ivanafterall comments on A selection of pre-modern Japanese weapons

A selection of pre-modern Japanese weapons Dress or equipment (media.piefed.social)

submitted 11 months ago by PugJesus@piefed.social to c/historyart@piefed.social

15 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That didn't feel very fair. Reminds me of why I always play with an archer build. Just stay away from that nonsense.

parent

hideshow 2 child comments

[–] Live_your_lives@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Yeah, it reminded me of one of those Taekwondo safety videos where the opponent isn't allowed to do anything to stop them. A shield or some armor would easily negate them swinging the ball end around. A properly timed charge probably could to. Just body-blocking it probably wouldn't be that big of a deal.

parent

hideshow 1 child comment

[–] teft@piefed.social 3 points 11 months ago

They mostly weren’t used in combat since you could hurt your allies with it. It was used to chase away bandits or thieves. They are also called kusarigama (sickle-ball).

parent