Zaine Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 On the flipside, does it not make more sense that the Sai is the end of a pitchfork than a seed planting instrument?Maybe if the prongs were at length, or at least closer than they are. Martial arts training is 30% classroom training, 70% solo training.https://www.instagram.com/nordic_karate/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamesu Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 On the flipside, does it not make more sense that the Sai is the end of a pitchfork than a seed planting instrument?Maybe if the prongs were at length, or at least closer than they are.Apologies for the ambiguity, I should have written "...make more sense that the Sai EVOLVED from the end of a pitchfork".Weapons consistently evolve to become "fit for purpose", and it makes sense to me that (presupposing the okinawan weapons did actually come from farm utility tools - which i am not saying is strictly correct, just playing devils advocate here) a tool would have been modified as it was used as a weapon to be made more fit for the purpose it was then intended for. If they needed shorter and wider side prongs for use as a weapon, so be it - just start to make it that way. We can see this point in more recent modern history with the evolution of guns - what they were like 50 yrs ago, and what they are like now - fit for purpose. "We did not inherit this earth from our parents. We are borrowing it from our children." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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