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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2010 6:18:14 GMT
What I find funny is that the movie scene is from a movie called "Heroes of the East", where the Chinese martial arts beet the Japanese in every single fight. The "amazing" stabbing qualities are ridiculous, you can stab just as well or better with a European or Chinese weapon.
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Post by Brett Whinnen on Jan 29, 2010 7:10:10 GMT
Is it just me or are some of the Nat Geo offerings just getting cheesier and cheesier?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2010 14:01:05 GMT
So what are we down to on the cheese scale? Brie and Camembert have been left far behind, Mozzarella and Provolone seem at little to good for that vid, have we gone all the way down to the rancid cheese in a can of SyFy's late night horror movies over on the Nat Geo channel?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2010 14:47:04 GMT
So what are we down to on the cheese scale? Brie and Camembert have been left far behind, Mozzarella and Provolone seem at little to good for that vid, have we gone all the way down to the rancid cheese in a can of SyFy's late night horror movies over on the Nat Geo channel? In the cheese scale it could be getting close to Casu marzu (google it if you don't know what Casu marzu is)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2010 16:05:50 GMT
Oil?......I figured that was liquid katana oozing from his pores. My mistake. LOL !!!! Too funny. I bet he wakes up in the morning and pisses excellence!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2010 16:45:32 GMT
Smells like Choji oil and Victory!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2010 18:53:22 GMT
How can the National Geographic channel stand to air such trash? This reminds of another show about the katana also on the NatGeo channel where they did a hilariously inaccurate and biased comparison between the katana and the "European broadsword" where they had what seemed to be an iaidoka cut tatami with a Hanwei PPK and some guy with absolutely no technique dressed in Renaissance clothing cut tatami with this overweight Del Tin: www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=DT2140&name=Del+Tin+13th+Century+Medieval+SwordPretty abysmal stuff, and partially why I never trust anything I see and hear about pre-industrial weapons and armor on television.
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Post by septofclansinclair on Jan 29, 2010 19:18:27 GMT
For the record, using offensive words is not allowed... which most people here should be well aware of. This is a family friendly forum.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2010 19:50:55 GMT
So what are we down to on the cheese scale? Brie and Camembert have been left far behind, Mozzarella and Provolone seem at little to good for that vid, have we gone all the way down to the rancid cheese in a can of SyFy's late night horror movies over on the Nat Geo channel? In the cheese scale it could be getting close to Casu marzu (google it if you don't know what Casu marzu is) The sad part is I do know what Casu marzu aka maggot cheese is. I can't say that it is one I would be willing to try as a food, but as a descriptive metaphor for that video - I think ya nailed it.
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Post by randomnobody on Jan 29, 2010 20:29:13 GMT
For the record, using offensive words is not allowed... which most people here should be well aware of. This is a family friendly forum. I am offended by the idea of "offensive words." Not much more to be said about how over-the-top this fellow's performance was, though I do like how he wore himself out for it. Oh and this seems pretty on-topic: www.theonion.com/content/news/science_channel_refuses_to_dumbI love the Onion sometimes.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2010 21:25:33 GMT
Oil?......I figured that was liquid katana oozing from his pores. My mistake. LOL !!!! Too funny. I bet he wakes up in the morning and pisses excellence! ROFL at both of you. Oh man, that's great. The guy just screams "I'm too sexy for your sword..." but whatever. The show would have gone with Obata for the whole thing but Obata refused to cut a human replica target, so they brought in the other guy. Peronally, a 2" bamboo wrapped in tatami is scarrier to consider then what that guy did to the balistic gel.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2010 23:07:12 GMT
Where in the world did they find that guy!? hahahahahaha
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2010 4:15:04 GMT
DANG!!!!!!!! I saw him roll that blade and it completely missed him the world is so unfair... and btw, it seems this is his first sword ever, because everyone would know you do NOT turn your back as you strike... two more things as the vid goes on: gotta love that edge on edge blocking (even mythbusters was competent enough to dismiss it) and him screaming like he's got the saya (that's the word for scabbard right?) up his well... you know... reminds me of a Roman saying about people who scream before battle because they are cowards... imagine where this guy stands in the scale of couardry seriously, does everyone agree that they have the same desire as me to "spar" with this guy with sharp weapons, I wouldn't even have to do a thing, sooner or later he would put the wrong end around his neck (btw, I wonder if that was a move that the samurai would use ) WOW... a katana can stab through a gel dummy (notice, unlike DW, which is a pretty bad show, it was a gel dummy, no bones, no organs, no no, just the gel), it a SWORD everyone, it actually does what a sword should... who knew... lol... I must buy season dvds for this show... nothing is THIS funny anymore...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2010 6:52:56 GMT
Well, it was certainly......dramatic.
And darn, I never knew you could cut clear through tatami/bamboo only with a katana.
Sheesh.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2010 11:52:27 GMT
Actually the show is not to bad in some regards, they finally did what no-one else could do, they found a ninjutsu practitioner who a)knew what he was doing and b)didn't look like a freakin idiot. I can't believe they actually got it right, this from the same show that bought you the "taekwondo master" of the katana, sometimes when you dig through the dross you find a nugget of gold.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2010 11:57:34 GMT
I actually YAAATCH saw this the first time YAAATCH it was broadcaster YAAAAATCH!#@#! in national geografic on tv, but YAAAAAAAAATCH i'd really appreciate it if there was a little bit less of that wanker with his YAAAAAAAAAATCH every 3 words.
It's topping the BS scales in the part where he "fights" 2 opponents and keeps blocking their attacks with the edge. Hell, after 2 minutes like that you get yourself a nice saw. Worth watching though, obata-sensei's demonstrations are awesome.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2010 12:21:54 GMT
since, as they say 1000 times, the katana is a sacred weapon to the Japanese people, the sensei should have kept the honor of the katana by sticking it through the guy right after the threw it on the air...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2010 7:03:47 GMT
i dont think it would be honorable victory to spar and win against this dude. all it would be saying is we are good at what we do... it would not say we are better than him. he would have to achieve a better level of actual swordsmanship to be found worthy.
i saw a kid on you tube flipping around a kat. looks flashy and cool to the untrained. the problem with this is... i blabe teachers teaching forms only with no apps. all that does is show the student that there is no real danger???!!! with apps instruction a student would better realize the blade itself and have more respect for it before one day having his own blade teach his ownself how to respect it through a bad accident.
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Post by Insane on Jan 31, 2010 8:43:54 GMT
since, as they say 1000 times, the katana is a sacred weapon to the Japanese people, the sensei should have kept the honor of the katana by sticking it through the guy right after the threw it on the air... If Obata was in the studio he probably would have. Or commit harakiri.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2010 9:13:13 GMT
not liquid katana either, it is liquid awesome, it gives you +D6 to your roll for awesome.
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