The Katana - Soul of the Samurai Part 1of 5

A fairly decent documentary that looks at the Samurai and their iconic Katana in detail, especially the traditional way of creating a Katana.

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Sports

Tags:

• martial
• arts
• Katana
• Soul
• Samurai
• sword
• fight
• documentary
• history
• weapon

[TheRgs1987]

such a magnificent blade mankind has ever forged

[Protherium]

@Protherium

Somehow are two links from my PM lost.

-- watch?v=ln94E9AGYTc

-- watch?v=XpF0_mhMtfo

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@joelvis65

Check your PM.

[joelvis65]

@Protherium the only reason why the japanese samurai and the katana are respected so greatly is they strove and were obsessed towards perfection and would stop at nothing unless they achieved it, the EARNED their respect this way. they also were religious which made them keep their composure, be calm and collected in battle, something which others like the knights wer incapable of, the knights, vikings n other warriors were all about fear and domination, tearing the other army apart.

[ussoldierrail]

Funny some skinny farm kid from some small American farm community just beat the shit out of a japan soldier during WWII on some beach in the pacific then took his sword, and tossed that junk jap gun into the ocean. makes one wonder how much of the smauri and nija shit is even real. Beverlys hills nija.

[ussoldierrail]

yup, mm hmmm yup kayatana hiayya oooooo dumpooooooAH man that was a brutal samuridump hmmmm mmmmmmm yup hiya hi ya where is my news paper gotta go to the crapper and take a hi ya hmmm mmmm jajnd aha dump. too bad all of the samuri swords are in our country now as war trophys from WWII! yup we own the jap o's. Beat the shit of em during the war and took there swords as fun trophys noiw they are just junk in some ones attic........  so much for smauri history it is the attic

[Protherium]

@Protherium

It is not us, european sword afficionados, who start flamewars and "japan bashing", we just defend ourselves because of constant denigration of our heritage. The Longsword was truly one of the best sword designs ever made, proven by metallurgical research and historical sources, and I DONT WANT it to be treated by ignorant like a primitive iron club. I dont want to be told bunches of movie myths, sold as "historical truth"! ...Period....

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@Protherium

""its very shape speaks a ton about the speed and dexterity it can be used with compared to other swords""

Right there... Everyone talks today only about "TeH KatAna", especially how it compares to other swords. But the truth is, almost no one, except HEMA guys and european sword afficionados, knows a thing about the european longsword, for instance. Mass media is full of shit, to say it right, full of "facts" based on movies, romantic novels and fantasy. Not science.

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@joelvis65

Agreed. But there 's a little condition bound on it - when people will show respect to the european sword's legacy??! Everyone feels free today to call Knights "dumb stinky barbarians", their swords "blunt clumsy hunks of shitty steel swung with brute strength" and their martial arts "non-existent". There is hardly an age or culture which is so heavily disrespected as european Middle Ages. I respect japanese culture, but also want my own culture be respected!

[joelvis65]

@Protherium all im saying is when you mention the katana, show respect to its legacy, what it can accomplish and the people who have spent a lifetime mastering it to the best of their abilities. dont use terms like "bullshit".