| Failing to keep a
long tassel off the ground. In the context of sabers and swords
and the measurement of pain, our students (small sample, but
with firmly held opinions) expressed a definite preference for shorter
tassels, white or red flags, and stiffer (quieter) blades.
Oddly, no seems bothered by the small red tassels with their
mute bells (visible to the viewer's left of my head in the right
image). So far, we are reluctant to remove the three-edged or
four-edged tips (visible in the left image to the viewer's right
of my left hand) as the balance point of the weapon changes. I
have recently (November 2020) discovered successors of the Chu
Gin |
