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More biners!!!
Here is some of what a few of us are training in our bando training these days. Bando is a catch-all term for the "martial arts" of Burma...empty hand, edged weapons and stick weapons.
One of the edged weapons of Burmese bando is the dha...a sword. We have worked a good bit of single dha in the past...working on double dha now. It's a good exercise for concentration that at times requires being able to focus attention on multiple places/actions at the same time to keep the blades from clashing with each other...or yourself. The body has to build in recognition of allowed pathways for movement combinations that are safe and functional at the same time.
Working on the smooth for now...as the movement becomes more thoughtless the activity becomes more meditational...a good way to bring the focus down to one or two nitty-gritties. Kind of like in a tree when the world narrows down to the few feet around you where nothing encroaches on concentration except the immediate task at hand that you had better get right.
There are 3 main categories of bando....combatives (actual applications of blows, holds, throws, chokes, etc.), athletics (sport, competition) and aesthetics. This dha work is 60% aesthetics, 30% combative and 10%....don't have a term for that yet.
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One of the edged weapons of Burmese bando is the dha...a sword. We have worked a good bit of single dha in the past...working on double dha now. It's a good exercise for concentration that at times requires being able to focus attention on multiple places/actions at the same time to keep the blades from clashing with each other...or yourself. The body has to build in recognition of allowed pathways for movement combinations that are safe and functional at the same time.
Working on the smooth for now...as the movement becomes more thoughtless the activity becomes more meditational...a good way to bring the focus down to one or two nitty-gritties. Kind of like in a tree when the world narrows down to the few feet around you where nothing encroaches on concentration except the immediate task at hand that you had better get right.
There are 3 main categories of bando....combatives (actual applications of blows, holds, throws, chokes, etc.), athletics (sport, competition) and aesthetics. This dha work is 60% aesthetics, 30% combative and 10%....don't have a term for that yet.
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