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Two kusarigama. A kusarigama (Japanese: 鎖鎌, lit. "chain-sickle") is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of a kama (the Japanese equivalent of a sickle or billhook) on a kusari-fundo – a type of metal chain (kusari) with a heavy iron weight (fundo) at the end. The kusarigama is said to have been developed during the Muromachi period.
The kusarigama is made up of three parts: the kama (a wooden handle with a curved blade (traditionally straight) protruding at a right-angle on one end, and a small loop at the other), and the kusari (a chain attached to the kama) and a weight at the end of the chain. In a confrontation the kusari is swung in wide sweeping arcs to distract and ...
Shishido (宍戸) is the family name of a Japanese swordsman believed to have been active in the early years of the Edo period (1603–1868). Legend has it that he was a skilled practitioner of the kusarigama (a metal chain attached to a kama and a weight, also known as the chain and sickle), and around the year 1607, he fought a duel against the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, in which he was killed.
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The Kusarigama provided the ninja 220 kills for it's 347 kills in 1,000 simulated battle against the Spartan. Kenji from the game Red Earth uses the Kusarigama in several of his attacks. On the show Deadliest Warrior, the Kusarigama is said to be disguised as a Sickle when in use by a ninja.
He was born on 24 April 1940 in Thiruvarur, a town in present-day Tamil Nadu. [3] His mother was Shanmuga Sundarathammal, whose younger brother M. Karunanidhi , [ 4 ] (the patriarch of the Karunanidhi family [ 1 ] ) would later serve five terms as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (between 1969 and 2011).
Vellikizhamai Viratham is the directorial debut of R. Thyagarajan. [4] [5] Kamal Haasan worked under K. Thangappan as his dance assistant. [6]The film's story was written by Sandow Chinnappa Thevar inspired from the films The Shadow of the Cat and Cult of the Cobra who initially created a plot revolving around a child and snake since Thyagarajan wanted romance, a new plot was formed.
Viduthalai was first launched on 1 June 1935, by the Justice Party as a bi-weekly, published at the address 14 Mount Road, Chennai and priced at 1/4 Indian annas. [1] It was converted into a daily in 1937 under the charge of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy who priced it at 1/2 Indian annas.