Jeff offers an interesting analogy here. Despite the dueling back and forth in the chambara films, that approach to fighting would be very counter-productive. You could easily end up with a damaged, unusable blade or dead. There are very few light wounds with a katana most of them are crippling or terminal. The big difference vs sniper work is that classic Japanese swordsmanship often relies on invitations and feints to draw an attack whereas the sniper prefers to draw no attention to his location or actions. Thanks for your input!
Watching this, you can really see that the Japanese sword style is not about fencing. More like the Marine sniper code, one shot, one kill.
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Jeff offers an interesting analogy here. Despite the dueling back and forth in the chambara films, that approach to fighting would be very counter-productive. You could easily end up with a damaged, unusable blade or dead. There are very few light wounds with a katana most of them are crippling or terminal. The big difference vs sniper work is that classic Japanese swordsmanship often relies on invitations and feints to draw an attack whereas the sniper prefers to draw no attention to his location or actions. Thanks for your input!
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