Malibu Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 I would say if not handled properly, it could cause some damage to your body parts......gloves are a must when catching those babies.....so I've been told. The blades look flimsier and much narrower than what you see most guards using. Anyone out there familar with these, please chime in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBrancheau Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 Ya learn something new every day! If you don't, you must be dead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCVAlumniGuard Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 I spun those Spanish Sabres in SCV. Much different than the covered white short sabres. All metal, hurts like #### if not handled properly. Now that I've used those, I'll never go back. I spin...not twirl. My 2 cents on some of the vocab that aren't used properly...'practice' and 'rehearse' I hear people using the word 'rehearse' when there's nothing to rehearse. The show has not been written , etc. In that case, you just practice. Just something that bugs me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castguy2003 Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 As any metalurgist will tell you, you can't make a good, body hacking (isn't that the real purpose) blade out of stainless steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malibu Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 I spun those Spanish Sabres in SCV. Much different than the covered white short sabres. All metal, hurts like #### if not handled properly. Now that I've used those, I'll never go back.I spin...not twirl. My 2 cents on some of the vocab that aren't used properly...'practice' and 'rehearse' I hear people using the word 'rehearse' when there's nothing to rehearse. The show has not been written , etc. In that case, you just practice. Just something that bugs me... Hmmm.....that is interesting and something that I will keep in mind. It kind of goes along the same lines I've been saying on my judge's tapes this year in winter guard......"some guards look well rehearsed rather than well trained." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Diva Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 I don't know, but I'm guessing they are "Spanish" sabers becuase of the ornate scroll work etched into them...but I could be wrong. Regardless, I would spin it, not twirl it! As for "silks".....I didn't know this was a 60s/70s term....I still call them silks when referring to them being sewed/constructed......it would never be a banner.......silk or flag, yes, banner, no. RIfles/riffles/guns are perfectly acceptable by colorguard members who know what they are talking about....Guns is NOT acceptable from the common clueless layperson! on the subject, to you "toss" or "Throw" your equipment????? or in the case of rifles, huck and chuck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMichael1230 Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 I SPIN...I don't "twirl" yech !! that word is for bad high school guards or drum majorettes...... ~G~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCVAlumniGuard Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 RIfles/riffles/guns are perfectly acceptable by colorguard members who know what they are talking about....Guns is NOT acceptable from the common clueless layperson!on the subject, to you "toss" or "Throw" your equipment????? or in the case of rifles, huck and chuck? I use both 'toss' and 'throw'. Funny how I never pay attention to these terms until now. Personally, I use 'chuck' for rifles, and 'toss' for sabre. I don't know why. Maybe the word chuck is more masculine and that's what a rifle symbolizes to me. It's a manly piece of equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byline Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 It's funny, but I don't have the same negative reaction to the term, "twirl," that many folks here seem to. (And I've actually marched in a band that had twirlers.) The way I look at it, color guard has borrowed a lot from baton twirling. Certainly, some of the finest guards--Blue Devils and Miller's Blackhawks are two that come to mind--have drawn on their baton twirling background to enhance their equipment work. Some really wonderful innovations in flag and weapon technique came directly from twirling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacolorguard1 Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 The first thing I teach my guard is we SPIN!!! Majorettes twirl. (and complain, and whine.....can you tell I don't like them??? :P ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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