Posted in Swords on 12/25/2009 09:13 pm by Blade Runner
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Why is the best samurai sword katana ninja?
I thibk both are great swords. But what separates them? In addition to the sheet. What makes one better than the other?
... because there is no such thing as a ninja katana. (* Sigh *) "ninja sword" is a Hollywood fiction. There is no historical documentation that uses ninja swords were of a special design or different from those used by other Japanese of the time. Any call "sword ninja "is pure fantasy. There is no such thing as ninja sword special purpose, even Hollywood and film-studies Toei would have us believe. But not the ninja or" Onmitsu Doshin "undercover agents of the police in Edo, he had a" standard "short sword with a straight blade, square tsuba and fittings in black. present day SWAT teams and military commands use special weapons or modified according to your task, like murderers and spies of the Edo period. In the shorter sword hanging over the back might have been useful to enter a castle and fighting in enclosed spaces, but the different situations that have called for a different sword. "Ninjat?" has a sound good, but the "shopping guide for spies sword" not yet discovered ...
Posted in Swords on 12/25/2009 08:33 pm by Blade Runner
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Can anyone tell me more about King Leonidas and Xerxes, please!?
A bit of history, the characteristics of each please I really need help writing a paper, if someone can help!
King Leonidas was the king of Sparta (in times of war, another king ruled peacetime). The Spartans were known throughout the ancient world for his skill in war. His younger entered military school at age 7 (which influence the age at that most countries in the world today require children to enter grade 1), and were extremely disciplined. They were not numerous, but they were the experts of the war, with the strongest Sparta city-states of ancient Greece. Although the Greek city-states had broken an agreement among those who once war join forces. Moreover Xerxes was the ruling king over all of Persia. He was a king benevelant (its people) that had a lot of admiration and support of his countryman (the kings did not always have to). There were personal reasons as well as economic and strategic to attack Greece. Some years earlier, his father lost Dario de his life in the battle of Marathon trying to conquer Greece. Xerxes wanted to avenge his death. Xerxes had the largest army of the time, and he wanted to expand his kingdom. Before declare war on the various city-states of Greece, Xerxes first send an email to with his messengers and ask for land and water, "which means to turn the country to it, otherwise it would have to by force. Some city-states were afraid, and acceded to the demands of surrenering their country and, in turn should pay lower taxes, and not go to war. Others did not and sent the messengers away. When the messengers called "the land and water" in Sparta, Spartans jumped into a well saying they would not find a lot of land and water. (One of the messengers, he said "Do not kill the messenger" as he was being launched, and therefore it is supposely famous saying where it originated). When Xerxes heard this, he declared war on Sparta. His army was so great Eskil some books and Euripideus (both ancient writers like Homer) said he was able to build a bridge of boats by lining up on the Aegean Sea. When Leonidas heard about the great threat that is coming to a city, and all of Greece sent a message to all other Greek city states to support him, and in the mean time to retain took his 300 brave men and decided to meet Xerxes himself. The Batle was at Thermopylae. Needless to say, although he and his men fought breavely were much more numerous, and as a result were defeated, but made a heroic stand off, which led all other Greek city states to meet Xerxes, and still lives through the years to be remembered today as an act of great heroism. Below I've included a list of a website that offers more detail if needed. http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0002515/bio
