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Re: Making Pikes
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 30 Aug 2000 16:44:50 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, John Robert-Blaze Kanehl writes:
> I believe the large Asain style spear/axe polearms are shurikens...I could
> be wrong though...
No, those asian polearms are Naginata. Shuriken are those little pointy metal
stars everyone loved in the mid-80's. They can be seen painted on the torsos
of most Lego ninja, tucked in their belts.
As an aside, Naginata are often disparaginly referred to as a "woman's weapon",
because apparently they were often used by unskilled warriors, like wives, who
were left behind to defend the homes and land. At least, that's what I've
heard.
eric
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| (...) weapon", (...) Prior to the Edo period, the Naginata was a weapon used on the battlefields by samurai. The Edo period was relatively peaceful, and women of samurai families were trained with the Naginata. This is where the tradition of women (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) shurikens...I could (...) those little pointy metal (...) painted on the torsos (...) That's right...throwing stars...I was pretty good with those...I couold almost play cricket or 301 with them) I stand corrected = ) (I just couldn't think of (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Great pics! I like your Ninja theme game variation...heck I really lke the Bamboo glade idea too! (...) I will have to read the other messages in this thread shortly... I believe the large Asain style spear/axe polearms are shurikens...I could (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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