what's your favorite weapon?

[Chibi]

There are no plurals in the Japanese language, without exception.

 

There are no nunchaks, sais, bos or anything else with an s. Learn it.

[ZR440]

Sticks, small blades, and my brain.

[torris]

Katana

[Shorin Ryuu]

There are no plurals in the Japanese language, without exception.

 

There are no nunchaks, sais, bos or anything else with an s. Learn it.

 

But what about ninjas, dojos, and samurais?

 

Just kidding...that gets on my nerves too. Not that people are dumb, but they just haven't had the opportunity to know Japanese...

 

I just try to pronounce things correctly, regardless of what language.

 

For that matter, it is not sakee or saki (japanese alcohol), its sake (the e is pronounced short like it is in Latin languages). That is one that bugs me too.

 

But enough of my language elitism.

[DRAGONS WHELP]

him? i gussit woulg have to be a kusa-kama the rock you can yous them as range or melee so there i told .

 

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[ninelivesarentenough]

suprised there weren't any fans, i mean my favorite is kamas but i'm just suprised not to see fan on here anywhere.

[WapCaplet]

Katana. deadliest bladed weapon ever forged if not the deadliest weapon period(melee of course). u get hit once with it u go down u cant say that for a lot of other weapons unless its just done just right. bo is a great building block and has much practicality as well as versatility but it lacks the umph needed if u ask me.. a sword is much better for combat.

 

Correct me I'm wrong (and I'm sure you will), but I have heard it said that a bo-staff out-classes a katana. Granted, one strike from a katana is usually enough, but a martial-artist trained with a bo-staff could likely take on a katana expert and win. I heard that a bo-staff has greater range and mobility, enabling the bo-staff defender to effectively keep the katana out of range and can perform dual parry/attack due to the "double" effectiveness of a bo staff. I've even heard that a bo-staff user could effectively defend against 2 trained katana users.

 

Of course, all of this depends on the skill of each opponent, but if we put a bo-staff against a katana and both are trained equally (if such a thing is possible), my money is on the bo-staff.

 

Unless the katana slices the bo staff in half, of course...

 

Any other thoughts on this? I'm not looking for a confrontational arguement here, just a discussion on the actual practical application of each weapon.

 

Wap

[Shorin Ryuu]

I'd say the bo and its variants (nitanbo, hanbo, jo) are probably the most flat out practical, since you are most likely to encounter a situation where you have to defend against or attack with a "bo-like" weapon. That being said, I still train in a wide variety of Okinawan weapons (and iaido), just because it helps me grasp different principles better.

[battousai16]

interesting you bring that up, wap, as myamoto musashi, the kensai himself, was defeated by a master of the staff... though i think it was a jo... still. interesting

 

that said, i've always been a staff man, myself. people tell me i'm better with the sword, but i just don't like it as much.

[Rich_2k3]

Katana definatley.