Watari toppa

Did Historical Ninja Actually Use Shuriken? open.substack.com/pub/wataritopp…

After converting the original image into line art with flat colors and then making it photo-realistic, a fairly realistic image can be generated even with this number of people, but for now the spear tips cannot be generated well.　 jp.pinterest.com/pin/7266980899…

I changed many things, but it somehow ended up glowing too much.　imgur.com/a/ALqHOZy

I first turned the original ukiyo-e into a photo-like image using Grok and then made it into a video. If I did not specify that the two should continue fighting, they simply ran side by side.

Some views also say that certain Japanese spears for mounted combat used straps on the butt end to prevent them from falling.

x.com/Watari_toppa/s… According to the Meisho Genkouroku, Saito Dosan made his soldiers use spears with a shaft length of 5.4 m and a strap on the butt end to increase striking power, but it is unknown whether armies in other regions did this. dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1043031/1/…

youtube.com/watch?v=umLzXu… The samurai could have taken advantage of the knight's high center of gravity. The knight would lose a lot of stamina when withstanding a throwing technique.

However, since the Tachibana and Shimazu soldiers in this battle were not sailors, such spears may not have been used.

Some Japanese military manuals recommend attaching a strap to the butt end of spears for naval warfare. Spears with such straps may have been handled by gripping near the butt end.

youtube.com/watch?v=1ze7pl… Hand-dao for anti-armor may have a large edge angle. Are wakizashi often smaller in edge angle than katana? Katana with a large edge angle seem to be used not only for anti-armor purposes but also to deflect an opponent’s blade.

It is also possible that those with less physical strength were issued ones with blade lengths in the 70 cm range.

The nagamaki described in the Kenmon Zatsuroku, which was issued to lower-ranked soldiers who were not skilled in handling spears, may have had poor-quality steel for the blade, but was it made thicker to ensure durability? dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/771995/1/48

Horse armor in Eastern Japan may have a high proportion of steel parts like their human armor, but were only completely steel ones not used? Before the late 16th century, human armor may have had few steel parts.

@kaiju_tebasaki 見聞雑録によると、１５７７年に近江・美濃の農民や僧侶を含む招集兵２８００名のうち、槍が不得意なものに長巻が支給されたようですが、農民中心にそうした者もかなり多かったのでしょうか。 dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/771995/1/48

あとあれやな…現代人の悪い所で、『平均的』という言葉に縛られ過ぎて、個人間の武器の得手不得手を完全に無視してる事が多い。

According to the Historia de Japam, at the Battle of Okitanawate in 1584, Shimazu soldiers armed with short spears and long katana charged the Ryuzoji army, which was armed with long spears, and won by cutting the spears with their katana. sengokumap.net/historical-mat…

It is unclear whether Japanese soldiers did the same against Western or Ming pikemen.

If the Swiss-style tactic of holding the pike near the center of the shaft and charging did not start with a charge from the beginning, did a possibility exist that they held the end of the pike before the charge?

>They would then insert themselves into the opening files and the enemy pike unit and break it apart (Delbruck and Montluc) Within the enemy pike unit, their shorter thrusting pikes would work better than the longer landsknecht pikes in this more confined spaces.

theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?…　>The Swiss didn't want to push their enemy as in a rugby scrum. They would wait while the landsknechts advanced anticipating the files would begin to open up as the landsknechts advanced.

In Owari Kan-ryu as well, the spear is handled with a grip relatively close to the end of the shaft. youtu.be/Xt44PZM_6lI x.com/Watari_toppa/s…

To the people who ask me if you could fight with them: they weren't *meant* for that. They're still swords, they're sharp and these are good to hit hard. If you like rounded/squary tips check 16th century greatswords, Katzbalgers and Khandas

Some people are skeptical about Isengard's army at Helm's Deep. "Why bring pikemen to a siege?" Consider the following points: 1- Rohan is a land of cavalrymen. Being attacked on your way to the siege or riders sallying out (which happens in the movie) are real possibilities. 2- Pikes are GREAT at attacking breaches once walls are undermined, and were used for this purpose during the renaissance (this happens in the movie). 3- We see at least 2 kinds of specialised uruk hai swordsmen (berserkers with two handers and sword and shield infantry) amongst the ranks of the army. When you add in the dedicated sappers, shield bearers, crossbowmen and artillery men, Id say besides bringing some cavalry to support them, this is a perfectly reasonable fantasy army.