firecat: damiel from wings of desire tasting blood on his fingers. text "i has a flavor!" (Default)
[personal profile] firecat
This is a sword dance by Titos Tsai.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2QyjrFBujg

I didn't know sword dancing was a thing, but I'm not exactly surprised. This is humans we're talking about. We will do anything with anything.

I know zero about swords so I mostly look at it and think "pretty."

Some of the fannish characters I'm writing about know a lot about swords and it feels like they're crowding to the front of my head to appreciate it.

Here's another one, where he juxtaposes the sword with a calligraphy brush. This one tells more of a story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRmwnpLQdIM

Date: 11 Jul 2020 06:00 pm (UTC)
trascendenza: ed and stede smiling. "st(ed)e." (Default)
From: [personal profile] trascendenza
That was gorgeous!!

Date: 11 Jul 2020 10:06 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] bitterlawngnome
There's also a Scottish tradition, although it's completely different ... dancing _around_ swords, mostly.

Date: 12 Jul 2020 02:44 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] grammarwoman
If AtlA ever adds a new talent, I nominate this guy's sword-bending. :)

Date: 29 Jul 2020 03:15 am (UTC)
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This was enjoyable to watch, although I admit I looked at it and went "ah, it's rhythmic gymnastics, with a sword!" Even though it is not actually that, but my brain is saying that the training for that could be done with a similarly weighted pole and probably would be seen as something in the realm of such.

Date: 29 Jul 2020 07:11 pm (UTC)
silveradept: A kodama with a trombone. The trombone is playing music, even though it is held in a rest position (Default)
From: [personal profile] silveradept
If "know" means "have occasionally watched this sport when it is on an Olympic broadcast or similar", then I suppose so, but that knowledge is definitely not rooted in having done any of such things.

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