Getting a beginners Rope Dart Tutorial | Doug Swift Loves Kung Fu
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- čas přidán 23. 04. 2019
- For a while, I have quite liked the idea of learning a Kung Fu Weapon but they have all looked a bit dodgy for my back. Rope Dart is probably the best option for me as it's less energetic than most of the weapons. Less twisting, jumping and smashing. I roped my friends Angeliki and Olivia into getting a beginners Rope Dart Tutorial and to show me the ropes : ) We went through a few of the simpler techniques and the did a bit of target practice too
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I have be honest I have swung a Rope Dart before, this wasn't a completely fresh start. I've sold them in my shop for the last 15 years, so now and again I've picked on up and swung it about, but nothing serious. It was fun being shown Rope Dart although it was freezing cold and super windy. Definitely got another thing to practice now.
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I used to do this with a tennis ball at the end. I got quite good with it too. After hitting my siblings and parents several times it was confiscated
Haha fair enough, maybe letting hitting next time and then you may be able to keep it
Tennis ball is actually pretty good when you're just starting in my opinion. It doesn't quite have the heft that you'll need to get used to but it helps a lot with just getting a feel for the motions.
Make a new one
I made a trainer with paracord and the barrel plug of a paintball gun...
I used a stone on mine
*GET OVER HERE!*
I didnt think about that
Scorpion is arrive 😁
Scorpion.......Wins!!!!!
MK.
Had a feeling someone was gonna say it 😂
*subzero wants to know your location*
I have never looked up anything regarding Rope Darts.... but Im okay with this
it took me the entire video, and then looking at the location, to realise this whole thing happened like 20 minutes walk from my house. trippy.
OOO you should come to my class, I'm thinking of starting one in the new year.
@@DougSwiftLovesKungFu That works out pretty well, my new years resolution is to start a martial art.
2020 taught everyone Kung Flu
@@xxdogsouljaxx damn
@@DougSwiftLovesKungFu that aged horribly, quarantine and all.
I made my own just to practice, it is so satisfying smashing targets other than myself with it. Thank you for the video as I am learning alot more about it
Yeah loads of fun, keep the the training!
How did you make one?
@@jeffmorlen6504 It looks on me right on the screen here, Xolette has some idea (czcams.com/video/RivBQxTVxYg/video.html), basically monkey fist. Seriously, don't go with any hard weight at first because I did today, clocked my shin and my dick and it was very unpleasant, 0.5kg piece of steel can land like Thor's hammer.
@@DougSwiftLovesKungFu did you learn the frist move from the intro ?
The amount of skill that these two have is astounding. And the speed at which he picks up the basics of this unusual weapon also seems very impressive.
Yeah man, the girls are good, they train really hard
guy: "lazy man's weapon"
girls: *visible disaproval and disgust*
Speak for yourself, I’m a girl and rope darts sound f’n awesome!
(Meanwhile my boring ass is just sitting over here with a spear)
ROPE SPEAR.
@uncletigger CZcams is a horrible reference though lol. But spear does NOT beat sword. Person beats person. Both weapons can very effectively destroy each other. Especially if one persons intent is to destroy their opponents weapon to disarm them.
@uncletigger This post feels like a literal shit show. Army reserves means nothing here. And a year of kendo doesn't mean much. That is about 1-2 belts worth of training traditionally. Saying that your bokken (regardless of stance) was "impossibly fast" is pretty BS. Especially considering they are about the same weight (bokken vs butterfly blade). If he couldnt strike you and you could him then i guarantee it had nothing to do with experience or length of weapon. He was just simply unskilled. And if he couldnt get his guard up, well another huge proof he was unskilled as guard should be maintained at all times ESPECIALLY with butterfly blades.
Spear vs most swords comes down to the people using the weapon. ANY person using a METAL sword vs a WOODEN haft on a spear can damage the spear enough to render it useless. The goal when using a shorter weapon is to wear down the opponent using a longer one. Or destroy their weapon. All longer weapons are more susceptible to damage that renders them useless in contrast to smaller weapons built for durability.
