Indeed Ben, Chuck's a legend. If you're looking for something to watch, I'd love for you to check out this video I did on Dolph Lundgren. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXzGqpSjqr2UZs0

There's many ways to approach sparring, this is a stylistic approach pressure testing a blend of the traditional and movie like version of KUng Fu and Karate, check out my latest upload for a video with self defense sparring with a chair, 4 vs 4 brawl, MMA, Boxing and animal style Kung Fu vs Judo.

@@shinobihiriyu-originalninj4634 yep, most likely just the ones I was involved in though:)

@@ZenDragonKZbinChannel thats good, i also need to upload some martial art videos again

@@MonkeyFist indeed:)

@@TheTattooedRonin yea, grateful for the training (and content) opportunities that day:)

Absolutely😊

These are polypropylene (hard plastic like material), they hurt though if you're not wearing gloves... you can also get foam covered ones. I got these from playwel.co.uk years ago, just search sparring sai and you'll find options :) Are you trained in a specific martial art, or just experimenting? :) I just uploeaded a new video, with clips from sparring with a chair, which was designed by my friend for sparring, as well as some animal style Kung Fu and MMA sparring :) Hope you check it out Logan :)

Thanks Joe :) I tried to upload some cool sparring, for the weekly video, but somehow KZbin kept getting stuck with it, hope to share it later this week. A mix of different approaches to sparring, from combat sports, to self defense, to fun style vs style stuff. :)

Thanks, brother :) Also, I finally managed to upload a video which was stuck for ages not uploading... a mix of many different types of sparring I did earlier this year, including with a chair as an improvised weapon (my friend Damian built one that wouldn't be too dangerous and wouldn't break too easily). :)

I do many different types of sparring Eddie. The video I just uploaded is a perfect example. MMA, self defense with a chair, animal style Kung Fu, boxing, etc, hope you check it out :)

That's nice to hear YoryusDen :) Happy to help fuel that fire :)

I just uploaded a video i think you'll enjoy, a mix of many types of sparring, greetings from Denmark :)

@@ZenDragonKZbinChannel oh thank you bro .. I will watch it 💞

@@YoryusDen you’re welcome :)

I've heard of The Lost Blades Man :)

@@carlmillan6543 mind you, most never show this weapon tested in sparring, but here’s a video where i use it vs a more aggressive opponent with a concealed knife (not more skilled, as both are skilled) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ7HgXichK58fLMsi=ZG12PgOt8-3XGZ9g

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I've got some rudimentary skills with it, it's been years since I practised prior and I had just a bit of time. But I'm satisfied with being able to do just a bit with it, I have lots of other weapons I train with at times, and I'm more focused on empty handed skills. I like to mix it up and share both what I'm best at and stuff that I have very basic level in, I wouldn't say I can't do anything with sanjiegun, just not something I'm very skilled with, fun to practise and I think the mix of solo and sparring footage makes this video a decent watch.

Well, I was having fun and it's a particular weapon I rarely practise, so makes sense I guess :p

Indeed- :)

I am training with this for 2 reasons: 1 to challenge myself, 2 for fun. Maybe 3 reasons, as using this makes using a nunchaku or a staff much easier. But if you dedicate yourself enough to mastery of this weapon, it looks a lot more powerful and less telegraphed, I've learned a bunch of weapons AND I've spent more time developing my empty handed skills (striking and grappling)... in addition to this, I'm at a point in life where I balance KZbin content with working as a pedagouge and being a father to a 5 year old, so time is limited.... I don't think this is the most practical weapon and particularly in this day and age, I think there are better alternatives for self defense, but I do like that it covers multiple ranges, but before you fully judge this weapon look for some more videos, you'll find someone who's mastered it or is at a high level.... msot people don't share their skills online, unless it's beyond the rudimentary or intermediate level (which I think is a shame, but that's a digression).

@@ZenDragonKZbinChannel hmm, i'd still argue its a subpar weapon in any day or age, but fuck that, congrats for finding time to practice either way ! I havent had time for training for some years now, probably wont have for another few (kids, work, hustle, i get it..) , maybe thats why my first comment came of a bit bitter, i wish i could train too, at the same time seeing someone training on useless exotic weapons pisses me of even more because time is such a comodity and it seems like you're wasting it here.. but thats just envy i guess :D i myself would too spend days throwing knives or some shit if i could :D I'll watch your other videos on more popular weapons tho, good luck ! P.S. for real tho, it seems like you got too comfy in point fighting style, yes its sparring, yes its play, but bottom line is always FIGHT, struggle to kill and not get killed. If you'd train with that in mind - you would NEVER open yourself to counters by hiting legs like that. You'd be forced to find better ways to attack, and thats creativity, play, fun part. Have fun man !

