THE SAI EXPERIENCE: PART 3

THE SAI EXPERIENCE: PART 3

December, Christmas day, I felt so excited because I saw a box with the shape and size of the sai, I just couldn’t wait to open it, sadly we usually take turns to open the presents; I was the last one sadly. When I opened them, nothing could make me happier that moment, I just wanted to hold them forever, that same second my parents told, “hey, be very careful with those, they are extremely sharp, watch out” I just told them that everything was fine, I could handle them.

Weeks after, I started to practice using these new sai, the first time I spun them, I did it perfectly, the second time, well, the flew off my hands, what a disaster! The sai that fell to the floor fell from the sharp end to the floor, so It wasn’t sharp anymore. Later on I got a new pair of sai, these were also Elektra sai, only these were wrapped in some wicker string, these were exactly like the ones on the film.

This is my current sai collection

THE SAI EXPERIENCE: PART 2

THE SAI EXPERIENCE: PART 2

During the learning stage, I found out that the sai I had order online, were about 15 inches long; not really what I wanted, but oh well. The learning stage was kind of difficult for me because I had no instructor to guide me, just the video and common sense. At first the sai kept falling off my hands or they flew off my hands. Once, one of my hand nails got hurt because the sai fell over it, my nail got purple and it hurt all day.

  

After all the basic learning processes ended, I realized that the pair of sai I had were not really enough for me, so I researched for more of them, and I found out that I could own a pair of the ELEKTRA™ Marvel film sai. I lashed with excitement when I found out! I had an advantage point to, the holidays were near, and so I asked for a pair. I was so excited and nervous at the same time because I didn't know if I would get them or not. These were very expensive because these were a pair out of 2000 made, so of course they had to be over valued. 

THE SAI EXPERIENCE: PART 1

THE SAI EXPERIENCE: PART 1

Sai, they are Japanese weapons, which are knife and sword-like weapons. The longest Sai are 20 inches long, these are lethal weapons they were usually used only for killing. The Sai has three blades, one in the middle and one on each side of the middle blade.

 

For years I have admired these weapons, because they look so elegant and beautiful, also because they are really cool. About nine months ago, I finally had the opportunity to own a pair of Sai. At first I thought they were pretty heavy, but after a while they seemed light weight because I got use to them quickly enough. Later that week I got them, I researched the net for Sai lessons, I found a lot of tricks that could be performed with said weapon. I must say, I had quiet a lot of accidents.