Nickrz, a katana is a type of Japanese sword, with one sharp edge and a slightly curved blade. It’s sometimes called a “samurai sword,” because samurai carried it.
As for why it got stuck in the ceiling, my guess is that WildBill_0 was practicing sword forms for his martial art, without realizing how low his ceiling was. You need a lot of room above you to practice overhead cuts.
this is my first attempt at dead thread whoring so i’ll be as civic-minded and factual as possible.
some of the okinawan weapons may have originated from farming implements but to be honest, i can think of only the kama (sickle.) most others: the staff, nunchaku, sai, stick, have some chinese ancestry. the claim that the nunchucks were originally rice flailing implements is one i can’t verify. but shaolin weaponry definitely had nunchucks before okinawa te became popular (i.e. karate.)
that karate book (nishiyama?) featuring nunchaku and sai techniques: cover shows a karateka smashing a concrete hollow block with a nunchaku (how hard is that?) mentioned only two designs:
one features rounded sticks that swell towards the butts (the book says they must be as heavy as possible for maximum impact force.)
the second shows slightly lighter sticks with octagonal cross sections. the corners of the octagon will generate greater trauma/pain when striking, despite the lighter sticks used.
Wow. That’s not a zombie thread. It’s a ghost thread! Where’s everyone?
Sorry I don’t have anything more enlightening to add.
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I was surprised this wasn’t mentioned in the original thread since it’s the first thing that came to my mind when the question about octagonal shaped nunchaku was asked.
IIRC, much of the data for very old threads was lost at some point (including my entire post count, etc.)
[Moderator Note]
While this resurrection actually adds some factual information (unlike the other ancient zombie you bumped on Steak Diane), I would discourage you from bumping threads that are so old that the original posters’ names have been lost. If you have some great interest in discussing nunchukus, I would suggest starting a new thread in the Game Room.
I am closing this thread.
Colibri
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