Katanas

Revel · **Joined:** Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:28 pm **Posts:** 314

I've seen many times a Samurai going apeshit and wielding a katana with 1 hand, and his seppuku blade with the other...

Aust · **Joined:** Sat Jun 19, 2004 10:51 am **Posts:** 317

Holy crap you must live in a bad neighborhood.

Imperialistic_Babble · **Joined:** Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:38 pm **Posts:** 381

ninja_ardith wrote:

In fact there should be a landsknecht in the game that shouts random love in German, like, "I hate your face!" and other nonsense.

It should also be named something along the name of JvJ. Everytime he plays drunk he runs around yelling random [REDACTED] in German that he intended to IM me instead.

Jorinthia · **Joined:** Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:29 pm **Posts:** 72

[quote="grep"]What's that I hear?

When you swing both ways you never miss?[/quote]

This.

[quote="Aust"]Holy crap you must live in a bad neighborhood.[/quote]

And this.

Felgus · **Joined:** Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:34 am **Posts:** 414

Revel wrote:

I've seen many times a Samurai going apeshit and wielding a katana with 1 hand, and his seppuku blade with the other...

It's called a wakizashi, and it was used more as a back-up than as a seppuku sword. And as for the wielding both point, yes, they did. Musashi Miyamoto, for example, had a tendency to use both his katana and his wakizashi when he was fighting multiple opponents, but that's not saying much, since Miyamoto, despite being one of those "legendary swordsmen" just used whatever was most convenient at the time.

As far as this topic goes, though, yes, it'd be nice if one could switch wielding a katana in one, or two hands, but since we can't do that with bastard swords, I don't see much of a point. Making them two-handed would be kinda dumb, though.

Aust · **Joined:** Sat Jun 19, 2004 10:51 am **Posts:** 317

Happy with the topic just dying, but I invite anyone here to go to your nearest kendo class and approach the teacher and ask that you would like to enroll and learn how to wield the katana one handed, and if he could please help you with mastering said technique, because one day you would love to dual wield katanas, or fight with a katana and shield, then see what happens.

Felgus · **Joined:** Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:34 am **Posts:** 414

Aust wrote:

Happy with the topic just dying, but I invite anyone here to go to your nearest kendo class and approach the teacher and ask that you would like to enroll and learn how to wield the katana one handed, and if he could please help you with mastering said technique, because one day you would love to dual wield katanas, or fight with a katana and shield, then see what happens.

I'd like to point out that kendo, or kenjutsu is not a style of swordsmanship that utilized either of those things. That'd be like asking a boxing teacher how to kick.

Rodwen · **Joined:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:22 pm **Posts:** 1648

Furthermore, how many of your katana wielding masters can carry 450+ pounds in their arms at all times?

Felgus · **Joined:** Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:34 am **Posts:** 414

Rodwen wrote:

Furthermore, how many of your katana wielding masters can carry 450+ pounds in their arms at all times?

Shh, stop bringing up the fantasy angle when I'm making valid real life points!

Aust · **Joined:** Sat Jun 19, 2004 10:51 am **Posts:** 317

You learn from your mistakes and improve at sarcasm!

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