Discussions involving Katana vs Western Swords

evilneko

glennmagusharvey

^^ Is that the thing where people pleasure each other nonpenetratively and also not in ways that are typically "considered" sex (even if I don't consider them to be such)?

glennmagusharvey

Okay it apparently is.  Though now I'm not sure what the hell this has to do with the conversation.

CommandoDude

Katanas cannot cut through plate. They can't even slice through a gun barrel.

Mythbusters debunked that.

glennmagusharvey

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13076665280A89120100&page=1

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Schitzo

^^^ THANK YOU.

And yeah, that whole thread is a bit faily now that I think about it. Was Penguin being serious, or was she joking and trying to parody some weeaboo asshat? Hopefully?

All Nines

I just remembered that one of my best friends and D&D players is one of those guys who thinks katanas are superior and is generally just a weeaboo. He often plays it up (I hope), but it's kinda grating nonetheless. Especially since he buys unsharpened $20-$60 katanas and oversized, foldable shuriken online. Then again, he also drew his thumb along the edge of said shuriken and ended up cutting himself because he wanted to test its sharpness, so his intelligence is questionable.

"Watch a movie by John Woo and tell me that."

I wasn't looking for specific examples, and I'm aware that some works have firefights that are actually entertaining. But I see them more often being used as just the weapons wielded by mooks.

MillerCross

Okay it apparently is. Though now I'm not sure what the hell this has to do with the conversation.

I wasn't exactly in the greatest mind state when I wrote that, but IIRC, what I meant was that the spear and the sword came into contact with each other and if you took a freudian approach, well...>_>

MadassAlex

^^ I don't know the facts, but considering that Japan restricts its swordsmiths, by law, for sake of quality control, I'd say an authentic Japanese katana will cost you a lot more than an authentic European longsword. We're probably talking thousands here.

Also, owning a sword is cool, but I always thought that it's kinda wanky if you don't know how to use it. And it's not really something you can self-teach, either.

All Nines

He knows how to use them. They just kinda suck for weapons that get so much hype on the Internet, poorly made or not.

MadassAlex

Define "knows how to use". There's more to using a sword than the eight cuts, a few guards and parrying. There's displacements, passing through, binding, winding, footwork, voiding and more.

But yeah, brittle blades. Almost every school of kenjutsu advocates parrying with the flat or back of the sword, which is kind of advantageous if you wind it correctly.

All Nines

Well, he doesn't have formal training or anything, but he understands basic principles for wielding a katana, and he is willing and has demonstrated an ability to look up important, relevant information, or information that is unnecessary but still slightly relevant (such as how to draw and strike at the same time; whether or not he can do this successfully, I don't know). So he's in the process of self-teaching, for whatever that's worth.

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nevermind misread

MadassAlex

As I noted above, effective swordsmanship cannot be self-taught. Too much of it relies on interpreting or creating deception, or one's reaction to an opponent's strike. Your friend's best bet is to find a kenjutsu school, which are not particularly uncommon.

Most swordsmanship courses are a one-or-two-night-a-week sort of thing, so it's not exactly a huge commitment.