Welcome to Norm's Training Blades.
Quality to Match Your Style!
The
New Training Blades are Here!
7/13/08:
The Filipino Kali DVD Volume 1 is
here. This is the first instructional video released by Guro Kevin
Seaman on the Filipino Martial Art of Kali. More information can be
found
here.
5/20/08:
We are pleased to announce the arrival
of the new Sharkee Open Folder. This is another version of the
popular Sharkee sparring knives. This one is based off of the
design of an open folder which is a very common knife design to come
across or carry. More information on the Sharkee Open Folder can
be found
here.
Coming
Soon!!
We are currently working on creating a downloadable
catalog. While this is still a work in progress, we believe that it
will be well worth it when it's done.
So check back often as the new training blades will be
listed soon.
Here at Norm's Training
Blades, we believe that you should train with the most realistic
safety equipment possible. To this end, we work towards
making high quality training blades for very reasonable rates.
You're not going to find wooden swords or rubber knives at this
site. Instead you'll find aluminum training blades ranging
from a small knife design, to medium sized blades, up to the
length of aluminum training swords.
Why aluminum training blades,
why not wooden swords or rubber knives? The answer is one
learned from experience and with logging in countless hours of
training with various types of equipment. Wooden swords or
knives have a nasty habit of splintering after only a couple of
times of being used. Even with exceptionally light
contact, they wooden blades will still splinter after a while.
No matter how good you are, you can never really bang with a
wooden training blade because splinters have a habit of flying
off of wooden blades.
Rubber knives pose a different
issue. You can actually train a little harder with them
than you can with an aluminum training blade. The issue
that arises from rubber trainers is that they don't have any
real ability to offer resistance. In other words, if you
try to stop a training blade with a rubber knife, it's going
to bend. This results in unrealistic training methods
which can lead to a false sense of security. For me, that
is something that is totally unacceptable.
Aluminum training blades are
light, fast, and yet at the same time, very durable. At my school
we are constantly banging around with the training blades and every now
and then I'll go through and sand some of the burrs down. The
training blades are great for this since aluminum is a softer metal.
This means that even though dings will appear in the blade from contact,
it won't really sharpen itself from contact like other metals will do.
And since aluminum is a softer metal, it's a little more 'forgiving'
than other metals would be. For instance if an aluminum training
blade catches you on the knuckle, you get a scratch or a sore knuckle.
If it's a steel training blade, there's a good chance that it's going to
open you up requiring more than just a band aid. Now even though
I'm going on about the use of aluminum training blades, keep in mind
that when you use these or any training equipment for that matter, you
have to still be careful. No matter what you use, the eye is no
match for any piece of training equipment. And I'll be the
first to admit, last year I broke a knuckle on a training blade from a
mistake that I made.
How I got into making training
blades is a little story of it's own. Originally I purchased
various training blades through different makers that were out there.
The one site made excellent training blades, but you had to wait 3
months to get them. Needless to say, I wasn't a fan of paying for
something and then having to wait that long to get them. Then
around the holidays, I found some training blades on ebay and bought
them there. When I got them, I was kind of let down by the quality
of the training blades. The positive side though is that it got me
thinking. I knew that I could make a better quality blade and that
maybe there was a market to which I could cater to that would also fit
well into my routine. So after talking about it to my teacher for
a bit, I decided to start making some training blades for the school.
And since then, it's grown from there. Now the rest is history.
Disclaimer:
By contacting me
for the purchase of training blades, you agree to release me,
Norm's Training Blades, and any affiliated association or
individual from any liability of injuries sustained while using
the training blades purchased from Norm's Training Blades.
The buyer also assumes all responsibility for possible injuries
sustained to another individual while using the training blades.
Contact Me: You can use the
following link to contact me with any questions or comments that you may
have.
chris@normstrainingblades.com
Phone: (315) 882-3619
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