tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 23 15:20:56 1999
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Re: Cardassians, Bajorans, and Odo (oh my!)
On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, William H. Martin wrote:
> 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
>
> nISwI'Daj lel 'ej nuHqoqlIj Qaw'. mon. QIt Qeq 'ej Dura'. jatlh
> yImI'!
>
> charghwI' 'utlh
>
>
I'll translate what I understand and you fill in the blanks, 'K?
It [the "war umbrella"] takes out his one-who-hinders(?) and destroys your
so-called weapon. Slowly, (??) and he commands you.
quljIb