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This is the world record for the most
martial arts sword cuts in one minute
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My name is Alex Gaffroy. I come from winning Switzerland. And a challenge like
this record is a test for both the swordsmen, but also for the blade he wields
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Hi, I'm a plate smith. He forged a
sword, especially for this record
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It's a lansax, Ai. Specifically for this world record attempt,
Alex had to use rolled-up rice straw mats as his target
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The density of such a mat is
to approximate that a fledge
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My personal goal was 100 cuts. I set myself a pace and
I tried to maintain that speed during the whole minute
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minute. I also had to get a lot of stamina
to get through this minute with the muscles
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take that challenge as well. I think that was the
main goal. Training involved many cuts. It was
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a practice for me, but as well for two minutes.
I made with him about 600 cuts through different
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materials. Rito had to sharpen the sword just one
time before the attempt. And I think that was a great
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He was sold for his skills as a blacksmith as
well. And another important point was the technique
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Short, quick blows that were intense enough
to cut through the mats in the right place
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The marked sectors were a point we
had to get to achieve the record
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Four. Three, three, two, two, eight. Woo-hoo
