Tatakau Nihonto

[BIG]

Hi,

 

newspapers article about the Sekitsugu Naruse gunto repair "mission" in china..

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2003/12/29/commentary/cutting-an-ancient-myth-down-to-size/#.Vo5gAa_GKrV

 

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[Kai-Gunto]

Great that some of the Japanese soldiers took care of there swords ,so we got some today in great condition

 

Thanks for the link.

[vajo]

In untrained hands the best sword will be ruined. Japanese swords are totaly different from european swords. Many of the Japanese Soldiers didn't know how to handle thier swords in combat, like ancient samurai. In the hand of a well trained swordsman, the cheapest type 95 gunto was a deadly weapon every day in the war. So i didn't can follow the article. 

 

Thanks for the link. 

[Dave R]

 Meiji, Taisho and Showa period Japanese were well aware of the limitations of traditional swords, and while some preserved the tradition others went beyond. That's how you ended up with Koa-Ishin blades, where the latest technology was used to produce swords that kept to some part of the tradition. Ohmura goes into some detail about the changes and details and his site is a must for anyone interested in Shin Gunto... http://ohmura-study.net/900.html.

 On another note, here is a link to an interesting discussion about the above article....

 http://www.e-budo.com/archive/index.php/t-28903.html

 

Dave

[BIG]

Gunto soho

posted sfforum http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1460369

 

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