Budo international Martial Arts Magazine Jul.-Aug. 2014 | Page 70

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most common objects as if they were real weapons, which
is the main objective of martial training. The use of
traditional weapons also strengthens the structure of the
body and improves motor coordination capacity.
The Hwa Rang Do ® identifies the different trajectories of
attack and defense to be performed with the dagger. The
idea of having to "draw" trajectories with the knife during
practice is very useful for the study of the first weapons and
permits managing and remembering potential weapon
applications without having to interact with other
practitioners (initially a source of possible accidents).
In the exercises, we recognize the linear, circular, crossed
and wave trajectories. The first trajectory forms a straight
line between the starting point and the target (a typical tip
move), both horizontal and vertical; the second makes a
curve, following the shape of the limb that holds the
weapon (typical, for example, in cutting techniques); the
third trajectory combines two, three or more times linear
and / or circular trajectories in order to obtain a large
number of combinations capable of defense or attack, of

tip or edge, up to eight moves in a row; and finally, wave
trajectories basically carry out a