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Re: Making Pikes
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 30 Aug 2000 21:19:04 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.castle, John Robert-Blaze Kanehl writes:
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> > I believe the large Asain style spear/axe polearms are • shurikens...I could
> > be wrong though...
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> 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.
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 the name...there is also a
Chinese variant that I
don't remember now either...amazing those things you
forget when you are
almost 31...lol)
> 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.
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> eric
Funny...my teacher in college made a similar remark...He
uttered a Japanese
word that was roughly translated "peasant weapon".
Similar idea, he
described these weapons as being distributed to old men
or injured as a
means of defense. Essentially, these weapons gave the
weilders a small
chance of dismounting a horse riding assailant while
maintaining a distance
farther than a sword stroke (like any polearm)
John
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| (...) As far I understood from my studies, the military history of medieval Japan is basically divided into two sections, divided by the development of the shogunate. The shoguns began to encourage sword-worship and a harsh division between the (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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