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The nagamaki was a long sword with a blade that could be 60 cm (24 in) or more and a handle of about equal length to the blade. [3] The blade was single-edged, resembling a naginata blade, but the handle (tsuka) of the nagamaki was not a smooth-surfaced wooden shaft as in the naginata; it was made more like a katana hilt.
Opening the show was a video segment showing Naoshi Sano winning the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship from Senpai, thus becoming the 669th champion. The first match was the final of the Wrestling Koshien 2007 tournament held by the DDT New Attitude (DNA) sub-brand.
The tournament to crown the inaugural 666 Disorder Openweight Champion started on February 23, 2018, at 666 vol. 81. A "first round" 26-person battle royal was held with the last 15 survivors advancing to the second round alongside Mame Endo who received an automatic bye.
Visual glossary of Japanese sword terms. Japanese swordsmithing is the labour-intensive bladesmithing process developed in Japan beginning in the sixth century for forging traditionally made bladed weapons [1] [2] including katana, wakizashi, tantō, yari, naginata, nagamaki, tachi, nodachi, ōdachi, kodachi, and ya.
Naginata, nagamaki, and yari, despite being polearms, are still considered to be swords, which is a common misconception; naginata, nagamaki and yari differ from swords. [1] [20] The type classifications for Japanese swords indicate the combination of a blade and its mounts as this, then, determines the style of use of the blade.
The naginata (なぎなた, 薙刀) is a polearm and one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades (). [1] [2] Naginata were originally used by the samurai class of feudal Japan, as well as by ashigaru (foot soldiers) and sōhei (warrior monks). [3]
The Shinsengumi (新選組, "Newly Selected Corps") was a small, elite group of swordsmen that was organized by commoners and low rank samurai, commissioned by the bakufu (military government) during Japan's Bakumatsu period (late Tokugawa shogunate) in 1863.
Peter William Thornley (born 19 October 1941) [4] is an English retired professional wrestler who was best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki.The character of Nagasaki was a Japanese samurai with a mysterious past and reputed powers of healing [5] [6] and hypnosis. [2]