@@martynaskrivaitis1961 My time for training is more sporadic and limited than it seems. In terms of recorded sparring, these days, it usually all takes place on a signle day where I get to plan meeting with several friends and record a bunch... that's been the case only once this year, I still have a bit of unedited sparring footage from last year though where it was prob 2 times or more. As for this weapon, I just felt like moving and had some spare time so I practised some of the stuff I knew wiith the 3 sectional staff but hadn't done in years for like 5 minutes... and then recently I learned to throw a staff while it spins in the air and grab it, so I tried that 2ith the 3 sectional staff.... so I did like 3 recordings about a minute long each, then later on downloaded a 3 sectional staff sparring video I'd uploaded quite a while back and created the video from it. :) I go to the gym about 4-5 times a week and in between my sets of weights or pulls up, I sometimes shadowbox... if not I'll stretch or do stuff like carthweels, or practise martial arts with the staff which is there... then on my way from A to B on my bicycle I sometimes stop to practise a bit of parkour which I've been learning this year. This week is vacation, so 2 days ago I was allowed to be alone for a few hours, while my wife and son went home, so I practised and recorded some parkour. When I feel I've been too inactive, sitting on the couch, I'll do stuff like spiderman crawling/cartwheeling/crabwalking and such to the fridge or bathroom... that way I get in some cario and get to practise movement and maintain my ability to move. I turn 40 in a few weeks and am motivated by wanting to maintain my fitness, martial arts, parkour and athletic abilities when I hit 50, after that I'm shooting to maintain it when I turn 60.... knowing it's more easy to maintain than develop, but if I keep consistently training even if just a bit, I'll gradually learn new stuff along the way..

Thanks, I don't think I need to watch you using one, as I've seen Jet Li use it in movies and many performances with it from people who've dedicated themselves to training with it consistently. I know what high level use of this weapon looks like, I'm at a rudimentary level, which even what I can do comes from being able to use a staff not to mention a nunchaku. I have never trained with one consistently and probably used it maybe 10 times or something, since getting it maybe 10 years ago or I dunno. Based on how I prioritise this weapon compared to other martial arts skills, I feel good about being able to pull off just a bit with it, eventhough what I can do is limited and not that well executed. I also think it's a shame that most people who share what they can do, will only share what they're best at, I guess for fear of critcisim, which creates this idea that you should just give up if it doesn't look perfect, or that there isn't a process to attaining mastery.... honestly, I probably won't develop my skills further with this weapon, if it happens it's incrementally over the next decades, as I focus on many other things in my traning.... but I do think people need to get the message that it's okay to do something for fun, and it's okay to be decent or a beginner only and not great at something... you shouldn't just stay in your comfort zone of what you do best. :) As for using it in sparring, I think it's a fun challenge and for me more importantly, it's an opportunity to create content that there isn't much of online, so that's why I did it, but I would not seek to use this in combat... for self defense a tonfa or sai or another basic blunt force weapon would be much more practical, though I'd rather be able to use empty handed skills or situational awareness to survive.

Yeah, or like a nunchaku, only with 3 sticks attatched by chain, rather than 2... and the sticks are longer. It has some whip like aspects and some staff like ones. If you know how to use a nunchaku and a staff that helps, but it's more difficult to control :)

Thank you Doge, glad you enjoyed it. I test myself in sparring in various ways, this channel contains many forms of sparring, there's more animal style Kung Fu sparring, sparring with various weapons (even with the fan), as well as more tactical self defense sparring and some MMA with Kung Fu kicks. :)

Thanks brother :)

Indeed an interesting weapon, pardon my ignorance but what does JJK refer to? :)

@@ZenDragonKZbinChannel JJK stand for "Jujutsu Kaisen" Is a Battle Shonen anime ; and in some episode and in One movie , some characters used the Sanjiegun (called "playfull cloud" in the series)

@@Baroxshitposter665 I see, I heard about Jujutsu Kaisen. Haven't seen it, as I'm not good at finding ways to watch all kinds of stuff and my time is limited, but seems like a cool show :)

Thanks, hope you enjoyed the video. Plenty more of this type of content as well as other types... lots of Kung Fu pressure tested, self defense stuff, some MMA with touches of Kung Fu, and diverse training content. Just uploaded a montage with some 3 sectional staff sparring :)

Good advice, I'd love to, there's lots of weapon sparring (and non weapon sparring) on this chair, not that much with protective gear and harder contact, but some... I'll be releasing a video with a chair used as an imrpovised self defense weapon in sparring... so if you haven't, definitely subscribe for more content :)

Oh nice. Lol good stuff

@@scottlemurianboxer Actually, speaking of protective gear. I just uploaded a video with some clips from some three sectional staff sparring, where I borrowed a fencing mask. :)

At 4:27 I go over what problems were caused by the gear. The shinpads make the legs a slight heavier but not noticeably. The thing was he submitted not due to the choke being perfectly applied, but rather due to discomfort from the headgear and the thick boxing gloves made it more difficult to sense when he was tapping out.

