Its sun, so dogshit sources, but starmer is a genocidal knight so fuck him.
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A FUCKING “NINJA SWORD”, ninja did not have standardized equipment or tactics or leadership. They were assassins and spies, they would have no use or legal cover story to carry a sword and would be immediately caught.
a KATANA is a SAMURAI SWORD you fucking SWORD PHILLISTINES
why? BECAUSE IT WAS USED EXCLUSIVELY BY SAMURAI
they would EXECUTE YOU for OWNING A SWORD if you were not a samurai
Heck, the samurai would hide next to roads at night and MURDER RANDOM PEASANTS that crossed their path just to TEST THEIR NEW SWORDS
If it didn’t kill in 1 stroke, it was a SHIT SWORD
and it was PERFECTLY LEGAL because JUST LIKE EURO KNIGHTS the samurai were WARLORD KILLER MAFIOSOS who survived by PILLAGE AND OPRESSION
you idiot anglos INVENTED the term SAMURAI SWORD because your IDIOT ICE MUTANT MOUTHS can’t pronounce something as simple as “KA-TA-NA” so USE YOUR OWN WORDS IDIOT BRITS
There’s an interesing book by Serge Mol: “Classical weaponry of Japan”, about the weapons of Edo period, when owning of battle weapon, that is sword, bow, spear and firearms was forbidden to everyone but samurai. Out of over hundred different weapons and their variations presented in the book, 90% are hidden weapons, that is weapons easy to conceal and hide, weapons not even looking as weapons, or weapons masqueraded as items you could openly carry (like very long Japanese pipe, but made completely out of metal). Most of those even had dedicated combat techniques which were taught more or less officially at various dojos.
Heck, the samurai would hide next to roads at night and MURDER RANDOM PEASANTS that crossed their path just to TEST THEIR NEW SWORDS
Wikipedia…
Tsujigiri (辻斬り or 辻斬, literally “crossroads killing”) is a Japanese term for a practice when a samurai, after receiving a new katana or developing a new fighting style or weapon, tests its effectiveness by attacking a human opponent, usually a random defenseless passer-by, in many cases during nighttime. The practitioners themselves are also referred to as tsujigiri.
This would be technically illegal as far as I know but who da fuck is gonna snitch since the victim would die and the samurai aren’t gonna turn themselves in. Samurai were allowed to legally strike down peasants who dishonored them but I think they had to argue this in a court. Not that the court would have any reason to side with said peasant, but they at least at the illusion of law and order
Sword attacks were not the only possible application of this act. In a variation named tsuji-nage (辻投げ, “crossroads throwing”), the samurai would attack the passerby with jujutsu in order to test his own techniques or indulge in alive practice.[3] This must not be mistaken with tsuji-zumo, unsanctioned sumo bouts hosted in the street between willing participants.
Lots of people don’t know this but before Unsanctioned Sumo changed their name - they had a few angry altercations in/near the clubs they played at. In the worst one - their lead guitarist got punched in the face by an irate guy who said “Where’s the fucking sumo? I bought tickets to Unsanctioned Sumo Bouts and you’re a fucking indie band?” The guy was wearing a big ring on his punching hand and the guitarist got a tooth cracked. The band changed their name the very next day.
Heck, the samurai would hide next to roads at night and MURDER RANDOM PEASANTS that crossed their path just to TEST THEIR NEW SWORDS
I know how not funny this is because it’s horrifying, oppressive, violent, and awful, but it’s like a little funny.
literally treating random innocents the way I treat mobs in Minecraft when I finish enchanting a sword
I’ve come to terms: it’s the degree to which it’s so barbaric and unnecessary that makes it funny. It’s so cruel that it should be parody.
Ahem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninjatō
Anybody who’s somebody knows that ninja swords are straight and have square tsubas. Here is HISTORICAL NINJA, Rikimaru from the Tenchu video game series with his ninjatō:
Just ignore this bit please:
Historically, there is no physical evidence for the existence of this “katana-like short sword legendarily used by ninja” before the 20th century,[13] though it is believed that the designs demonstrated by alleged replicas are based on the design of wakizashi or chokutō swords or the swords associated with ashigaru.[1]
Excuse me, ninja use traditional peasant and laborer tools as weapons.
He knows. The ban also includes scythes, hoes, fertilizer, grain silos, cattle, motorized transportation, and an “outdoors lifestyle”.
YES ninja were not standardized, ‘ninja sword’ is like saying ‘gangster rifle’, a criminal/terrorist/assassin will use whatever they have to accomplish their goal, they usually can’t or don’t build their own weapons. they don’t have uniforms and tables of equipment like a military does.
I welcome the Tokugawa Clan’s efforts, and I encourage them to go further.
you shouldn’t be able to claim the title ‘Sir’ if you’re not willing to engage in trial by sword duel
So even after they ban guns, they’ll still go after knives.
Maybe…maybe they should look at the root issues of why there is an increase of violence. But that means investing in housing and education, and stop tearing up the social programs that help people meet their basic needs. Might have to cut back on arming nazis elsewhere.
