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**uwJzsM8t** · 09-26-2006, 07:44 AM

Hey guys,
I watched that episode last night, and I've got a couple of comments on it ...
I hope this episode serves as a good example of why you shouldn't play with wallhangers. Did you see how flexible the real sword was when sticken? Their "real sword" was not made in a traditional fashion. Traditionally made swords are designed to bend, not flex. Flexing indicates that it is through-hardened to create a spring steel, meaning that the edge is softer than it should be, and the back is harder. A "real" sword would have bent in that instance as that is what they are designed to do.
They've got some nice Tameshigiri footage. Their tameshigiri fellow was really pretty bad. I'm not at all sure where they got him, but I wasn't impressed at all. I've seen mudansha that cut a lot better than that guy.

It made for interesting TV, but it really didn't have a whole lot to do with actual swordsmanship. Too bad really, but about what should be expected since real swordsmen tend to avoid things like TV shows.

09-26-2006, 07:44 AM	#7
uwJzsM8t Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 417 Senior Member	Hey guys, I watched that episode last night, and I've got a couple of comments on it ... I hope this episode serves as a good example of why you shouldn't play with wallhangers. Did you see how flexible the real sword was when sticken? Their "real sword" was not made in a traditional fashion. Traditionally made swords are designed to bend, not flex. Flexing indicates that it is through-hardened to create a spring steel, meaning that the edge is softer than it should be, and the back is harder. A "real" sword would have bent in that instance as that is what they are designed to do. They've got some nice Tameshigiri footage. Their tameshigiri fellow was really pretty bad. I'm not at all sure where they got him, but I wasn't impressed at all. I've seen mudansha that cut a lot better than that guy. It made for interesting TV, but it really didn't have a whole lot to do with actual swordsmanship. Too bad really, but about what should be expected since real swordsmen tend to avoid things like TV shows.
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