Katana length combat11/19/2023 ![]() ![]() The word "ninjitsu" is used by the less-legit people out there out of ignorance, to avoid looking like one of them, I recommend spelling it correctly. Okay, mentioned this before, but it seems it's not a typo for you. What swords are allowed to be used in Ninjitsu? ![]() Swordsmanship is not the focus of the Bujinkan, and that shows in quite a few places. then make sure you read the critique offered afterwards. I suggest checking out the videos that Bob has put up in the Armoury section, particularly the one on the "Ninja Blog" one. Some schools may allow some form of cutting, but that is rarer rather than the norm. And most swordsmanship is based on two-person training exercises (kata), and is highly focused on evasive cutting (in other words, not blocking the other persons sword, as that can lead to damaging your own blade, as well as other reasons). To explain, most swordsmanship in the Bujinkan (as that has been your focus of your posting) is done with Bokken (wooden swords) or Fukuro Shinai (leather covered bamboo swords). Find a school, study for a few years, and realise that what you are asking for here is not what you will need or want at all. Got a spare $50,000+?īut really, what are you doing that you class as "hard use"? From your posts you have no experience with Ninjutsu or any Japanese Sword Art, instead you seem to have a rather naive fascination with it at present, and that is all. A top level traditionally trained swordsmith, such as Gasshan (designated a National Living Treasure in Japan). Who makes the absolute best Katana that will stand up to hard use? It also takes out small nicks and chips in the blade as needed, as well as giving it back it's ever-so-pretty appearance. The process of sharpening a katana is polishing, and if a sword is used frequently, it is advised that it undergoes regular polishing as well. Now where on earth did you get that from? They aren't Wiltshire Stay-Sharps, you know. Understand? You would not be using a sword for the same purposes that a machette or hatchet would be used for, and by the same token you wouldn't use a hatchet where a sword is demanded. Well, in the ocean, I'm going to give the edge to the shark. Comparing them is as pointless as comparing which is the deadlier, a shark or a lion. You are talking here about two entirely different construction processes and material choices which is a result of very different use. I know the Katana is sharp enough to cut through stuff that a machette and hatchett wont. There are those who have a natural aptitude for a given style and will advance well early but, in the end, training evens out the field and aptitude is trumped by dedication an awful lot of the time. Length and depth of training is the big determining factor.įor example, I am sandan in MJER but switch me to the wakizashi (which I have used very little) and I have a tough time of it because how you use the one-handed blade is very different from the short-two-hander that the katana is. Just as with empty-hand arts, the one that is 'best' is the one that you enjoy enough to get good at. Langen gave you a pretty good short answer on the subject. Otherwise you're likely to injure yourself.Īye, Kip, you are deep in Hollywood/Internet myth territory with this one. If you don't have an instructor, get one. If you're looking to buy gear, ask your instructor what to get. Take it out of that function and it becomes sub-optimal. It is a tool designed to perform a certain function. A very sharp edge is prone to getting chipped, so any given sword edge is a compromise between sharpness, hardness, edge geometry, etc. Even a very blunt sword will cut reasonably well. However, sharpness isn't everything, and any given blade can be sharpened to an insane degree, but that's seldom a good idea. Whack your katana around, it will need to be sharpened, polished, what have you. Any given martial art and the weapons that it uses is based on context. A Zweihander was great for the battlefield, but it wasn't carried around back alleys. A rapier would have been no good on a medieval battlefield, but reigned supreme in the back alley brawls and duels of Renaissance Europe. The "best" combat sword is the one you're most trained in, and which is designed to be used in the situations the swordsman will be facing. AFAIK, the straight "ninja sword" is a Hollywood invention. ![]()
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