Greatest living samurai

[dbk]

WOW Amazing!!

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: trmiv
Pretty cool.

I love the Engrish subtitles.

ya those kept me giggling too


and that sword is pretty awesome too, despite his accuracy and timing.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: BeauJangles

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
That is pretty amazing but I find the Japanese obsession with "proving" that Samurai swords can beat modern technology rather funny. I remember one where they fired a .50 BMG round at a samurai sword (clamped in place, obviously). Broke the sword's blade inches above the hilt, but in doing so, it also sliced the bullet. Oh boy, so a sword can cut a bullet

You won't be saying that when our bullets, bombs, and grenades are all cut in half by thousands of invading Japanese samuri.

So what happens when we switch from firing at them with single shot bullets to daisy cutters, and claymores

Let's see a sword cut a million BBs at once or a pressure wave!

ya, i was thinking of just firing twice quickly. how would he get that second?

 

[dakels]

He will die to poisoned fish heads.

 

[Krazy4Real]

That was pretty awesome!

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Mushrooms, cucumbers, pea pods, if I'm ever attacked by an angry salad that's the guy I want to protect me.

 

[evident]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Mushrooms, cucumbers, pea pods, if I'm ever attacked by an angry salad that's the guy I want to protect me.

aye.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: BeauJangles

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
That is pretty amazing but I find the Japanese obsession with "proving" that Samurai swords can beat modern technology rather funny. I remember one where they fired a .50 BMG round at a samurai sword (clamped in place, obviously). Broke the sword's blade inches above the hilt, but in doing so, it also sliced the bullet. Oh boy, so a sword can cut a bullet

You won't be saying that when our bullets, bombs, and grenades are all cut in half by thousands of invading Japanese samuri.

So what happens when we switch from firing at them with single shot bullets to daisy cutters, and claymores

Let's see a sword cut a million BBs at once or a pressure wave!

ya, i was thinking of just firing twice quickly. how would he get that second?

See, this is how the gun won: Who has the advantage, the commander of the elite nobleman army that has spent millions and lifetimes training, or the guy who can give five peasants guns and train them for less than the cost of one year of supporting the nobleman (samurai / knight / etc...)

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: rivan
Very impressive. I wonder how many tries that bullet shot took him - or the bean. I really doubt he succeeded each on the first take.

of course not. it is still unbelievably badass and something that maybe 10 other people in the entire world could ever do.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: SirStev0

Originally posted by: rivan
Very impressive. I wonder how many tries that bullet shot took him - or the bean. I really doubt he succeeded each on the first take.

of course not. it is still unbelievably badass and something that maybe 10 other people in the entire world could ever do.

No, it's something everyone in the world could do with a little practice and unlimited takes. It's the infinite monkeys theory, if it's even remotely possible it will happen eventually.

 

[TheSlamma]

Yeah but can this dude hold down a job?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: TheSlamma
Yeah but can this dude hold down a job?

I don't see why not.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: SirStev0

Originally posted by: rivan
Very impressive. I wonder how many tries that bullet shot took him - or the bean. I really doubt he succeeded each on the first take.

of course not. it is still unbelievably badass and something that maybe 10 other people in the entire world could ever do.

No, it's something everyone in the world could do with a little practice and unlimited takes. It's the infinite monkeys theory, if it's even remotely possible it will happen eventually.

I'm still waiting on those damn simians to produce a Shakespeare competitor. My investment seems to not be paying off.

Get back to work now.

 

[ballmode]

badass

 

[JSFLY]

I can do the same thing if you give me about 30-50 takes.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: SirStev0

Originally posted by: rivan
Very impressive. I wonder how many tries that bullet shot took him - or the bean. I really doubt he succeeded each on the first take.

of course not. it is still unbelievably badass and something that maybe 10 other people in the entire world could ever do.

No, it's something everyone in the world could do with a little practice and unlimited takes. It's the infinite monkeys theory, if it's even remotely possible it will happen eventually.

Even quadruple amputees?

EDIT: Awesome 4000th post

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: JSFLY
I can do the same thing if you give me about 30-50 takes.

Doubtful, unless you are a trained fencer, do a lot of kendo, etc. Even then, hitting a fast-moving 6mm target and cutting it in half is extremely difficult.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: JSFLY
I can do the same thing if you give me about 30-50 takes.

I think I could take 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tries at the pea pod and never even come close.

 

[JSFLY]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: JSFLY
I can do the same thing if you give me about 30-50 takes.

I think I could take 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tries at the pea pod and never even come close.

Originally posted by: Spartan Niner

Originally posted by: JSFLY
I can do the same thing if you give me about 30-50 takes.

Doubtful, unless you are a trained fencer, do a lot of kendo, etc. Even then, hitting a fast-moving 6mm target and cutting it in half is extremely difficult.

That would be the case, if you were standing perpendicular to the shot. As it stands, it is much easier when the shot is coming at you.

Secondly, think of how much easier it is to bunt a ball instead of swinging at it, if you get the baseball analogy.

 

[hiromizu]

These shows are sooo stoopid.

 

[lyssword]

really sad that this guy spend so much time training and probably lives in a small apartment, he could have trained with a bat instead and become as good as ichiro, earning millions

But then he wouldnt be greatest living samurai, he would be just another highly skilled batter

 

[novasatori]

Originally posted by: lyssword
really sad that this guy spend so much time training and probably lives in a small apartment, he could have trained with a bat instead and become as good as ichiro, earning millions

But then he wouldnt be greatest living samurai, he would be just another highly skilled batter

why
he is probably pleased with his status as a samurai, its probably the greatest thing he could have wanted, given how much training he seems to have done

not everyone cares about money, but i somehow doubt he's hurting for it

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: Balt

Originally posted by: magomago

Originally posted by: Cheesehead
Katanas = fail.

Folding metal was necessary long ago when metals had crystalline imperfections and other flaws. Now we can just order flawless billets from McMaster Carr.

As having completed an undergraduate degree in Materials Science Engineering, I totally loled.

Explain, please. I don't know anything about it so I am interested.

I'm interested too. At first thought it seems obvious it's better to make anything out of a single piece of steel rather than include any welds or joins, but then again you can make some ridiculously strong materials by layering things like glass or wood, which on their own are fairly weak, even at double the thickness. And didn't the swordsmiths used several different steels with different carbon content? That would be impossible to replicate without folding or patern welding.

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: evident

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Mushrooms, cucumbers, pea pods, if I'm ever attacked by an angry salad that's the guy I want to protect me.

aye.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RKTSwAVaoU

...

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: SirStev0

Originally posted by: rivan
Very impressive. I wonder how many tries that bullet shot took him - or the bean. I really doubt he succeeded each on the first take.

of course not. it is still unbelievably badass and something that maybe 10 other people in the entire world could ever do.

Huh?

If he didn't have to do it on the first try then I say that pretty much anyone could do it, given enough tries.