 280 pounds of force, with your triangles and circles and hit your target. At the other end of the fulcrum of force is YOU! Your hands holding on to that stick, that just delivered a 280 pound blow. Your stick flexes and that 280 pounds of force flows back down that stick to your hands. You are the other point in the triangle of forces and your body parts are not built to cope with that kind of explosive power. Your stick shivers out of your hands grasp. Try this exercise on a dummy before you try it in real life! Believe me, you will get injured without a real opponent showing you the error of your ways!
if you like working it will be hard to learn relaxation. Reason is its learned by thousands (sometimes millions) of repeated swithes from bigger tension to lower tension without utilising. And it hurts the very soul of hard work lover to create tension and cancel it without any usage in between :)
Great video! I have made several staffs over the years and played with different woods, weights, and lengths.
Great thing about a staff is as a 65 year old man with a limp, I can go anywhere in public with my staff.
As someone who also likes walking in the woods, swinging sticks and philosophizing about life: I found this both entertaining and informative. Awesome work, great instruction from both your guests!!!
That was excellent the concept you call managing Bruce Lee called generalship
The thing about a bo, stick, unless trusted, it doesn't do much. At the most, it stings and only makes a person angry. Where with anger, MO adrenaline is released and its a surge of strength and pain resistance. A shorter stick can inflict mo harm, but reality is, a round stick will only make a person angry where again, an aggressive person will have an adrenaline surge, which if they're used to physical strikes, they'll get mo 😠 😡 👿 😤 🤬 angry, where they're mo resistant to pain. Again, it stings, leave a well, but with such, a rage can be unleashed. Now, look at effective tools, something with weight, momentum like a pipe, crow bar, ball bat, etc. Then, an age handle has some weight and be very hard, then directed overhead or from the side down on head, shoulders, clavicle, etc., it can inflict harm.
But a Bo, it can be used fo leverage. Even a wedge. Then a thrusting force, it can inflict harm.
Nope, not coordinated enough. Just the basics for me. Great video! 👽👍
This is fantastic. I think the unspoken and virtuous theme is the balance and understanding of what you are trying to accomplish at any given time. Rather than maximizing momentum, you are optimizing your force and application appropriate to different scenarios.
Fandabi Dozi 👍
question. what happens when your opponent strike/hit your hands ? can you keep your hands on the stick after it was hit hard
as a kendoka and jodo student since i was a boy an being scottish makes your stuff some of my favourite viewing !BUT did u ever consider how weee little jimmmy krankie would defend against severalbullys at school and how the tanjo or hanbo.walking stick japanese martial art would be the ultimate weapon for the wee lad,also ian could have an episode and attack jim unawears ,ps reggae love song by the crankies is fabulous offf the crankies goes to hollywood album!
This is So Comprehensive & Inspiring! thank you
I can't wait to get outside & swing a stick with all this knowledge now.
You should investigate Jogo do Pau a old, pre roman martial art practiced in Portugal.
Ruckus Longhorn here, from Star, NC. I've just now discovered this channel and love it! Thank you!
I had a great stick. But my neighbor thought they were doing me a favor by discarding. The day I found it, a stranger driving by genuinely shouted "excellent walking stick!". I'll miss that reliable chunk of wood.
having done a little bo-staff, or as I should technically be calling it jang bong, as seminars through taekwondo (side note thats the way thing again- in this case tae means to kick kwon means to strike with the fist so a reasonable translationion would seem to me to be the art of striking with foot and fist) though no actual combat/sparring it would seem to me that whilst this exersise in speed and control is informative, it can only be the perfect stick swing when not engaged in a fight as you other things like blocks need to be considered. one of my favourite things about the staff is it has two offensive ends, I would also utilise sliding my hands along the staff, which can allow you to build up speed and then suddenly fling the staff out.
Step 1: optimize stick
Step 2: optimize body
Step 3: optimize form
Step 4: ???
Step 5: bonk stonks go up
I'm not sure about how to swing a stick perfectly, but I do have some tips for creating some very strong and durable sticks based on my experiments with composites. Take a long bamboo pole around a 1.5 to 2.5" in diameter (preferably when still fresh, because it is easier to knock out the inner culm barriers), knock out the inner culm barriers, sand off the first layer of silica rich material with like a 60 to 80 grit material. Heat it above 160" F to inactivate enzymes and microbes. Let it dry fully. Get a high strength, lamination type epoxy (typically sold for making boats, race car parts, aerospace parts, etc) and use the epoxy to bond a couple to few layers of S-glass fiberglass cloth to it.
Once that is cured, then get some expanding spray foam and spray the inside. Once that is cured, seal the ends with some of the above epoxy (this is because that kind of foam is usually open celled and can absorb and hold onto moisture and thus can breed mold etc, so unless you are using a more expensive closed cell foam spray, you need to seal it off from moisture).
This stick will be extremely strong, durable, long lasting, and tough, at a lower weight than a correspondingly as strong stick. The foam core will reduce the vibration, so that it will be less fatiguing. It will also make it stiffer and more durable long term. Get it long and thick enough, and put a lance spear head on it, and you might even have a slim chance against a grizzly (long, strong spears used to used to hunt bears).
P.S., do not use carbon fiber cloth. Carbon fiber and bamboo's expansion-contraction properties are not compatible. If you use carbon fiber, you can (and probably will) end up splitting the bamboo. The bicycle company Calfee, learned this the hard way.
