charlesl
13th February 2002, 16:35
Uh, not to sure how serious this question is, but...
I'm an EE and my friend/co-student is an ME. Every once in a while we kind of jokingly bring up the plausibility of creating a dummy of some kind to practice honte, gyakute, and hikiotoshi on, for those times you have the time and gumption to practice, but no one to practice on (can you believe that my wife will just absolutely not stand in as uchidachi for me? I just don't understand..., but please, no "get a new wife" proverbs, thanks). Striking at empty air is, well, unfulfilling.
So has anybody ever come up with something to strike at that would simulate what we do in kihon, striking through the sword? Any ideas for such a device? We've gone so far as to consider what kinds of springs could be used, and possible methods of measuring a successful strike, how the system would react, and how it would be re-initialized, but no strong workable ideas. Maybe we should discuss it when we're not at the bar.
Hikiotoshi has been a constant source of frustration (damn that guy who recommended I train in order to work out stress), and I just don't feel solo practice is making an improvement.
-Charles
ps. Does anybody besides my friend and me fantasize about having the holodeck from ST:TNG to train in? Bwahahahahahaaaa...
I'm an EE and my friend/co-student is an ME. Every once in a while we kind of jokingly bring up the plausibility of creating a dummy of some kind to practice honte, gyakute, and hikiotoshi on, for those times you have the time and gumption to practice, but no one to practice on (can you believe that my wife will just absolutely not stand in as uchidachi for me? I just don't understand..., but please, no "get a new wife" proverbs, thanks). Striking at empty air is, well, unfulfilling.
So has anybody ever come up with something to strike at that would simulate what we do in kihon, striking through the sword? Any ideas for such a device? We've gone so far as to consider what kinds of springs could be used, and possible methods of measuring a successful strike, how the system would react, and how it would be re-initialized, but no strong workable ideas. Maybe we should discuss it when we're not at the bar.
Hikiotoshi has been a constant source of frustration (damn that guy who recommended I train in order to work out stress), and I just don't feel solo practice is making an improvement.
-Charles
ps. Does anybody besides my friend and me fantasize about having the holodeck from ST:TNG to train in? Bwahahahahahaaaa...