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- Waster abstract "A waster is a practice weapon, usually a sword, and usually made out of wood, though nylon (plastic) wasters are also available. The use of wood or nylon instead of metal provides an economic and safe option for initial weapons training and sparring, at some loss of genuine experience. A weighted waster may be used for a sort of strength training, making the movements of using an actual sword comparatively easier and quicker. Wasters as wooden practice weapons have been found in a variety of cultures over a number of centuries, including ancient China, Ireland, Scotland, Rome, Egypt, medieval and renaissance Europe, Japan, and into the modern era in Europe and the United States. Over the course of time, wasters took a variety of forms not necessarily influenced by chronological succession, ranging from simple sticks to clip-point dowels with leather basket hilts to careful replicas of real swords.Used commonly in the modern historical martial arts reconstruction community, the term refers to wasters fashioned to resemble western European weapons like the longsword or arming sword. Historically, the term "waster" was used in English to refer to cudgels or clubs used as weapons, in addition to wooden swords. The increasingly popular historical martial arts reconstruction groups, as well as the live action role-playing and renaissance festival groups, have provided an ample market for commercial waster retailers. As the martial art has grown and academic interest has risen in weapons other than the longsword and arming sword, other types of wasters have been produced commercially.The concept of wooden practice weapons is not limited to the Western martial arts. Some Japanese martial arts involving swordsmanship, such as kenjutsu and iaido, use bokken or shinai as practice weapons. Eskrima, a martial art from the Philippines, also uses a type of rattan stick as a practice weapon in place of a blade. The martial art of singlestick is more or less entirely derived from the use of wasters as practice weapons in place of broadswords.".
- Waster thumbnail Wasters.jpg?width=300.
- Waster wikiPageID "1520322".
- Waster wikiPageRevisionID "602223383".
- Waster bladeType "Wooden; lenticular or diamond cross-section with blunted edges and tip".
- Waster caption "From the left: arming sword, longsword, rondel, longsword, falchion".
- Waster hasPhotoCollection Waster.
- Waster hiltType "Wooden; generally cruciform and full-tang, with functional pommel, cross, and oval cross-section grip".
- Waster isBladed "yes".
- Waster length "Longsword: 42 - 50 inches Arming Sword: 32 - 42 inches Dagger: 17 - 19 inches".
- Waster name "Waster".
- Waster origin "Western Europe".
- Waster service "Late Bronze Age to current. Rare after the late 1800s.".
- Waster type "Practice Weapon".
- Waster usedBy "Soldiers and Students".
- Waster weight "Longsword: 2 - 3 pounds Arming Sword: 1 - 2 pounds Dagger: 0.5 - 1 pound".
- Waster wordnet_type synset-weapon-noun-1.
- Waster subject Category:Swordsmanship.
- Waster type Device.
- Waster type Weapon.
- Waster type Product.
- Waster type PhysicalDevice.
- Waster type Weapon.
- Waster type DesignedArtifact.
- Waster comment "A waster is a practice weapon, usually a sword, and usually made out of wood, though nylon (plastic) wasters are also available. The use of wood or nylon instead of metal provides an economic and safe option for initial weapons training and sparring, at some loss of genuine experience. A weighted waster may be used for a sort of strength training, making the movements of using an actual sword comparatively easier and quicker.".
- Waster label "Espada de madeira".
- Waster label "Waster".
- Waster sameAs 목검.
- Waster sameAs Espada_de_madeira.
- Waster sameAs m.057msp.
- Waster sameAs Q875755.
- Waster sameAs Q875755.
- Waster wasDerivedFrom Waster?oldid=602223383.
- Waster depiction Wasters.jpg.
- Waster isPrimaryTopicOf Waster.
- Waster name "Waster".
