tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 23 08:04:05 1999
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Re: Cardassians, Bajorans, and Odo (oh my!)
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Cardassians, Bajorans, and Odo (oh my!)
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:04:01 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:02:41 -0800 (PST) david joslyn
<[email protected]> wrote:
...
> Umm, actually I've heard of such "warriors umbrellas." For many years in
> Japan, peasant could not carry weapons. To circumvent this law, martial
> artists - particularly the <shinobi>, better known as the ninja -
> developed many esoteric weapons based on common, everyday items. A prime
> example of thi i the <gunsen> "war fan" or <tensen> "iron fan", based on
> the clasic Japanee <halisen> "paper fan". A <gunkasa> "war umbrella" is
> actually quite ueful both as a weapon (reach comparable to a katana) and a
> shield. I'm not kidding! Put blades around the edge, spin it in your
> opponent's face, and see what happens. :-)
>
> quljIb
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