How effective do you think a whip is in old-school combat?
It has speed, it has power, it def has momentum. Think about it though....
How effective is a spear?
It has distance and precision.
It is swift and tense.
NOW.....COMBINE the TWO! and you have an URUMI..... A whip-sword thing....
OBSERVE (actually....continue reading first..... then OBSERVE)
WARNING: NEVER............ (in a Chris Jericho voice).EVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVER
try this at home. Or at school. Or at work. Or in Prison. Pretty much, never try this anywhere, ever, unless you're well trained and experienced in sword-fighting
Seen here sporting virtually NO armor (except their bucklers) we have two EXTREMELY brave (or stupid....or more rationally.....two very WELL-TRAINED pros) gents lashing and hashing it out (or just bad-assily performing a demonstration.... IDK) it a super dangerous yet super Tapemeasuresque battle!
Hopefully nobody lands a hit, tape measurers hurt.....imagine something DESIGNED TO EFF YOU UP
QUICK LIL HISTORY LESSON:
"The urumi (Malayalam: ഉറുമി urumi; Tamil: சுருள் பட்டாக்கத்தி surul pattai, lit. curling blade; Sinhalese: එතුණු කඩුව ethunu kaduwa; Hindi: aara) is a sword with a flexible whip-like blade from India. Originating in the country's southern states, it is thought to have existed as far back as the Maurya dynasty. The urumi is considered one of the most difficult weapons to master due to the risk of injuring oneself. It is treated as a steel whip,[1] and therefore requires prior knowledge of that weapon. For this reason, the urumi is always taught last in the Indian martial arts. The word urumi is of north Keralan origin. In the state's southern region it is more commonly called a chuttuval, from the words for coiling or spinning (chuttu) and sword (vaal).[1] Alternative Tamil names for the weapon are surul val (curling sword) and surul katti (curling knife)." -Wikipedia
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