Note to Self: Things never to do with a Skinken

[bobplane]

Two videos:

The first video kinda funny (buyer beware-cheap stainless steel blades!) ;D

The second video, kinda scary (stay alert at all tameshigiri demos)!!

1.
failblog.org/2008/09/02/samurai-fail/

2.
failblog.org/2009/06/17/samurai-fail-2/


** Thank goodness this did not end up as a Kill Bill episode

[Jonathan Anderson]

#1: That's a classic "rat-tail tang," sword. You see them at all of the FINEST Flea Markets. Essentially, the blade is (poorly) welded onto a threaded pole, with a nut screwed onto the other end, holding the handle on. At some point, the weld job will fail, resulting in the sociopathically hilarious video we see here.

#2: One word: tenouchi. It's one of the most basic elements of any weapons' training, and, like any kihon, everybody needs to keep practicing it.

Thanks for sharing, Bob!