Realistic Sparring Weapons - About The Crews

A victim of rheumatoid arthritis since 1987. He's the eccentric guy who started it all back in 1992 when he came up with the idea of dueling with his friends Ben and Max with the safety weapons. Always a truth seeker and extremely keen toward realism, he studies antique swords and historical swordsmanship of various cultures. He had also done numerous experiments with real swords of different designs along the years, such as test cutting on the targets that simulate human flesh and bones and incorporate his findings into Realistic Sparring Weapons combat.

He practices European medieval swordsmanship personally and has publicly held his activity Sunday Butchers (the former incarnation of Realistic Sparring Weapons combat) since 1998. He's a Mixed Martial Arts supporter and has no prejudice against any martial arts. That's why Sunday Butchers was opened to all styles. Through the 5 year he had faced various opponents from different martial arts background, such as kendo, fencing, kali, kung fu, etc. They came from different locations such as Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and USA. Some visitors were friendly and some were not. Nevertheless, through the challenges he had proved his skills as a proficient swordsman as well as demonstrating the prowess of European medieval swordsmanship in Hong Kong for the first time. He had dispelled the belief that European medieval swordsmanship was crude and primitive.

Somewhere between 2001 and 2002 he was invited to hold a seminar about historical weapons to a group of adolescent RPG players and write column about the subject in a suspended game magazine before. From 2003 to 2004, he had received two interviews that involved the subject, one from Cable TV (Hong Kong) and the other from Australia Broadcasting Company.

Besides swords and swordsmanship study, Lancelot is also a composer and a story writer. He has published a book and a music CD so far, namely "Nightstalkers". He's a member of CASH. That's why he joked that he's a bard born in the wrong time and the wrong place.

By Ynorka 2004/09/15

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