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Wes Nazo
17th June 2005, 07:31 PM
I found this short story of a sword duel and thought it to be interesting.

http://home.att.net/~hofhine/Samurai.html
WolfofMibu
18th June 2005, 12:07 AM
that was pretty interesting. im guessing it took place before the meiji era.
Berugijin
18th June 2005, 08:05 AM
Awesome read! Are there more of these non-fiction stories about duels?
bluhawq
18th June 2005, 11:25 AM
It's like a story from a movie! Hard to believe it was real!!
SkippyDaStudent
18th June 2005, 02:35 PM
Simply put:

Wow...
Hisham
18th June 2005, 07:33 PM
No drinking and duelling kids :old_man: ,unless you've mastered the drunken kamae that is.
[Kensei 剣の聖者]
18th June 2005, 11:33 PM
thats really facinating,,, you always hear stories about insulted samurai's randomly beheading people and improptu duels in the street between two challengers, they have such a mystical and romantic feel about them..
nikolaj
19th June 2005, 12:38 AM
Did the rounin by any chance have red hair and a scar formed like an X?

Seriously, nice story though, allways nice to read.
Theodore
19th June 2005, 12:57 AM
Awesome read! Are there more of these non-fiction stories about duels?

Aldo Nadi (http://fencersquarterly.com/review4.htm), the famous early 20th Century fencer, actually got into a duel with sharp epees. Read about it here. (http://nadi.calpoly.edu/%7Efencing/Documentation/historical/nadi.html)

He da*n near killed the guy.
Berugijin
19th June 2005, 02:22 AM
Aldo Nadi (http://fencersquarterly.com/review4.htm), the famous early 20th Century fencer, actually got into a duel with sharp epees. Read about it here. (http://nadi.calpoly.edu/%7Efencing/Documentation/historical/nadi.html)

He da*n near killed the guy.

Amazing... Simply amazing. At the start I thought Aldo would lose since he was holding back (he did not want to kill his opponent).

Both of them drank champagne afterwards...
Hisham
19th June 2005, 08:57 PM
Both of them drank champagne afterwards...

Yeah drink after not before the duel.
Berugijin
19th June 2005, 09:01 PM
Yeah drink after not before the duel.

Bi-ru-geiko: Both kendoka in ai-jyoudan, right hand is used to hold a mug of beer. Let your imagination work from there...
Kingofmyrrh
20th June 2005, 12:09 AM
Fun read. Makes me remember why I think that people who romanticize about being samurai or whatever are completely nuts though... what a waste of life over nothing.