I was one of those role players last month.
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netw0rkpenguin said: It would be good if our own personal training knives were allowed once they were checked. I bothered to get a trainer for the 2 knives I commonly carry specifically for classes and practicing with friends, so leaving that behind for a foam generic 'knife' made it less useful
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I have drone knives, too. We use soft knives because hard knife replicas still get us hurt. The goal isn't to give the Practitioner an opportunity for a sparring event. It's to present him with a thinking problem; present him with the opportunity to see the problem as it evolves; and allow him to evaluate for himself if his training regimen has given him the skills to deal with those problems.
It's not about winning. And none of that requires exact replicas of our carry gear.
KMcL,
We'll be there Saturday. Looking forward to meeting you. If I see an e-mail from Skip between now and then with the lecture topic and any required special gear, I'll share it here.
Edit - we don't use prop OC. We've found it etches and scars the plastic on the safety shields, and still causes reactions to occur in some folk's eyes.