As for your reference to using shiai with a bokken to counter butterfly blades, did you see that somewhere? Army reserves dont train with bokkens, and most kendo schools dont until after 6 belts. And uhm, butterfly blades counter ANY katana stance beautifully. Especially considering they are designed for a significant defense that would destroy the edge on 90% of katanas. And completely obliterate a bokken.
20 years of martial arts and a blacksmith here. But again that experience means nothing. In weapons training, if you actually ever do any, one of the basics is training against weapons of various lengths.
In short everything you said is BS or stems from opinions of someone with no actual training
@uncletigger I am so sorry that i was rude to you. Someone who is clearly full of shit regarding subjects that have clearly been pieced together by a lack of knowledge. For if you had been knowledgeable you wouldnt have spelled out all of this detail trying to convince someone that already called you on your shit. Anyway on to the response.
That wall of text is sickening when its full of so much BS. As you so eloquently put it "Child", your story is made up. Claim facts all you want. Your shinai wouldnt be near fast enough even with range compared to a trained martial artist with butterfly blades. ESPECIALLY when the mass of your training came from the shit the Army reserves teaches. So somewhere is a whole lot of BS. Be it you or this "trained" flatmate.
@uncletigger Btw, cheeky little person from a race of women looking men is INCREDIBLY rude as well as hatefully racist. Not that it bothers me in the least seeing as we are likely of similar nationalities. Seeing as how I am european, native american and irish. But by all means, i will get fucked, means even less coming from someone as full of shit as yourself
Me: [swing, swing, swing, swing, *clUNK*]
dies
You forgot the ahhhhhhhhhhh!
@@euhandrake434 insert Wilhelm scream here
MalevolentMee Productions I would probably poke my own eye out some how
MalevolentMee Productions well ouch
i'd either lose my teeth or crush my nuts, great to watch though
Haha yeah I think so too, have to be super careful
I’ve been interested in this since I saw Jackie Chan swinging a horseshoe on a rope, but Tonfa are still my fave.
"So basically u put it on your neck and then panic tryna get rid of it" 😂😂
I never thought I would ever find such an amazing tutorial, that is positive reinforcing of my favorite Naruto weapon. When Gara becomes a teacher, and you see feel the compassion he has for his student, it gets me misty eyed just thinking about it. “I used to be the kid that wanted to pick up the heavy club (or Mace 😉) A Chakra fill ty to all involved.
Scorpions dart special moves need to be these... not just "get over here!!"
Haha thanks man
He actually does a bunch of things with it now.
Have you played mk11?
Mk11 more improve About Dart Rope now.
Death spin was my favorite move
I really appreciate pointing out the proper posture use here . Having the stark difference helps me learn easier . Thank you!!
I'm seriously impressed if this was genuinely your first go at it.
Imagine this but full speed in a fight, so badass
You ever played mortal kombat? It's not 100% realistic, but cool nonetheless. Scorpion uses it and it's been his main weapon since the 90s.
So great to see more ropedart and especially target practice on the internet. Love it
The target practice was lots of fun, and quite addictive. Could definitely get into that, leave some of the fancy twirly stuff and just get accurate and more power!!!
First time ever watching your video and I am impressed. You're such a fast learner!
It's a very awesome weapon! I've trained and learned (still learning) 9 section chainwhip, which is often seen as a prerequisite to rope dart. Learning Rope Dart now, and it's like a snake that'll attack you if you don't do it right. 😂😂
Very awesome video, thanks for sharing!
Yeah it just can't help itself smacking you where you least expect. Comes around from nowhere
this is like YOYO extreme
With a little more chance of a hospital trip
Lol
Yo-kwon-do
@@DougSwiftLovesKungFu Nah hospitals wouls steal your kunai with chain
I think I'm gonna try making one of these. This looks fun.
I think the neck bit is to prevent enemies from grqbbing the dart, since you can pull it closer and shorten it all at once.
