Looking for Custom Tambo

Discussion in 'Weapons' started by monkeywrench, Aug 29, 2011.

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  1. ScottUK

    ScottUK More human than human...

    I think I have made myself clear on 'budo for money' in the past. If a single art was damaging my finances, I would listen to my pocket and consider my path.

    Seconded - a rare thing these days. Kudos to MW for his behaviour whilst against a lot of conflicting opinion.
     
  2. monkeywrench

    monkeywrench Valued Member

    I do agree. It's awkward at best to hash these sorts of things out that are truly best discussed in person with a first aid kit nearby.
    :p

    And thank you for the personal note. Right back to ya. I think our exchange should be stickied as an example of how to discuss!
    :cool:
     
  3. monkeywrench

    monkeywrench Valued Member

    I agree on the "budo for money" thing. CN as an organization is non-profit. And most of our schools are as well. Monthly dues at my school are $50 for individuals. And we'd take that down if we had more students.

    I'm very glad for the civil exchange. I've seen people literally come apart under criticism here and at Bullshido over these past few years. Not pretty! MA by its very nature invites criticism and competition. So it's only natural to expect both. The key is to maintain that level of respect, which is one thing I am big on personally and as a MAist.
     
  4. monkeywrench

    monkeywrench Valued Member

    One thing I did mean to mention is the whole "hard" "soft" thing. This story should cover it I think.

    One Friday, the instructor leading the class asked for requests for the first half of class. I knew he loved "hard" style, so I said "let's do some soft style." So we did! We hit the mats and did a lot of Judo stuff. I came away bloody, with a ripped gi and was *completely* winded at the end of it. My comment as I hauled myself off the mat was "whoever said Judo is "soft" is full of it!" That incited a riot of laughing.
    :cool:
     
  5. Chris Parker

    Chris Parker Valued Member

    Ha! You know what, I think a lot of that comes down to context... 'JU' (柔) can be translated as "soft", "gentle" or similar, but the context is rather different. It implies not meeting force with force directly, and the concept of "yielding" is more accurate, but I tend to look at it as more an art of momentum... yours, or your opponents!
     
  6. Pat OMalley

    Pat OMalley Valued Member

    I watched the videos again and again and read the discussion with interest and all I can say is I have guys who have only been training for a month or so in double weapons who would be able to pick some serious holes in that. No offense here but what it looks like to me is that age old addage of some other art becomes popular in the movies and in the public eye with documentaries etc and all of a sudden other arts say 'Oh yeah, we do that too, but we have not shown it yet'.

    I have no gripe with other arts borrowing from each other, hell thats how arts evolve and improve, I just wish they would study the part they are borrowing properly before adding it in, otherwise they simply leave themselves wide open for people to make assumptions based on a small portion of what they do, and that assumption usually ends up being that the whole art is as bad as the portion they have not mastered.

    I would advise they look and train with other systems that specialise in such weapons first to get a better understanding of how it should be done as opposed to how pretty it looks, and never to assume that those systems that do specialise in it only work one area, eg. Close range, as you can rest assured if they really study their weapon they will know how to use it in all ranges against single and multiple armed and unarmed opponents.

    The politest thing I can say about the clips is they look pretty and thats about it, as for having a use? Only against someone who's not actually looking.

    Best regards

    Pat
     
  7. monkeywrench

    monkeywrench Valued Member

    I missed this post! It came in when I was posting myself.

    Yes, we have this discussion about "soft" from time to time. Context is everything.
    :cool:

    It truly is hard to make these types of determinations on just a handful of videos for several reasons. I can say that yes study and training of other arts is indeed encouraged and does happen. We have instructors (of all ranks) that also run schools in other styles including MMA, Judo, Aikido, Kendo, etc. CN greatly encourages cross training.

    As for the specific comments you make about the double stick work, I will have to reserve a response until I have actually swung two sticks myself! lol
    I will most likely revive this thread from the dead in the next year or so.
     
  8. Pat OMalley

    Pat OMalley Valued Member

    Cross training is great not only for knowledge of other arts but also to improve your own too. And yes I am making assumptions on the video footage provided, but thats all I have to go on and to be honest it looks more like turning the frog into a Prince as opposed to having any practical use. I would suggest looking into the Thai, Filipino and Western Weapons fighting systems and the Japanese and Chinese weapons systems, groups that specialise in weapons combat and even though they may have a lot of differences they have one thing in common if done correctly, no waisted advertised movements which is all I have seen in the video clips provided.

    Swining two sticks? Yep it certainly is that, using two sticks correctly both as a form of combat and from the art side of it (which is also combat) it certainly is not I'm affraid.

    Sorry but I am only basing my opinions after 30 years of specialising in weapons and mainly in double weapons which is my favorite area.

    I am also a bit weary when I hear things like 'Only the instructor can tell us if the weapon is the correct size for me'. Yes there are certain aspects and rough rules to sizes for many weapons catagories but chosing a weapon for size and weaight is actually a personal thing, the instructor should be able to give you a rough guide, but you will eventually learn to find something that fits you and that you are more effective with within the range of weapons being used.

    And basing my opinions on the video clips offered I would say the instructor also needs to learn a little more about double stick applications as this is certainly not that, but rather looks more like a demonstration from an irrate Morris Dancer.

    Best regards

    Pat
     
  9. Pat OMalley

    Pat OMalley Valued Member

    The Video clip you put on page 4 with the so called Wing Chun, the drill the where doing was actually a bad version of Hubud from FMA and not Wing Chun, although the principles are similar in that Hubud is a sensitivity drill and an entry it is not Chi Sau and looks nothing like Chi Sau, that in its self made me very doubtfull of that actual claims of this system in that they seem to be plucking what they thought where some movements from another system but had no real understanding of the other systems they say they use.

