Swords!

[przed]

This morning at 6 a.m. I was out back of my dojo slicing open bottles with a katana. Really!


Once a year, the teacher who does weapons training at my martial arts school brings in his real katanas and lets everyone have a go at trying to slice milk cartons and plastic bottles full of water in half. It's harder than it looks. Make contact too hard and you just dent the bottle. The trick is to slice as soon as your swing connects.

It took me a couple of tries, but I managed to cut one very nicely in half.

Here I am holding the (very, very sharp) katana.


Lining up to take a swing.


Missed it by that much.


Success!

Comments

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Oh fantastic! No mercy to the milk cartons, that's what I say.. :D It looks very satisfying.

[przed.livejournal.com]

It was satisfying, if a little bit scary. The swords were very, very sharp, so you had to be very careful not to go swinging them around with people nearby, and to pass them off to the next person in a very controlled, regimented way.