Very interesting short video on the dangers of swinging a cheap sword, some made as replicas after some fantasy tales. I have a lot of gratitude of the dude who made this video. Great education.
This video should always serve as a remainder to people who are just getting into the sports or arts of swords.
What I’m trying to show here is the price of swords is not the only determinant of how effective a sword is. In fact, if you want to buy a good and functional one, for the purposes tameshigiri, you have to look at all [Read the rest of this entry...]
In this video, katana is introduced as the top Japanese weapon. You’ll see some demostrations and a glimpse into the creation of katana.
A sakabato is a reverse-edged katana, a weapon of its own class, made famous by the <Rurouni Kenshin>/<Samurai X> anime and manga. Oh, by the way, Kenshin was never a samurai, and therefore I do not quite like the idea of the series being called <Samurai X> by us English-speaking people. Back to the topic, sakabato replicas are one of the hottest swords searched for online, and there are some variants, so how do you choose?
If you have watched <Rurouni Kenshin>, you would have have come across the word “hitokiri”, or “manslayer”. While Kenshin was a fake character, manslayers did exist in Japan. And its not one, but four manslayers!
Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵) was a legendary swordsman who earned his name through countless victories from sword duels, starting from a young age. Also known by his Buddhist name of Niten Dooraku, he founded his own style of swordsmanship, Niten-Ryu. The legendary swordsman also authored a book on strategy,philosophy and tactics, called the <The Book Of 5 Rings五輪書 >. It’s pronounced as “go nin sho” in Japanese. Not bad for a swordsman to write his own book.
The <Monster Hunter> franchises of games on the PSP and the PS2 is an exciting series. The game takes the player into a world where the village is in danger of destruction by monsters. These monsters look like what you see in Jurassic Park; dinosaur-like creatures, huge and ferocious. The game gives the player a multitude of weapon classes in which to savour the fantastic game.
