Below is a link to an interesting article by Young Forest Filipino Martial Arts on why rattan sticks make a good training tool, and how to go about processing raw rattan into something that is functional for hitting with- <\/p>\n
“Anybody who practices Filipino Martial Arts quickly comes to love the burning smell that rattan gives off during training, but there\u2019s a much larger rationale to using rattan than just a smoky aroma.<\/p>\n
To the uninitiated, the choice seems to be a needless expenditure. Why not just go down to the hardware store and pick up some hardwood doweling or PVC piping? Broom stick? A stick is just a stick right?<\/p>\n
Actually, there are several reasons to choose rattan, and the overriding concern is safety.”<\/p>\n
Check the link below for the rest of the article:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.youngforest.ca\/en-ca\/siling-labuyo-arnis-and-filipino-martial-arts\/why-use-rattan<\/a><\/p>\n (Reproduced under fair-use and with credit)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Below is a link to an interesting article by Young Forest Filipino Martial Arts on why rattan sticks make a good training tool, and how to go about processing raw rattan into something that is functional for hitting with- “Anybody who practices Filipino Martial Arts quickly comes to love the burning smell that rattan gives off during training, but there\u2019s a much larger rationale to using rattan than just a smoky aroma. To the uninitiated, the choice seems to be a needless expenditure. Why not just go down to the Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[43,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5297"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5300,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5297\/revisions\/5300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}