Secret samurai weapons

Here you have a very cool clip showing ancient, secret samurai weapons of Japan. Some of these were tightly connected to the art of jujutsu/yawara.
You will also see the use of some of these dangerous instruments. The British interviewer reminds us that ancient Japan was a very rough place, "much like Birmingham" :-)
You will see the use of kusarigama (sickle and chain), and thus be reminded about the tight links between samurai and ninja arts in reality.
To put things in perspective: Perhaps the most famous samurai sword school in Japan, Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu, have always taught various other weapons in their curriculum. One of these being the use of throwing spikes and stars, usually considered a ninja/ninpo art.

You can view this amazing clip here (flv file, 17.78 MB).

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