Has Last Samurai made you...

[DemiDeviMatt]

use the katana blades in pso?
cuz thats all i use now is either sange or yasha since i dont have enough atp for the double saber.

[ERS]

Does that have anything to do with.... anything?


http://www.pso-world.com/viewforum.php?forum=9&77415

[Outrider]

Well, my friend bought a katana a little before we went to see the movie. Afterwards, he kept talking about how much he wanted to go home and use it.

Ok, pretty unrelated.

[dylcool]

Mmmmmmm.... katana....

Well, sort of, but it really made me wanna use a flag. Oh, and a wooden stick that swings like a sword. That would be rockin.

[AUTO_]

Haven't seen the movie...though I hear good things.

So, no.

Now I feel dirty bumping this thread.

[Flint]

Saw it last night for the second time... god-damit thats a good movie!

Yeah i only use my legit Orotiagito but not because of the film. Watching it did make me have an urge for PSO though!

[Reiya]

actually it made me use Mitsurugi in SC 2, lol.
kinda of a change from my long range ivy whip but..meh.

[BogusKun]

Tomorrow...

Topic: Dances With Wolves Made you...

Has Dances With Wolves made you fall in love with a white girl who suddenly becomes a Sioux Indian and made you wanna by wolves/huskies to attack any poor guy on the street? Or has it made you jump in a lake naked?

[Abaddon]

I happen to own a Katana, Wakizashi, Tanto and a Ninja Blade. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif And once I get time off work or I have an unfettered weekend that's the next movie I'll be seeing (Apart from Underworld).

[The_Pea_Guy]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is the Wakizashi a Japanese short sword used by the Samurai in combat? Just curious.



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[Sord]

On 2004-01-23 17:22, The_Pea_Guy wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is the Wakizashi a Japanese short sword used by the Samurai in combat? Just curious.



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that depends on what one calls short, but yeah.

[dylcool]

On 2004-01-23 06:29, Reiya wrote:
actually it made me use Mitsurugi in SC 2, lol.
kinda of a change from my long range ivy whip but..meh.



Was this Mitsurugi in his extra costume, the samurai robes? Cause that is rockin.

[Abaddon]

On 2004-01-23 17:22, The_Pea_Guy wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is the Wakizashi a Japanese short sword used by the Samurai in combat? Just curious.



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Aye it is.
Wakazashi (sp?) are the shorter swords, and tanto's are the dagger/knife.

[swan_s0ng]

I happen to own a Katana, Wakizashi, Tanto and a Ninja Blade

"ninja blade" - the sword that ninja generally use (obviously every practicioner of Ninjutsu can use whatever they wish, chains, hanbo, etc etc) is called gatana. Generally recognized with having a flat square hilt, being somewhat shorter than a katana but similar in form.


Oh, and a wooden stick that swings like a sword. That would be rockin.

That weapon already exists and is used in Kendo practice (once you reach a certain degree of swordsmanship). It's called a "Bokken" and is used as a wooden subsitute for the katana (obviously you can't practice right from word go with a 4 foot steel katana, unless you want to loose a limb or two).

[Gnarled_rose]

That weapon already exists and is used in Kendo practice
Although not specifically limited to Kendo. Ninja were also known to use it because it's quieter and more subtle(i.e. easier to hide) than a sword in some cases.
My two cents.

[Black000Moon]

this is off topic but how do you all know about katanas and stuff if you don't take karate or kendo? (yea we uses weapons in our karate and no its not kendo.)Maybe I'm wrong you all might take one of those but meh

[Outrider]

My katana friend informed me that a ninja sword (gatana, I think you called them?) is not curved like a katana is. Any truth to this statement?

[Abaddon]

On 2004-01-25 07:16, swan_s0ng wrote:

"ninja blade" - the sword that ninja generally use (obviously every practicioner of Ninjutsu can use whatever they wish, chains, hanbo, etc etc) is called gatana. Generally recognized with having a flat square hilt, being somewhat shorter than a katana but similar in form.


Thankyou for that info http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif. I always knew them as ninja blades as the catalogue i buy from doesnt give the japanese name.

And yes gatanas are a straight edged sword with a square hilt. Of the four that I own I prefer to use the gatana the most. It has an excellent weight balance and I prefer it to the longer and more cumbersome katana.
If anyone has some spare web space that can show images i can post some pics for you all to see http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif



this is off topic but how do you all know about katanas and stuff if you don't take karate or kendo?


This will be my fifth year of karate but we do not cover weaponry as of yet. Getting unarmed combat down pat would be the first priority. After all, carrying a sword in public isn't commonplace these days anymore http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

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[tai_EX]

OKE THATS IT! no one aked for a history lesson swan_s0ng so pleeze next time if someone asks about a movie making you want to you a katana in PSO, pleeze dont tell us you have a new puppy!

good gawd...

[tai_EX]

but on a lighter subject i do take weapon classes, yes i do know how do use a katana. Does anyone know how to use a pokemon/YU-GI-OH!/Magic (or whatr evr the hell you might play) card as a weapon?

[Gnarled_rose]

but on a lighter subject i do take weapon classes, yes i do know how do use a katana. Does anyone know how to use a pokemon/YU-GI-OH!/Magic (or whatr evr the hell you might play) card as a weapon?
I can see where you get the title of total idiot.
While it's possible to (properly) use a single card to disarm an opponent, I don't think any kind of aggresive maneuver can be acheived with one.
Paraphrase:For self-defense, yes.
Why did I reply? Now comes the slew of stupid questions...

[swan_s0ng]

Although not specifically limited to Kendo. Ninja were also known to use it because it's quieter and more subtle(i.e. easier to hide) than a sword in some cases.
My two cents.


Ninja use the hanbo mainly for practice, the hanbo is very similar to a bokken - but obviously the bokken mimics the katana, so ninja won't generally practice with a bokken at all because they don't generally use katanas. they are not swordsmen. oh, and the hanbo mimics the gatana.




this is off topic but how do you all know about katanas and stuff if you don't take karate or kendo? (yea we uses weapons in our karate and no its not kendo.)Maybe I'm wrong you all might take one of those but meh


there are a number of books published about ninjutsu and kendo (kendo being the martial art form that decsended from samuri warriors). even the grand master of ninjutsu himself published one. however, there are not going to be any ninja posting on a psow forum (or samuri), they are both a way of life - and not just a martial art. they branch into spiritually and things like that, so the modern day equivelants arent the same really - they only teach you one part of it. and whoever that was complaining about me mentioning some facts - just dont read the post if you dont want to learn anything.

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[tai_EX]

why thank yu Gnarled_rose yes it takes a true genuis to read a title under a pic. to understand what kind of person i am. The internet is such a big place isnt it? tell me Gnarled_rose have you seen the commercial where the 2 guys are sitting at the table with a pizza in fron of them and one sez "Chicago style deepdish, from Chicago." other guy:"yea, from Chicago... but wait a min. this is tucson!" NOW THOSE ARE BOTH IDIOTS OKE! BECAUSE THAT HAPPENS TO BE DIGORNO PIZZA!!!!!!

[tai_EX]

bu thank yu Gnarled_rose for answering my question..i appreciate yur input, by-the-by who watches Chapelle show?

[Abaddon]

On 2004-01-25 18:42, tai_EX wrote:
by-the-by who watches Chapelle show?


http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/res/smokey.gif

[tai_EX]

HAHAHA!!! I LOVE IT!!! at least i know im all alone http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif
but now on a lighter subject, who thinks pokemon should be destroyed at the source?

[Abaddon]

Not unless you want a horde of 12 year old kids out for your blood...