Here we go (my story): When I was 8 years old, I joined the martial arts school im Madurai, India. My grand father knew a local martial arts teacher Named Guru Surya, he was 55 years at that time. He was well known as master of Double Urumi, and a man of great heart. He had a grand daughter named Gouri, she was about my age and had training for 1 year at the gurukul (dojo). I was nervous because I didn't know anyone at that place, but fortunately I met four of my best friends after several days. It was the third week of class and my friends told me something kind of strange. There was tradition that all new members after one month of going to this school must have a formal fight with the best fighter of their age group. They told it was Gouri, master's grand daughter. So, to put it bluntly, I got my butt kicked by her in the staff fight . I was so embarrassed because I lost to a girl infront of every member of that school . Believe it or not, my own best friend (Haruki) was kind enough to video tape that fight for me and so everyone who saw me kept laughing for ever. This was my most embarrassing moment . What is your most embarrassing moment? But anyways, I was finally able to find some pictures of the sword called Urumi (actually it is Urumi 1 because there are three of them, this is sort of easy comparatively). So check it out:
Urumi 1: http://www.pondichery.com/french/ka...yat/epeemou.jpg
South Asian (Indian) martial art weaponary (just a few):
http://forums.obsidianent.com/lofiv...hp?t1255-0.html
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