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Kyoketsu Shogee - Roughly translated: to run about in the fields
and mountains. |
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The chain is about 12 feet long – we find it has a tendency to
get tangled. You should definitely plan to |
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practice outdoors or, if indoors, well away from anything
breakable. There is something to be said for |
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using rope. The smaller ring (leftmost at the bottom) is about
1″ in diameter. As bought, the larger ring |
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(middle) is 4″ in diameter. We prefer the much heavier ring (to
the right). The blades (top) are 14″ long |
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overall. We experimented with three spins: |
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/1/ forward to the side |
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/2/ backward to the side - both either in a vertical plane or in
something of a x-shaped or butterfly shape |
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3/ more or less overhead like a cowboy lasso. |
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We found spinning or throwing the ring to be much easier to
manage than throwing or spinning the |
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blades. If we included this in the wheelchair curriculum as a
substitute for a long weapon we would |
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almost certainly shorten the chain (or rope) - probably by
as much as six feet. |
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