Can anybody give me advice about weapon sparring?

what equipment do you use and how effective are they? I like to know more about practicality and safety.Can anybody give me advice about weapon sparring?
It depends on what kind of weapon you are talking about and


what kind of sparring you are talking about.Can anybody give me advice about weapon sparring?
For a while back in high school we would go all out with weapons sparring. I had several wooden bokkens and me and my friends would beat the crap out of each other with them, smashed fingers, knots on the head, everything. It toughens you up big time, but to be honest, it's not for everyone.





You didn't really mention what weapon you're seeking to practice, though, so it's difficult to give you advice. If you are practicing Kendo, get some padded bokken or shinai from any number of martial websites out there. If you really have the money to blow, search Kyoshi Dana Abbot, I'm pretty sure his website has a link to this kind of padded weaponry he sells, it's cool but expensive.
the type of weapon sparring greatly determines the equipment you need.





for instance, if you are training with knife fighting- the impact is not as harmfull (from a sparring with a hard rubber or wood replica, not the real thing- obviously) so all you might need is a mask or means to protect your eyes (goggles) and of course a cup.





when you get into larger weapons, sticks, bokuto, wasters (swords) then you are going to AT THE VERY LEAST (a cup goes without saying, and getting some boxing groin protection in addition to is also not a bad idea) need head protection and joint protectors.





you can get huge welts on your arms and legs, but if you take a hard shot to the knee or elbow- well odds are that can cause permanent damage.





if you are practicing with steel (and even wood hard contact) you MUST have more.





see the benefit about weapons training is that you dont' have to argue if you would ';feel'; the hit- if its with a sword are you stupid enough to say you wouldnt' feel it? same with an escrima stick- you'll feel the concussion from your bran matter bieng bashed all over the floor- well no you would be dead.





you need a HELMET the type depends on the type of weapons you are talking about, you need knees, cup, and elbows, and GLOVES if you don't want your fingers broken, the stregth of them depends on the type of weapon. for throat you can get those attachments that hang down off of a hockey helmet but a specific throat protector is better, for a good self-made substitute get some neck bacees and strips of leather and put the leather strips in the neck brace (abof teh foam) and tape it tightly so the foam and width of the brace reduces in size to about half of what it is- you might have to remove some foam but its basically a cheap and good protector.





you might also want to wrap it in cheap cloth so when it gets smelly you don't have to throw out the whole contraption.





for any sort of thrusting involved (sword) you will want to protect your sternum and collar bone (heavy contact).





modified sports equipment works best and you can finally also put to use that oversided men's girdle often referred to as a ';weight belt'; that probably did you more harm than good in the gym, but makes a great peice of secondary protection in weapons training.








EDIT: are those those black plastic foam covered sticks?





those are ok, but are significantly lighter than a straight bladed jian. with the exception of thrusting you can go without much padding. however I do see your throat concern as the ends of those are not covered. perhaps this sounds stupid but you might be able to tape one of those foam balls to the end and tape over it or condense some pool noodles to give you maybe an inch or so of protection for thrusting-





I still wouldn't reccomend ever going without a throat guard.





EDIT2: I wear largely modified hockey pads and hockey equipment suppplemented by customized gloves and gear.





we regularly work out with wasters and steel however so its a bit more protection required than you are.





for what we do with padded 2h wasters we use helmet (light fencing helmet will do, provided it gives some top of the head protection and jis not just a face shield), cup, elbows and knees light gloves (lineman's gloves), neck protector and something to guard the sternum.





for what you are using, single hand you can probably go without the sternum guard, but it depends on the thrust protection and hardness of the end of the foam stick- If they are the ones I'm thinking of, there is no padding on the ends.

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