Bay Point California
12/13/2016 Single Whip posture with weapons
Normally, the shield is worn on the left arm and it would be useful there in this stance to block the enemy's descending blow, but it would have looked much less dramatic so ... Unfortunately, while picturesque, it effectively eliminates any counterstrike from your right hand. The Yin Yang Daggers (shown to the right) are very odd weapons. In practice a downward strike by the enemy can do one of several things: (1) miss the dagger to your right and hit you (not good); (2) slide off the innermost portion of the semi-circular section and hit you (I regret to report the volunteer taking whacks at me never entirely missed me when I held the dagger to the left of my centerline); (3) strike the semi-circular portion very close to its middle and bounce back upward; (4) slide off the outermost portion of the semi-circular section and usually bash my little and ring fingers; (5) slide off the outermost portion of the semi-circular section and hit the triangular section or simply hit the triangular section directly; (6) miss the triangular section completely or (7) pass between the semi-circular and triangular sections and miss my fingers. This last means I had, during the heat of combat, due to superior training, kept my grip far from the triangular section. Pay no attention to my right hand's position ... Speaking of the right hand, after it has parried the low blow it may be possible to use the dagger to slice back across the enemy's thigh, but this will be a forward gash as opposed to a more powerful backward slash. I conclude the Yin Yang Daggers are rarely seen for a reason.
Normally, the shield is worn on the left arm and it would be useful there in this stance to block the enemy's descending blow, but it would have looked much less dramatic so ... Unfortunately, while picturesque, it effectively eliminates any counterstrike from your right hand. The Yin Yang Daggers (shown to the right) are very odd weapons. In practice a downward strike by the enemy can do one of several things: (1) miss the dagger to your right and hit you (not good); (2) slide off the innermost portion of the semi-circular section and hit you (I regret to report the volunteer taking whacks at me never entirely missed me when I held the dagger to the left of my centerline); (3) strike the semi-circular portion very close to its middle and bounce back upward; (4) slide off the outermost portion of the semi-circular section and usually bash my little and ring fingers; (5) slide off the outermost portion of the semi-circular section and hit the triangular section or simply hit the triangular section directly; (6) miss the triangular section completely or (7) pass between the semi-circular and triangular sections and miss my fingers. This last means I had, during the heat of combat, due to superior training, kept my grip far from the triangular section. Pay no attention to my right hand's position ... Speaking of the right hand, after it has parried the low blow it may be possible to use the dagger to slice back across the enemy's thigh, but this will be a forward gash as opposed to a more powerful backward slash. I conclude the Yin Yang Daggers are rarely seen for a reason.
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