Yeah, fascinating to think about :)

Thanks, even when you face others in competition (not self defense), you have to face yourself and your inner demons and you need to try and be the best you can be, better than you were... so the battle is within when you compete against anyone... and when you stop competing, the same mentality applies, just without an external representation of the battle in front of you. :)

I'm so saddened that the Net series Dragens Skæbne (Fate of the Dragon) from the KZbin channel Breakzone FIlms got deleted and all footage's been lost, besides an old clip or two on my Instagram page from the time, as well as some mostly behind the scenes footage in my vlog of the experience. Oh well, it was a great experience and I became friends with the great actor and martial artist Simon Dam. Maybe in 5 years or so when my son is older, I'll try and see if I can create the opportunity to be part of an action movie, if I can fit it in and the opportunity is cool enough I'm down to work for free for the experience and end product. :)

Great combination of styles but there's multiple ways to skin a cat. If it's one on one where you can maintain distance and the consequences of going to the ground is lower (particularly with BJJ in your game), then some style of kicking is great to have developed, for self defense it's always good to be able to do more, but using hands allows you to take a step at any point if needed to evade, or run off even... Ultimately it also depends on how the person si able to utilise the style, physical attributes and mental capabilites can make one more suited for one style over another... def need both striking and grappling though. :)

Good to see you in the comments :) Hope you're doing well :)

Thanks, I'd love to do more, prob record some more around spring or summer next year... maybe some fan on my Bob dummy, but it's getitng cold and earlier dark and I work and am a parent so not easy. :) Have you watched all the videos from the clips in this one? They're in the Weapon Sparring playlists, also got a few fan tutorials. :) Hope you're subscribed, I'll keep creating and sharing martial arts weapon content, as well as self defense scenarios, Kung Fu in MMA, all kinds of stuff :)

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@@tryambakamsanshegongfu6020 Alan Watts was a great conveyer of wisdom :)

Appreciate the advice Artemio. When sparring with animal style fists, I tend to create a lot of distance, this footage is a bit old, I could have circled or sidestepped more, my footwork was probably a bit linear. But due to the risk of eye pokes with this type of fists, I tend to strike out of distance with the hands unless I target the body and use the hands just as a distraciton to set up Kung Fu kicks. However, soon I'll be putting out a video with a mix of different types of sparring I did in one day a while back... and there's somes street fight and self defense sparring in there (self defense with a chair used as improvised weapon, and 4 vs 4 chaotic street fight recording) and especially in self defense sparring you'll see close range fighting. Appreciate your feedback and hope you check out more of my content, I keeep it pretty varied :)

@@ZenDragonKZbinChannel That's good, but focus and calmness is need to maintain. This sparring was very Good. You applied the techniques of style.

@@ArtemioCreoli 🙏🏻

Glad you caught this, appreciate the support Axel ;) Hope you're doing well :)

Thanks Fardeen :)

True, this one was a bit of a quick edit I think. :) It's been a while since I edited it so don't remember. A few days ago, I finally finished a highlight of all the sparring we recorded that day... and last night I edited a blindfolded staff and a blindfolded dao video I recorded months before that date. Got a lot of recordings and unfinished edits, so feels good to be getting some out. What about you, are you planning on uploading stuff from that day anytime soon? :) I've seen you've been sharing some nice forest training lately.

@@ZenDragonKZbinChannel well it was a fun day I dont know when i will upload the videos...i just uploaded a video on improvised backpack that you can make in the field... I will try to upload twice in a week...

I thought about the same thing... Slow motion could be cool: p

@@MonkeyFist I got a ew Iphone, pretty new Iphoe 13. I guess it prob has a nice slow motio option, but it'd be cool if it could record with one of the cameras while recording slow mo with the other, so you've got it both full speed ad slow motion :p of course i could make it slow motion via editig, but it's nicer when recorded for that purpose :)

I've gotten so many more ideas for ways to use this wall... also got a dishwasher (as the machine is right behind the wall) parkour/martial arts video, recorded a while back in this area of my house.... maybe I'll upload that this weekend, not sure yet what I'll upload. My son turns 5 this Monday, and one of the celebrations is tomorrow, so that'll be my focus and I'll upload something Sunday :) Got plenty of finished videos to pick from :)

I've heard of Streets of Rage but not the character name Shiva, gonna check it out... for now I've got sparring videos with all the ninja turtles :D