The double blade has a massive advantage over single sabers
We found the single has to work twice as fast and most defences by single actually assist the double in attacking
N thank you making the full outfit but a practical version to fence ( with lightsabers)
Will start a thread on that when I get a little more time
I look forward to seeing more.
But I also disagree that the double blade has a massive advantage. You can only attack with one blade at a time, and while blocking one end can push the other towards you assisting the Saberstaff in an attack, there's a very limited number of angles that attack can come from. Against a Saberstaff the most important thing to realize is that you don't need to keep track of both blades, which is what most people try to do. You need to realize that if you know where one blade is, you automatically know where the other one is, and at any point while one is swinging towards you, the other is always moving away from you.
While I have not sparred single Lightsaber against Saberstaff, I have sparred extensively with single bokken against bo staff, which is much more challenging, since the staff user can use the entire staff.
This issues I have with the techniques in the video are these (and these are my
opinions, they are not meant to be taken as me saying you're doing it wrong or anything like that):
1) I personally hate raising my weapon much above my forehead, and I rarely raise it that high. It's asking to at best get cut across the stomach, or at worst, be cut in half. Or my preferred target, you'd lose a leg if you're lucky, or I'd hit what I usually aim for in your femoral artery if you're not lucky.
2) I find that crossing my arms that much, with a sword or staff is asking for trouble, since you then have to "unwind" yourself. Now that unwinding can become attacks in their own right, but getting that twisted up is awkward at best, and at worst your opponent avoids your attack or blocks to the opposit side and locks you in place with your arms twisted. You can try to push your way out, but there have been so many times when my opponent has tried that only to push my blade into themselves.
3) Follow through with multiple strikes is good, but if the first strike is blocked or parried, then where do you go, since your second and third strikes are no longer possible?
I've always found it amusing that in the Star Wars universe, the Saberstaff was considered to be too much of an offensive weapon, when its greatest strengths lie in it being used defensively. While you can only attack with one blade at a time, and doing so moves the other blade away from your opponent, you can block and push/parry your opponents blade defensively, allowing you to bring the other end around as you push your opponent's blade away. In that case, your opponent's blade is moving away from you, while your other blade comes in.
As I said, I do look forward to seeing more, since there is a shortage of Saberstaff combat information, and if you're anywhere within a couple hours or so drive of me, I'd love to get together to spar and see how our experiences compare.