I studied Philippino stick fighting for some fifteen years.
I first started studying tai chi. The body dynamics from tai chi really helped me with the stick and knife arts.
Mostly i just "played" with the sticks, but in a tai chi way.
If that makes sense?
Everything was a combination of circles,momentum and body dynamics. So good to see this video.
Seems i was taught well.
(R. I. P) Pat Davies.
Aberdeen mixed martial arts group.
Late1970s. Before all that mma stuff we see today.
Thanks.
Grant.
About 55 years ago when I was a boy scout we were issued quarter staffs. They were 6'6'' long and marked at six one foot lines then six one inch marks at one end. Our Scoutmaster was an ex-commando who taught us basic stick combat with them. This was back before the new woke world. Us scouts were also issued and trained on .22 Lee Enfields. Things have really changed in the modern world.
What country and what year was that in, may I ask?
That was certainly before the boyscouts became ubiquitious with pedophile predators abusing children.
I've read very old boyscout books when boyscouts were outstanding and were trained almost like military light infantry commandos: bushcraft, survival, tracking, quarter staff fighting, judo/jujutsu, land navigation, basic waterborne training, horse back riding, morris code, signalling aircraft, sharpening knife properly and they were issued fixed blade knives, horse shoe bed rolls, felt brim campaign scout hats and quarter staffs.
I wish a militarized scout organization like that still existed for boys.
The current boyscouts were demilitarized a very long time ago in America. My deceased dad was in the American boyscouts over 60 yrs ago in Texas and they were already demilitarized then.
When they both demonstrated why the baseball swing is not smart, it looked like it was out of a loony toons cartoon. 😂
In China martial arts were considered as health along with nutritious food and medicine because self defense was necessary to stay alive.
I suck so much at spinning it around but sparring I do pretty good
👍👍👍👍👍 - reminds me of splitting wood. If you do it right, you get the maximum hit on the wood and use less energy which allows or leaves you with enough energy to split wood all day long.
Very cool, I'm a bit old in the tooth but spin a mean Staff. Hope you get a chance to check it out A Staff with a mellow approach, enjoy
The triangle in the circle, in occult, is the devils doorway.
I would guess that Filipino fighting sticks beats staff any time. Something that long without a point or edge really isn’t all that useful. It’s too easy to get inside without taking an incapacitating blow and then it’s over. A staff is a great tool for hitting wolves but the reason they’ve never been used in combat outside martial arts is they don’t work.
Great video, i played around with thai short sticks years ago. This inspires me to pick up a big stick. best wishes for the year ahead.
in all seriousness this has to be the best explained system of movements and the motivations behind them. Hats off to you mate, this is a video to be proud out 👍
To measure power of impact how
About hitting a container???
Measure volume of liquid containers
Will hold before and after impact???
Bro could you tell the length, weight and make ( bamboo or any other )of your staff please?
Ed Parker, the founder of American Kenpo, said there are three ways to generate power: linear, rotational and gravity. Consider the lunge, which as well as linear extension, also drops the body lower.
My favorite is when you hug the pole to your hips or chest and use bodyweight strikes. Plus I dont know how to do any fancy spinny stuff lol.
BLESSINGS from the Fisher Family on the West Coast of Canada 🔥
Excellent video
Man I love Scotland, highlander culture, survival bushcraft, and martial arts and esp staff fighting so just wanna say I love your channel hahaha
I've literally felt this. Id rather be on this path to feeding this balance. This self. this forver.
Don’t forget that a staff is a long weapon. Distance is key. So, poking with it, like a pole arm is also quite useful. To keep distance and to keep the advantage of the tool. Jab, jab, jab.
Brilliant. Great inspirational video. Nice mix of history, science, martial arts and use of natural material. 97mph.....that would put you to sleep for a while. 😀
There is only one WAY, THE WAY IS JESUS. Martial arts can not teach you the piece you find in CHRIST OUR LORD.
Using a "good" stick as a weapon. You are speaking my love language
Jalapeno on a stick this looks like fun never even thought of it I have recently taken up cane fighting but this looks like a blast as well on a stick
Lots of good information. If you look at the Dog Brothers you will find they have also looked into many of these topics as well.
The HARDEST part of this for me is finding trees and branches in the wild that are straight enough to make a bo staff!!!!
PLEASE HELP!!!
Many many years ao While I was in the service of Country, Spent a great deal of time attracted to the Korean Army, and the Korean platoon sgt. I was attached to used to have me go out and practice on bails of reeds and filled duffle bags on ropes with a mahogany staff that I made myself per His instructions. He told me it was strengthen my body and mind by doing each step correctly. I believe that is what you are doing there , but with less movement because he would tell me to many moves will get you hurt and he proved it time and again by whacking me (sometime non to gentle ) the soldier credo was get itdone quickly and move on! The triangle , large circle and three smaller circles interlocking is a universal approach to what I used to practice on the training field. WELL DONE INDEED MY FRIEND!
there’s just _something_ really special about hearing japanese in a scottish accent for me
Don't forget "Karate-Do". Many stances you take are mirroring Karate stances.
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For me as a martial artist performing Escrima next to some other non-wappon-styles since many years, this video was absolutely a great gain. Thank you!
Great vid. I'm sure everyone already knows, but I highly recommend looking at Sir Richard Francis Burton's book and his views on sword wielding.
Like sir Teddy Roosevelt said. Also what I lived by and I quote... ( Tred lightly and walk with a big fucking stick.