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Re: (TFT) Hackers

Jay,
I'm not sure about velocity. As far as impact goes, it certainly does matter what you are wielding. If you're wielding rattan, even the size of the rattan can make a difference in the impact. For fun, check out the clips at www.dogbrothers.com If you move up to hardwoods- ooooo, look out. "Death Matches" were fought with hardwood sticks. Of course, if you substitute a bolo/pinute/kampilan/barong, well...things get interesting. However, remember that some Japanese samurai preferred the wooden training sword to live steel in a duel and would even prevail with their wooden bokken/suburi. Wood is not as "fussy" as a steel katana. Miyamoto Musashi, in his last duel, killed Sasaki Kojiro using only a wooden sword. The two opponents lunged at one another and struck. Kojiro's live steel sword, the legend goes, cut the head band on Musashi's head while Musashi's wooden sword crushed his Kojiro's skull.
As far as number of strikes, I think it depends on the style. With larger chopping type of blades, you're going to be slower and your strikes are longer and heavier. With shorter blades, or maybe curved blades too, your patterns/strikes will be in smaller circles and faster, so more strikes. With these you're cutting more than chopping. 

Aidan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Carlisle" <selfinflicted_wounds@boardermail.com> 
To: <tft@brainiac.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: (TFT) Hackers
Thanks Adain, ALWAYS happy to gather a bit more info for the collection. Some of the weired questions you run across in the course of research can have answers in the ODDEST places. 
My actual margin note is...
Kali Sticks
3ft
6 blows per sec (action time lol)
90MPH velocity
The Philapines (actually how I spelled it LOL, I'm sure y'all noticed I can't spell well anyway but occasionally my stupidity tickels even ME) held thier own w/sticks vs. swords and bayonets etc. 
Does this sound in the ballpark to you?
on a side note with the Hackers thing has anybody read this one? His history goes back to the MIT model railroad club back in the 50s. According to his entomology (I've heard a couple of others, my impression is that this one is like where was the Cocktail invented? Depends on the city in which you ask... anyhoo) the guys who worked on the switching systems and wireing underneeth were the first hackers. What I found intresting was the description of 2 distenct "types" of people; the hackers underneeth and the modelers up top, comming together to make the hobby work. I have some thoughts about how this analogy applies to RPGers but I'd be curious to hear y'alls thoughts. 



----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Roseberry" <paleryder1@verizon.net>
To: tft@brainiac.com
Subject: Re: (TFT) Killing Joe
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:30:15 -0500


"Traditional" filipino escrima sticks are generally sold at 28"
length. This is roughly the common length for bolos and machetes,
even a Roman gladius or japanese wakizashi, so probably a
shortsword or cutlass sized weapon in TFT. Some Americans are using
longer sticks (36") on account of the fact that Americans are, in
general, taller than Filipinos. Some escrima styles use much
shorter sticks (20") and knife sized sticks at 9" (handle and blade
together). The change in size based on height is common like with
the Japanese jo-staff, which is measured from the armpit.

Aidan




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