Black hoodie was embarrassed at first but as soon as she started showing off her martial arts that embarrassment went out the window
Great watch
lots of times martial arts are used to build self confidence.
This video is pure gold !!!!
I've certainly flicked a dart around a few times. It's fun as heck.
hope she keeps practicing and gets casted into a movie
Haha I'll tell her to get auditioning
Kill bill had a weapon sort of like this, if anyone remembers, except on the end was a mace... with steel spikes I believe. Now THAT'S a destructive toy
@but why The slim one
Finally got into this today! Been watching Bruce lee movies since a kid and learned how to use nun chucks. Gotten pretty good at them with both hands and wrist rolls. Started today with a jump rope but decided to make a legit one since the jump rope was stretchy and sticks to you. Used some 3/8” power cord and tied the end to an old skateboard wheel. Siiiickkk. Finna try these tomorrow
wow! the first move(intro) is suuuper !! I wanna learn it
Intros like that are the reason I follow sum that catches your eye quick
Saving this for later. Thinking of switching some LED poi into an LED rope dart. This looks fun to practice
Would love to see more rope dart videos from you like this. Really enjoyed it.
Even tried to reach out to the guy about custom rope dart head but never heard back.
Hi Psyren, I'll do another at some point, I'll have to finished the form they showed me at least, and it was fun smashing stuff too. Watch this space. Also I'll see Bert tomorrow I'll give him a nudge for you.
@@DougSwiftLovesKungFu Awesome can't wait to see it. Just got started back into practicing rope dart and have rewatched this video a lot to help me back into the basics. Keep up the great work. Appreciate that, I messaged him on facebook.
In watching this, look more like trying to learn the meteor hammer, though the Dart and Hammer have similar styles if not the same. None the less good practice.
That was awesome
10:30 Was the perfect "get over here" moment
Once you practice enough, I'd LOVE to see you doing fire dart. It really is way too much fun. Just make sure you find some training in fire performances first though. Lol
This looks like excellent training for going fly fishing!
Ahh this takes me back TwT
I have been using this weapon for like 2 yrs ago and I still haven't forgotten how to use it, tho I don't have the same stamina like I used to TwT
Ok, I will for sure follow you if you will train and learn this weapon and art😊. I would love to learn it myself, so when you get more into this, I hope you will show us some tricks, tell us what to do and not, small details and so on🙏😁✌
Pretty good video, now in this Quarantine I want to learn this ans actually I'm becoming familiar with the basics
Glad it was helpful!
I hope you are enjoying Kung Fu. I just found your channel.
It appears you already did what i have not, actually made it to shaolin.
Hey man, from your sub it meant I found your channel too. Looks like you've been making videos for ages. Not sure how I missed you. I love going Shaolin, it's really good to go and train there. Although I train in a school down the road now.
I would love to come and have a practice with you guys. I started with Meteor Hammer technique a fews years back, but never found anyone to practice and share skills with, especially nearby in Brizzle!
Hi Xanth, was thinking about setting up an open training session in the new year. Getting lots of Kung Fu people together and training their own stuff. I'll probably put the details out on my Facebook page when I get it organised.
Late to the party but MAN that was so cool!
All of you really made that look so easy :D
And i reckon that even the spinny stuff has it's combat purposes, even if it's just for intimidation.
A really nice and elegant weapon to learn!
came here from a Modern Rogue video and they assumed that it helps with defence along with keeping the momentum and potential energy of the weapon high.
@@codyhess7749 Seeing how they could launch an attack from pretty much every angle and with every limb i can definitely see that.
You're basically faced with a windmill that could leash out at any time and you never really know when and from where.
Super cool vid
I dont know if it's combat effective, but damn it looks so cool. And definitely lethal. Damn
Even with a bad back, many of the other weapons can still be practiced without twisting forces onto your back.
The forms we see in “forms competition” are choreographed to look good.
To do that, they sweep the staff left & right through quite a wide angle.
