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We used to fight kites when I was a kid. Bamboo frame, shield kites, really maneuverable. We’d line the first 20m of string with a mix of glue and ground glass.
by samudrijan 3mo ago
We used to fight kites when I was a kid. Bamboo frame, shield kites, really maneuverable. We’d line the first 20m of string with a mix of glue and ground glass.
If a kite was cut loose, whoever caught it could keep it, so naturally everyone ran after a free floating kite.
If you were really good you could entangle the freed kite in your kite tail or string and reel it in.
- dwa3592 3mo agothis reminded me of my childhood.
- zabzonk 3mo agoCan be very dangerous: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37115032 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37115032 Actually, a large kite (I know fighters are not large) can be dangerous without glass on the string.
- luqtas 3mo agoi barely see kites on my neighbor nowadays but when i was a teen, we had a group that never fought with each other and our signature against other kites nearby was (translated directly) to shout "fall out thrash!" when we cut/captured them. some got pretty mad at us. we had various techniques like bringing their kite closer to the ground and then someone throwing a line with a stone at the end over their line, so we could capture it etc. if i'm not mistaken we even slingshot some kites as a way of disabling. my record was to stay up after 8 won battles. that day i felt heroic hahaha