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Announcement: We currently do not have any regional distributor. Every Realistic Sparring Weapon bears the logo below as identification.



 

Official blog (Chinese only) : RSW(擬真兵器)研究室

 

Official activity organiser (Chinese only) : 龍德體育學會

 

 

13th March 2013

Added custom made master grade viking axe, professional grade chained twin sickles and an European single handed sword, made for Singapore customers to the photo album.

 

 

6th March 2013

The second European Longsword Swordsmanship trial class: 5th March, 2013

Added a custom made smallsword and dagger to the photo album.

 

 

15th January 2013

Added a report of the Ancient Combat Association, the 7th private tournament at the official blog (Chinese only).

 

 

19th October 2012

Master grade products:
We have tested a new padding material extensively for months and finally ready to announce it. The new padding provides a much longer endurance for shock absorption ability than the original padding we use, diminishing the need for re-padding. It is especially important for overseas customers where it is inconvenient to send the RSW back to us for re-padding.

 

The new padding is heavier in weight, though, so it is not suitable for every model we make. If you are interested in purchasing Master grade products, just shoot us an email.

 

 

3rd October 2012

Lancelot Chan was mentioned in the following article, which was based on a real life visit made by the writer of Mongoliad, Cooper Moo in 2007:

 

Sword Fight on a Hong Kong Rooftop

How Neal Stephenson and I stopped bashing each other with sticks and learned real swordsmanship. 

 

20th August 2012

Added a report of the Ancient Combat Association, the 6th private tournament at the official blog (Chinese only).

 

 

18th July 2012

Added photos of a custom made two handed Chinese war Jian, weighting 3lbs 6oz.

 

 

16th July 2012

Added photos of a custom made two handed Chinese war Jian, weighting 4lbs 13oz.

 

 

 

28th June 2012

Added a report of the Ancient Combat Association, the 5th private tournament at our activities

 

 

Added a photo of a custom made Russian Shasqua in the album. The hilt was made longer to accommodate a hand wearing sparring glove. 

 

 

11th May 2012

Some photos of Hanwei Russia Shasqua, a pair of steel gauntlets and Hanwei Bamboo Mat katana, which were ordered on behave of our customers.

 

 

22th February 2012

Ancient Combat Association has held the 4th private tourney. Click the image below for the details.

 

 

 

16th February 2012

Shown below was a custom made cup-hilt cut and thrust sword, as one of the gifts for our dear customer who had endured a series of unfortunate events.

 

 

 

17th January 2012

Ancient Combat Association has held the 3rd private tourney. Click the image below for the details.

 

 

 

1st January 2012

Happy new year! We have added a new product Chinese Miao Dao.

 

 

 

11th December 2011

Our Battojutsu customers in Germany demonstrated sparring with RSW .

 

 

 

21st November 2011

Ancient Combat Association has held the 2nd private tourney. Click the image below for the details.

 

 

 

24th October 2011

Ancient Combat Association has held the 1st private tourney. Click the image below for the details.

 

 

 

17th October 2011

Shown below was a triple padded European Two-hander with flexible tip to increase safety as well as durability, which has now become the standard option for the model.

 

 

 

10th October 2011

Shown below was a custom made odachi and a custom made katana.

 

 

 

8th June 2011

Shown below was a custom made Dadao for Howard.

 

 

 

7th June 2011

Shown below was a custom made katar with rapier / cut and thrust blade for Rick Cox.

 

 

 

28th April 2011

Added a new activity Taiwan RSW organizer Exiel's visit.

 

 

 

Added a new video of cutting pork arm with Chinese swordsmanship.

 

 

27th April 2011

Added a new activity Test cut at Toyama Ryu Dojo.

 

 

 

10th March 2011

Added Philippines distributor to the Regional distributors list.

 

 

18th February 2011

Our Singapore distributor conducted a public sparring demo.

