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Re: Blog Thread IIIb : Look Who's Blogging Now
VonKleist:
Also you make me feel that my social life is moving at the speed of a meth-addicted sloth :)
Get some Aspirin+, the kind with vitamin C and some form of ephidrine in it and then try not to collapse at some point!
Akima:
--- Quote from: Jace on 09 Jan 2013, 21:20 ---I use a 39" sword so I have range over anyone not using a polearm or spear pretty much (I have the longest sword and the longest arms of any fighter at practice).
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I will make no comment about the appropriateness of your forum avatar... :-D
Is that the overall length, pommel to tip, or the blade? I am guessing it is the blade if yours is exceptional, since the longest taiji swords are around 38"-39" overall, but have blades only around 32" long.
Jace:
Oh, its overall length. But most guys use something in the range of 30-32" overall length.
I'm like 2 chromosomes away from a chimpanzee. My forearms are about 2" longer than they ought to be for someone my height.
Akima:
30"-32" overall would be very short for taiji sword, especially for a guy. My jian is about 34.5" overall with roughly a 28" blade. That is fractionally too short for me according to "the rules", but it is the closest standard size.
Liu Bei, hero of Romance Of The Three Kingdoms and all-around legendary good-guy, is famous for his long arms, and for being a deadly swordsman.
Papersatan:
I've been sick for a few days now with a head cold. Yesterday my tonsils got all swollen and sore and patchy. This afternoon I woke up with a twinge in my ear and knew things were headed down hill. I got a lot of ear infections as a child and I could tell one was coming. I managed to get to the university clinic just before they stopped accepting new patents at 4 pm and then sat there for two and a half hours. By the time the Dr. saw me, my ear was throbbing and congested.
Glad I trusted myself and went when I did. I would not have been pleased waiting another 18 hours to start antibiotics.
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