If I wanted to build up to twin sword fighting, what Martial Arts class should I take?

Question

Like Jujitsu or Ti Kwon Do, or one of those.

Answer 1

There are several European styles that teach the use of 2 swords. Or the Two Skies (or Two Swords) school of Japanese swordsmanship as devised by Miyamoto Musashi.

However, no matter which route you choose, you will NEVER be able to use two swords at the same time until you meeth the following criteria:

1) You must know exactly how your body moves;
2) develop a very keen spacial awareness so that you will know exactly where your blades are in relation to you, your foe and each other;
3) learn to think with both hands independantly, with each hand doing a separate tast while not getting tangled; and,
4) Become extremely proficient in the use of one sword to begin with, training both your strong and off-hands.

Answer 2

So I realize you are young and this is something that seems really cool.

You really want to learn how to sword fight? Like really use two swords?

Forget all this crazy forms crap with Wushu and Kung Fu, where you never get a chance to ever fight anyone under and context to work your sword play.

Take up Kali/Arnis/Escrima. Particularly a school that follows the Dog Brothers mentality on sword/stick fighting.

Kendo is also good because you practice with Wooden swords and spar.

Dog Brothers, have full out full contact stick fighting (basically substituting wooden swords and the like for the real thing) that will teach you how to effectively actually use two swords, none of the form/kata crap will teach you how to fight with them.

You want to be a twin sword badarse, take a look at this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz-iGAJhZ6c

That is what fighting is like, what real sword sparring should be.
You combine that with Kendo, you will have a realistic and tangible idea of how to fight with swords, and twin swords. None of that fancy flying crap, but real life blood, pain, and tears.

Answer 3

Kendo, uses a double sword techinque Katana and Wakazashi the long and short Japanese swords. Several of the Kung Fu styles (Choy Lay Fut, HUng Gar, Shaolin and a few others) also have double sword forms within them. Jiufitsu and Tae Kwon Do have only litimed weapons training as they were not originally werapons arts. Also, the Hakuno Kai system has a number of double sword forms within it as well.

Answer 4

first learn the basics of how to use a sword.

many martial arts classes which claim to teach sword don't actually teach you that. They teach you how to dance with a sword not how to fight with one.

However, I will say that kata work does have more of a place (in my opinion) in sword training than it does in unarmed fighting arts as when you are beginning, it can be awkward to learn to move with a weapon- and to adjust your body and your thinking to holding and defending with a weapon- so it has some place, just not a huge amount, and none later.

Regardless of the style I think you need to first find a school that trains with intent.

They should spar full contact (believe it or not it is safer to do that with weapons than without- as people have a healthy respect for the fact that you have a weapon, and are wearing more safety gear).

And they should do some form of test cutting or cutting training, teaching you how to properly cut with a sword-

Swordsmanship is not simple chopping and it is not living out some naruto or king arthur fantasy of just swinging around some sharpened hunk of metal.

you do actually need to learn to "cut" and "parry" properly (there is more to it than that but that is what most people understand as the only aspect of weapons from movies or crappy anime that takes up time on the cartoon network that should be reserved for good quality programming like family guy, robot chicken and even crappy american dad).

Answer 5

i think you should just do martial arts and worry about the twin sword stuff further down the track.you'll realise then that twin sword fighting isn't as important as you think now.untli then maybe an animine artists class might suit?

Answer 6

it depend on what sword you are using there many type of swords and many twin sword styes jujitsu and tae kown do do not use sword it manily open hand sometimes stick figthing your best bet is the five elements style

Answer 7

Wushu offers twin straight sword and twin broadsord. They also have twin hook swords if you are lucky enough to find a teacher who can teach it.

Answer 8

Kung Fu offers twin butterfly swords.

Answer 9

Iado or kendo would be suitable preparation for learning nitojutsu.

Answer 10

kendo

here, go read something, scroll down a bit to get to main text. lots of information on kenjustsu. kendo is kenjutsu.

http://www.kendo-sask.com/swordfaq.htm