CowboyPete said:Yowza that's big. That's probably the biggest sword I've seen, depeding on the height of the man. Is that seriously meant to be used with one hand? Unless it's made of tinfoil or your wrist is made of steel, I don't think it would be used very effectively.
Sohei said:The German zweihander used in the 15th century by doppelsoldners is bigger than both.
Sorry, but looking at the age of guy holding that sword and the way he's sitting, I'd venture to guess that it's an aluminum form/practice sword with no real heft and weight. I'd put money on the fact that it'd bend and break the first time you hit anything with it.
King Kabuki said:The Chinese spring-steel blades that are flimsy in-motion are notoriously sharp.
And there's a lot of old men in China who are remarkably strong. Doing Martial Arts since childhood without stopping helps.
I understand the nature of Chinese spring-steel blades, but being sharp doesn't necessarily equal battlefield practicality. A sword of that size is not a dueling weapon, it's a battlefield implement. Until shown otherwise, I still say that thing is much more likely a sword specifically designed for forms practice and probably in no way, shape or form even close to being a practical sword.
King Kabuki said:I was with you until the last part. That's a little more assumptive than I like. If it can cut your hand or leg clean off, it's in some way shape or form practical. And it can be sharp even for specifically forms demonstration.
I'm only arguing though because I've seen this sort of sword in-motion. Not on behalf of this particular picture per se. And it just so happens the person wielding the sword I'm referring to was also elderly.
The name of the video I saw it on (for reference so it doesn't sound like I'm making this up) is Dragons of the Orient, which was a Chinese Governmental propaganda video made to Capitalize on the fame of Jet Li. They hauntingly have his whole life on-film, since childhood, even doing normal shit as a teenager like reading and chillin' with his family.
Anyhow there's numerous very impressive Wu Shu Demonstrations on that video, and one of this type of sword is on there. And that dude looked older than this dude. lol
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