http://tinyurl.com/qhehqww IS THE BASEBALL BAT A GOOD WEAPON? 棒球棍是好武器吗？ Big Stick Combat Blog, December 18, 2009 at 8:57 pm ------------------------ 译者： 这篇文章来自「Big Stick Combat」网站（http://bigstickcombat.com/）。 网站主持人是丹林．库克（Darrin Cook），他的习武经验如下： Kabaroan under GM Ramiro Estalilla Modified Tapado under GM Mike Vasquez Combat Eskrima Maranga under GM Drigo Maranga 丹林．库克致力於推广棍棒武术用在强身与自卫上，并且每年都会前 往菲律宾研习。 ------------------------ I used to regard a baseball bat as a weapon of last resort, even though I knew that Americans have relied on the baseball bat as a weapon for a century or so. 我过去习於将拿棒球棍作为武器当成不得已的选择，虽然我知道美国 人仰仗棒球棍作为武器已经超过一个世纪。 And not just Americans have used the bat as a weapon –because of a surge of crime in Great Britain, British citizens recognized the baseball bat as an effective home defense weapon in a country where few people can legally own guns. Unfortunately, British hooligans also began arming themselves with baseball bats, too. 而且不只是美国人习惯将球棍当武器──由於在大不列颠的犯罪浪 潮，不列颠公民们也承认在一个很少有民众可以合法持有枪械的国 家，棒球棍是一种有效的居家自卫武器。很不幸地，不列颠的足球流 氓们也同样开始用棒球棍来武装自己。 -------- 译注： 作者所言不假，英国流行板球远胜过棒球，所以棒球棍原本并不普及。 在这篇文章完成之後的2011年伦敦暴动时期，英国Amazon网站的金 属棒球棍销售量一度暴增达6,541%，同时期其他木制棒球棍销售量也 增加超过2,000%甚至3,000%。 http://i.imgur.com/RO0VISd.jpg 这是当时的Amazon网站截图。 -------- I also know that my teacher, Modified Tapado GM Vasquez, regards the baseball bat as a very serious threat, even though he is not worried in the least about the types of sticks that are so common in the Filipino martial arts. 我同样知道我的导师，改良塔巴朵（Modified Tapado，一个菲律宾武 术现代门派）武术大师马斯奎兹（Vasquez）将棒球棍视为一个非常严 重的威胁，即使他很少担心那些在菲律宾武术中非常普遍的手杖棍。 Even though I had played baseball as a boy, the baseball bat felt uncomfortable when I picked it up and regarded it as a weapon. You may feel the same way, especially if you train in the martial arts. But I know, and I think all of us instinctively can sense, that a guy swinging a 28-inch stick with one hand is at a huge disadvantage against someone like Alex Rodriguez swinging a baseball bat with both hands. 虽然我曾像个男孩一样的打棒球，但在我拿起棒球棍作为武器使用时 并不感觉很舒适。你可能也有同样的感受，特别当你受过武术训练时。 但是我也了解，而且我想我们都会本能地感受到，一个用单手挥舞28 寸手杖棍的家伙在对抗一个像艾力克斯．罗德里奎兹（Alex Rodriguez，A-Rod，美国职棒大联盟强打者）般用双手挥舞棒球棍的 人时有巨大的劣势。 In time, as I trained with the baseball bat I began to see its advantages as a weapon. Here are a few: 现在，当我训练使用棒球棍，我开始发现它作为武器的优势，以下是 其中一些。 1) A Baseball Bat Has Stopping Power. Filipino martial artist Al Cuizon has a saying, "Can you drop a rabid dog with one strike?" If you can't stop a dog with one strike, what makes you think you can drop an adult male weighing several times more, especially if he is on drugs? I think that we would all agree that if you had to stop someone cold, even a crazed assailant on drugs, a baseball bat can do the job. 1)棒球棍有迫阻力：菲律宾武术家阿尔．修森（Al Cuizon）曾说：「你 能一击放倒一只恶犬吗？」如果你不能一击阻止一只狗，是什麽原因 让你认为你可以放倒一个重上好几倍的成人男性，特别当他们嗑了 药？我想我们都同意，如果你必须冷酷地阻止一个人，即使是个嗑了 药的疯狂袭击者，一根棒球棍可以办到这工作。 2) A Baseball Bat Is a Two-Handed Weapon. A baseball bat is designed to be wielded with two hands, resulting in greater power. I realized that part of my discomfort with the baseball bat was because I had exclusively trained with sticks rather than clubs, and I was used to gripping sticks with just one hand. 2)棒球棍是双手武器：棒球棍是被设计来用双手挥舞，好产生更多威 力。我了解到我不习惯棒球棍，是因为我专门受训在使用手杖棍多过 棍棒，而且我很习惯只用单手来握住手杖棍。 3) The Bat Hits Harder in Close. This seems counter intuitive –after all, everybody knows the counter to a baseball bat is to move in close, inside its power zone. But because the bat has its weight concentrated at one end, that end can hit harder with less windup. In tight quarters, you can snap the heavy end into someone's face and hit harder than if the weight of the bat were evenly distributed throughout the bat's length. 3)棒球棍在近距离打击较强：这听起来违反直觉──毕竟每个人都知 道要反制棒球棍就要移动地更接近，进入到它的威力范围以内。但因 为棒球棍的重量集中在它的一端，所以这一端可用很少的挥动就造成 更强烈的打击。在紧密的距离，这胜过一支重量平均分散在其全长上 的棍棒，让你可以更有力的将重量端冷不防砸在一个人脸上。 --

※ 发信站: 批踢踢实业坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 210.209.155.84 ※ 编辑: NKN 来自: 210.209.155.84 (11/12 21:50) 迫阻力是美国军警跟防身业界常用的用语 跟楼上说的差不多 意思是一个攻击命中时阻止一个人行动的能力 原本是用在讨论子弹打中一个人时有无足够威力能确实将他击倒 因为发生过警察开枪命中犯人之後 嗑药的犯人依然能够开枪还击 射杀警察的案件 迫阻力这个名词才出现 并广为讨论 ※ 编辑: NKN 来自: 210.209.155.84 (11/12 22:27) 最常见的改造法是将木制棒球棍打上长钉　然後将钉子头剪掉削尖 卢安达大屠杀期间类似此种构造的当地传统武器曾经杀害数以万计的人 ※ 编辑: NKN 来自: 210.209.155.84 (11/12 22:35)