Depending what you want to learn weapons for. If just for practice, and possibly turning everyday objects into useful weapons in times of need, you don’t need to sweep the staff that way.
In fact, one concept in martial arts is efficiency & conservation of energy.
So once your staff is moving/rotating, you generally want to keep it rotating in that same direction until you diverted the direction elsewhere, or you Fa Jing into an explosive strike. (and the energy is spent & gone)
When we rotate WITH the staff, we are not fighting its motions. There should not be “twisty energy” exerted on our spine.
(Same reasons that kick combo’s tend to move in a direction that connects easily from one to the next, not changing direction needlessly.)
He’s quite a natural at it. Impressive stuff. 👍🏻
Hey, thanks man, got a lot fo work to do. Need to get on it
Kinda wanted to see a full version of the beginning clip
I'll pull it out, see if I can find it
Looks very much like how I used to do yoyo tricks as a kid.
Im using this with a back stratcher stick and a rope from my pants
Works pretty well
Figure 8 is my favorite spinning in every weapon that I use
This looks awesome and scary at the same time
Good video thank for tutorial 😉
Hello, wasn't meant to be a tutorial ha ha only for myself I guess. But glad it was useful all the same. Just just my friends having some fun with the Rope Dart. I did really like it though. Definitely like to keep it up
This is your coolest video yet. Makes me want to try rope darts, except our nearest head injuries unit is too far away!
Ha Ha head injuries are a real concern, as are all-other-parts-of-the-body injuries. Apart from ruining my back so I'm in!!
You can use styrofoam with a weight inside for a good swing and ductape around it to keep it from crumbling into pieces 😉
Yeah nice, smart!
I've actually made a LARP boffer version of the meteor hammer with a somewhat small steel ball trapped in a monkey knot and then covered with an icosahedron made from thick EVA foam for extra safety. It worked great and I never managed to hurt anyone with it
I hope to see this more on Castlevania S4.
Am I the one who grew a new found appreciate after seeing how to really use these. And the Eagle head rope dart is one of the coolest things I’ve seen
Yeah man, the eagle head is amazing!
So Awesome :)
Thanks 😄
This is very cool. Just started to learn recently... how was your journey?
DOUBLE COOL!!
Pretty cool
I started with a shard of obsidian tied up with Paracord and upgraded to a water bottle on Paracord. Started practicing every day with that water bottle
Now i have the idea to make one😉
I've always been interested in cane but I never see anything for it.
Amazing
Cheers thanks
I remember when I was little and made my own rope dart (ignoring the “don’t try this at home” warning). I was so happy when I actually hit something with it
Making your own rope dart is the best! so much fun
Good job
I was waiting for him to say “get over here…” MK fan :D
well done done ^^ helped me with 4 moves ^^ let's keep going y'all
Hey Man, that's great. Glad it was useful. Keep up the practice
@@DougSwiftLovesKungFu for sure :3 it's so much fun right now :D really brings me through the winter :D
If you wanna do this but are scared of getting hurt you can make your own practice one using a marble some fishing string and something to put the marble in so you can tie multiple knots to keep the marble from flying out or off the string
awesome!!!
Was lots of fun, but not for the lettuce!
I’m more of a swordsman..feels like just yesterday I was a kid swinging a stick at the weeds and bushes around my house and practicing my swordsmanship ahh how the time fly’s
Even though i used a chain whip to fight I actually learned some stuff from this 😅
That's good, glad it was useful. Didn't intend it as a tutorial video ha ha just me learning a new weapon and having fun with friends.
Never before had I thought self-defense could look so relaxing.
