This video is an excerpt of a match between Dragon Sword Black Belt, Jim Graham, and Master Mikel Steenrod. The video is made up of sequential still photos shot at 1/20th of a second. Both are fighting using a sword and an inverted knife for control and defense.
In the first part of the video, Mr. Graham scores a disabling hit on Master Steenrod in an exchange that took approximately 0.5 seconds.
In the second part of the video, Master Steenrod scores a head hit on Mr. Graham. The total exchange covers 1 second. Of special note is the distance covered in the last two frames, where Master Steenrod goes from opening to delivering a full blow. The distance and full blow is executed in under 1/20th of a second, as the motion itself is not captured on film.
It should be noted that experts of Dragon Sword are also practitioners of slo-vision. This is a mental discipline that means that the blows, while barely visible to outsiders, appear slow to the practitioners.