 

 

 

10th February 2011

Our Taipei customers made an impressive promotional video for their activities.

 

 

 

28th August 2010

Added a new activity : The visit of Mankit Li from USA.

 

 

 

2nd August 2010

Added photos of the naval cutlass RSW .

 

 

 

28th July 2010

Realistic Sparring Weapons was featured on RTHK programme Gimme5.

 

 

 

21th July 2010

Added photos of the cup-hilt saber RSW .

 

 

7th July 2010

Added photos of the Bagua Dao RSW .

 

 


14th June 2010
Realistic Sparring Weapons's part in RTHK program "Kung Fu Legend".

 

 


7th June 2010

Realistic Sparring Weapons was featured on Commercial Radio Hong Kong.

 

 

 

14th April 2010

Realistic Sparring Weapons was featured on a local television program of TVB.

 

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Current items pending completion: 1 pc to local / 3 pcs to China / 1 pc to local / 2 pcs to Singapore / 1 pc to local

 

Welcome

Have you ever consider the possibility of fighting like the warriors in the past, where you battle your friends with the historical weapons, as if you were fighting for your life? There would be no rules restricting where and how hard you can hit. You'll do whatever you can to stay alive. This is made possible for the first time by Realistic Sparring Weapons!

 

If you want to join the action and feel the thrill, head to Activities.

 

Selected Testimonials

Absolutely loving the new japanese swords, Lancelot! Your craftsmanship is excellent-- and the realistic quality of your swords for sparring and martial arts practice is in my opinion unmatched. I just hope we have no problems with the local law enforcement because they look kinda real from a distance! HAHA.... Be well!

- Jason Berger on 4-8-2012

Lance, the sabres custom made to model after Hanwei Beile Dao with modification arrived today. I'm very impressed with them. These looks a lot more professional and better made than the standard Dao I last ordered. They feel light to hold but when you move them they feel more very substantial like a real sabre. Perfectly balanced and the handle is comfortable. Stabbing techniques were improved with the straight profile blade. Well done and thank you.

 

- Cuong Sam of Three Peaks Wudang Taijiquan on 28-5-2012

 

Grant and I have been playing with those Germans swords you've made for us, and I have to say that I am really pleased with their performance. We also slicked them up with baby oil as you suggested, and it worked great! A little too well, to be honest; I have picked up bad habits from the way my regular wooden swords grab each other. It was nice to be able to fight with an SLO (Sword Like Object) that has something like real balance. Well done.

 

-Jay Noyes of Avalon on 7-9-2004
 

Everyone is thrilled with the swords. Last night really opened up their eyes to what's like to really fight. Big smiles and laughter all around. You could easily notice the shift in style after each fighter got hit - no pain, no restricted targets? Amazing!

-Anthony Boyd of Haidong Gumdo on 14-10-2004

 

  Realistic Sparring Weapons Steel Weapons Bokken / Wasters / Wooden Weapons Fencing Gears / Aluminum Weapons Shinai (Kendo Bamboo sword) Chanbara / Air-soft Weapons
Estimated Cost

Helmet with face mask and padded gloves are required

A set of armor is required***

 A set of armor is required***

A set of armor is required***

A set of armor is required***

Helmet with face mask is required

Real Weapon Shape    
Real Weapon Size    
Real Weapon Weight        
Real Weapon Balance        
Full Contact Full Body Targeting Safety*        
Historically Accurate Techniques**  
Endurance > 100 duels*      
Blade with Discernible Edge(s) and Flat    
Non-Cylindrical Grip    

* Measured under the circumstance where only helmets with face mask were worn, sparring with full speed and no pulled blows.

** Includes but not limited to parry, block, slide, bind and wind.

*** Armor for steel weapons sparring is the most expensive that can cost several thousands US dollars. Armor for waster, aluminum weapon and Shinai sparring cost less. However, with the armor worn, unarmored combat cannot be simulated accurately.

 

 

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