sohei weapons? [Archive]

Sjakihata

03-31-2002, 03:22

does anyone have any informative links regarding the history, and in particular, the armament of sohei/yamabushi/warrior monks?

Irving

03-31-2002, 04:56

i believe warrior priests etc favoured polearms such as naginata and nagamaki. as for yamabushi, do you mean ninja? if so, stuff like kusari fundo or something like that. bascially a sickle with a chain... pretty nasty

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theforce

03-31-2002, 05:01

Sounds very painful and very hard to block
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Poor assasination victis!!!

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Gothmog

03-31-2002, 07:07

And the blade, if forged by a master weaponsmith, can carve through human bones like hot knife through butter.

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Irving

03-31-2002, 08:22

meh. I ninjas didn't really have good blades.

and yes, most all ninja weapons are rather nasty contraptions

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Chaos is born from order.
Cowardice is born from bravery.
Weakness is born from strength.
-Sun Tzu