Yeah exactly thats why I like it, have a breather while still training
I have a question of foot strikes. When I kick the rope, the dart mostly hits my upper part of the kicking leg or rolling my leg. So how can we fix this issue? Thank you so much.
get some throw bags used for arborist they come in 8oz-20-oz lead shot filled bags with a built in ring. alot safer for practice than a steel sphere smashing body parts
Oooo good tip, i like it
Yes very good i like your sympathique vidéo .👍👍🙏
He makes it so easy xD
Everybody gangsta till that thing smacks them anywhere lol
Scorpion will be impressed
Thanks for this nice video! I built a rather safe training device using a rope and a tennis ball. Works nicely. Now, I need to train... :-)
Thanks Michael, I always found tennis balls are too light. Almost harder to use, but then a shot to the back of the head is much softer
@@DougSwiftLovesKungFu Indeed, they are very light. But with a relatively thin rope (~4mm paracord) it gets some reasonable speed...at least for me :-)
@@DougSwiftLovesKungFu I found that "throwing tree bags" used for landscaping work are perfect weight wise and are relatively safe. They can weigh between 200g- 300g (my brass meteor hammer head is 250g) and consist of a rubber pouch filled with beads. It's very forgiving if you make a mistake because the force spreads out when it hits an object (my shin stung a little, but no bruising).
me:"mom,i want yoyo!!"
mom:"we have yoyo!!"
yoyo at home:.....
If only😭
I really want to try this thanks to a character of mine
Great instruction video! I will definitely follow along some of those exercises!
If only there was a way to practice this without injuring yourself and destroying everything around you! ;) But no, I don't see any other way than to use a hard metal ball or pointy dart as weight. :)
There's loads of ways! My friend @bodydevelopmentuk makes rope balls that are knotted up into a Chinese puzzle. Looks a bit like a dog toy. They work really well. and I know some people put a tennis ball over the rope dart. Lots of options for less injuries
@@DougSwiftLovesKungFu The Monkey Knot..
also a tennis ball with two cuts loaded with coins or Sand then a rope threaded through the holes, Tied off and wrapped in tape can make a nice practice meteor Hammer that wont break your face.
Great video.. and nice job on learning so quick..
Does it stack up to Indian Jones, like when that whip guy come out for a fight and he just shoots him lol
I have questions...where did the Rope dart originate from? Was it just one place or multiple?
Ez money I used to do this all day with a yo-yo 😹
The name checks out.
Dude ur such a fast learner
Scorpion is blushing !
Me after learning that: get over here!
I would like to see this in full combat mode/practical application.
Then,watch ejen ali the movie.There is one female character that using meteor hammer as her weapon to attack her opponents
Me: "I wanna learn the rope dart!"
Me: *see's this video* *changes mind*
Chain whip and roap dart are the same so what is it he is trying to say ?
Do you do Taijiquan? or Xingyi or Baguazhang? I'm thinking that they're less nasty to the back.
I do a little Tai Chi for fun, but nothing serious. Just when I'm in the UK. and yes very good for my back. Xingyi and BaGua would not be so good. Too much stamping in one and too much twisting in the other
I’d be like get over here!
I love ropedart... my favorit weapon...
Yeah it's a good one, so much fun. Until the shin smacking of course
@@DougSwiftLovesKungFu haha.... for first time will be have couple little injury
you did great for first time
Thanks WIlliam, i've got to keep up the practice though. Keep getting distracted with other things. haha
Aye fr tho don’t try this at home I did a few years ago and almost smashed my head😂
Yep, smashed head is a big possibility everytime, along with smashed shins, elbows, and pretty much every other body part.
Definitely do it at home. Over and over and over again until you start to smash your head less!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
For men, a smashed head is the second worst thing to happen. At least youll black out. A low blow would leave you basically catatonic for who knows how long...
@@DougSwiftLovesKungFu agreed especially those parts of your anatomy you might be really fond of and are more prone to pain and damage more than others...
Yo, im gonna make one of these
It's pretty easy to make a rough one, not too much work
How much does the rope dart weigh
I constructed a rope dart with 550 cord and a bbq fork. My wife on the other handed was very upset at the amount on holes I've placed in the sheet rock. I've been forbidden to craft anymore "homemade" weapons
That sounds terrifying, the flying fork and the angry wife!