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCWJVX7wzV8"]CNPREZ29meg.mov - YouTube[/ame]

    At 5:48 the single stick drill we see is a very bad version of FMA's Box Pattern (Sumbrada Drill) and at 7:48 the person defending against multiple attackers with weapons is to put it bluntly DEAD... From looking at the single and double stick portions of the video and the so called Wing Chun drill which is actually a bad version of an FMA drill, I would safely say the person who added this in to the curiculum has seen some FMA videos (because it is in vogue) and copied them missing the whole essance of what they are used for and how they are applied.

    Best regards

    Pat
     
    Last edited: Sep 20, 2011
  10. Pat OMalley

    Pat OMalley Valued Member

    I also Googled Tambo and this is what I found.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambo_(weapon)

    Dont sound anything like the OP described or what is in the OP's video's. Again makes me wonder if the instructor who included it has actualy any expeariance in the weapon it's self or is simply assuming movements and doing what he thinks it right?

    Surely a 32 inch stick would be more akin to a Jo as opposed to what a Tambo/Tanjo is described as being around 18 inches in length???

    Best regards

    Pat
     
    Last edited: Sep 20, 2011
  11. Chris Parker

    Chris Parker Valued Member

    Hi Pat,

    Yeah, I saw the Hubud similarities, but as it was labeled as "Wing Chun" in the clip, I was looking to what from WC it could be related to. The punching is very much Wing Chun (or an approximation, at least), and Chi Sau was the closest WC drill I could think of to what was being shown.

    With regards to the Tambo size in relation to a Jo or some other, Jo simply means "stick", but typically is used to refer to an approximately 4 foot weapon (50"); there is another item referred to in some systems as a Hanbo (literally: half staff), which is approximately 3 feet (36"), then you have Tanbo ("short staff"), which could be almost anything from a few inches to two feet or slightly over. Then there's weapons referred to as "Tanjo", similar to the Tanbo, but a different term used in some systems. I would suggest that the term is borrowed from Japanese terminology, the same as the ranking and other aspects, rather than being the specific weapon found in some Japanese systems.
     
  12. Chris Parker

    Chris Parker Valued Member

    Hmm, double post... now how did that happen?
     
  13. Pat OMalley

    Pat OMalley Valued Member

    which just reinforces the fact that all they are doing is plucking a few drills from other arts they have no understanding of. I think they have watched a JKD Kali video and assumed that because there is a WC base in it that the drill must be from Wing Chun? research before plagiarism is always a wise move. And they didn't do that. Quite frankly I would be asking for my money back.

    Best regards

    Pat
     
    Last edited: Sep 20, 2011
  14. monkeywrench

    monkeywrench Valued Member

    Yes, personalization is a factor. Weight and so on is left up to the individual. It's the length and width that have guidelines.
     
  15. ap Oweyn

    ap Oweyn Ret. Supporter

    Length and width have guidelines, but the weight is up to you?

    What about material? Because if you're all using the same material (e.g., rattan) and length and width are being determined for you, it seems like weight won't have much personalization to it either.

    Honestly, mate, they're just sticks. Get a rough sense for the length from someone your height in class then order a pair online.
     
  16. Smitfire

    Smitfire Cactus Schlong

    Compare and contrast.

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WoMgotN90I"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WoMgotN90I[/ame]

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G10jg28t2AI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G10jg28t2AI[/ame]

    One looks like he'd drop the weapon if he tried to hit someone with it.
    The other looks like he'd take your head clean off. Even with a stick. :)
    One understands combative footwork, angles, power generation, combinations and flow.
    The other...erm...erm...well...he can remember what move comes next.
    One has used what he's doing against someone trying to do the same to him.
    The other has not.
    I don't see the point in doing something badly when there are so clearly others doing it so much better?
    If I wanted to swing a stick then it'd have to be something pretty amazing to make me NOT do some form of FMA. And this Cuong-nhu just isn't amazing.

    Although I give this thread a thumbs up for that snake form where the guy looks for all the world like he's wafting a fart away. :)
     
  17. monkeywrench

    monkeywrench Valued Member

    That's what I did!
    :cool:

    And to settle the CN effectivness topic once and for all, I present...NINJAS!
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJr7MCSQotk&feature=share"]Cuong Nhu Movie - YouTube[/ame]
     
  18. Pat OMalley

    Pat OMalley Valued Member

    To be honest here mate I dont think it matters as from what I have seen they dont seem to know how to use them anyway and that's my honest opinion. They also dont seem to know which art they are taking from either as I see bad FMA being sold as Wing Chun? And bad FMA be sold as Kung Fu Weapons? But if the OP is happy doing it, thats good for him. Me personally I want to know what I am getting is the real deal and not just something added for the sake of popularity.

    Best regards

    Pat
     
  19. Pat OMalley

    Pat OMalley Valued Member

    WTF????? Are you sure???

    Sorry but I fell asleep waiting for the Ninjers to actually attack properly and fell asleep again waiting for the defender to complete each defensive move.

    Come on you cant be serious, If you beleive this is effective, no offence your guys need to get out in the real world, I have guys who have only been training with me a couple of months would look lightning fast compared to these guys and would be a dam sight more effective, As for my black belts, well comparing them to these guys in the video my guys would be so fast you guys would'nt see them move and I consider my guys to be reasonable fighters..

    Please tell me your joking???

    Best regards

    Pat
     
    Last edited: Sep 21, 2011
  20. Pat OMalley

    Pat OMalley Valued Member

    Last edited: Sep 21, 2011
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