I question how much "my sword spins faster than yours" one would do when a duel to the death impends.
Plus bonus points for use of the word 'mosey'.
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Betsy HP - Jan 09, 2006 9:40:04 am PST #6266 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Dana - Jan 09, 2006 9:42:16 am PST #6267 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I saw this duo at DragonCon this year:
They demonstrate stunt fighting techniques and make affectionate fun of several common tricks that look really cool on camera but would be really stupid in an actual fight. Highlander was mentioned more than once.
shrift - Jan 09, 2006 9:44:43 am PST #6268 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
They demonstrate stunt fighting techniques and make affectionate fun of several common tricks that look really cool on camera but would be really stupid in an actual fight.
Wasn't that the one where he said that a lot of the fancy moves they do (on Highlander, and I swear on SGA with the stick fighting) are essentially baton-twirling skills?
Dana - Jan 09, 2006 9:47:22 am PST #6269 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yep. That twirly move that Adrian Paul is so fond of, which presents no actual threat to an opponent.
shrift - Jan 09, 2006 9:49:17 am PST #6270 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
That twirly move that Adrian Paul is so fond of, which presents no actual threat to an opponent.
Sheppard is really fond of the twirly move.
Yes, this revelation has me giggling at my desk.
Betsy HP - Jan 09, 2006 10:05:41 am PST #6271 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
which presents no actual threat to an opponent.
Look! I can twirl my sword! Ph3ar me!
Betsy HP - Jan 09, 2006 10:08:34 am PST #6272 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I'm pretty sure you actually do use spins in one form of stick-fighting -- the Filipino discipline, perhaps? ita will know.
§ ita § - Jan 09, 2006 10:38:03 am PST #6273 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I haven't seen any useless ones in the Filipino stick fighting I've done--what might look like a twirl would actually be hitting your opponent or their weapon at some point in the arc.
Betsy HP - Jan 09, 2006 10:45:37 am PST #6274 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
That's what I meant to say -- that Filipino stick fighting spins are strictly functional.
Betsy HP - Jan 09, 2006 10:46:13 am PST #6275 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Sheppard is really fond of the twirly move.
Yes, but can he spin them in opposite directions?