Thought I'd share.

A friend who's a martial arts puff by day and security guard by night saw me reading this thread and exclaimed "now were talking" immediately when he saw this picture.

Originally Posted By: kevingg
obviously there was lots of heartburn over my original lanyard with the 1.5" ball. this approach is a little more subdued; each 3/4" monkeys fist is a fob for individual keys. Also shown in tan is one "fob" with a 1" monkeys fist. combined with a heavy carabiner the whole end weighs just over 12 ounces. This is my keychain, it was made with a 3 strand braid. the manrope knot looks a bit different but works the same way.



So I asked why and he said the longs ones make a large arc, easy to pick and parry by reflex. Just grab the long line and you've basically disarmed your opponent, but the short one (according to him) produces 80% of the momentum of the big one, cannot be grabbed and is a lot more difficult to spot quick enough to parry.

I assume he pulled the percentages from his ... hat. Sure, longer radius of an arc reduces speed the ball travels that arc, but I still can't be bothered to try to figure out the math of skull crunching.

And I'm jealous of your knot making skills. Mine always end up twisting or uneven.

-jh