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A naginata consists of a wooden or metal pole with a curved single-edged blade on the end; it is similar to the Chinese guan dao [4] or the European glaive. [5] Similar to the katana, naginata often have a round handguard between the blade and shaft, when mounted in a koshirae (furniture).
A young Kenshi from a post-apocalyptic future appears as the protagonist in Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind, voiced by Manny Jacinto. [35] After being blinded by Shang Tsung, Kenshi seeks out an aged Sub-Zero to defeat Kano's Black Dragon clan. [36] Kenshi is played by Noah Fleder in the short film, Kenshi V Kitana: Battle of the Realms.
Blades whose length is next to a different classification type are described with a prefix 'O-' (for great) or 'Ko-' (for small), e.g. a Wakizashi with a length of 59 cm is called an O-wakizashi (almost a Katana) whereas a Katana of 61 cm is called a Ko-Katana (for small Katana; but note that a small accessory blade sometimes found in the ...
The Kukishin Ryū Naginata is 225 cm in overall length. It has a double edged blade that is 21 cm long and is attached to the shaft by wires. It is used to slash, parry, strike, stab and deflect; the blade is also used to hook and arrest. Naginata is a weapon of primary importance in Kukishin Ryū as the Bōjutsu owes its origin to the Naginata.
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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. Sixty of the Mortal Kombat franchise's characters featured in Armageddon (2006) This is a list of playable and boss characters from the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise and the games in which they appear. Created by Ed Boon and John Tobias, the series depicts conflicts between ...
Naginatajutsu (長刀術 or 薙刀術) is the Japanese martial art of wielding the naginata (長刀). The naginata is a weapon resembling the European glaive and the Chinese guan dao. Most naginatajutsu practiced today is in a modernized form, a gendai budō, in which competitions also are held.
Bokken can be made to represent any style of weapon required such as nagamaki, nodachi, yari, naginata, kama, etc. The most widely used styles are: daitō or tachi (katana-sized), long sword; shōtō or kodachi or wakizashi bō (wakizashi-sized), short sword; tantō bō (tantō-sized) suburitō can be made in daitō and shōtō sizes