Lethal Ninja Weapons You'll NEVER Want to Encounter DEBUNKED

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  • Опубликовано: 15 апр 2017
  • A ninja (忍者?) or shinobi (忍び?) was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, sometimes assassination and guerrilla warfare.
    Ninja is an on'yomi (Early Middle Chinese-influenced) reading of the two kanji "忍者". In the native kun'yomi kanji reading, it is pronounced shinobi, a shortened form of the transcription shinobi-no-mono (忍の者).
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Комментарии • 3 тыс.

  • @bobjohnson6946
    @bobjohnson6946 7 лет назад +2373

    "I come in peace, but I'm still going to destroy you"...most Roman thing ever said lmao.

  • @ewb8985
    @ewb8985 6 лет назад +975

    The debunked video forgot about the ancient ninja art of spinjitsu, which allows the user to create an elemental tornado by screaming “ninjago” at the top of their lungs, thus alerting the enemy of their position.

    • @satanthepowerful1305
      @satanthepowerful1305 6 лет назад +107

      And the enemies ran away dropping their plastic swords in fear

    • @claigeannccda302
      @claigeannccda302 5 лет назад +4

      EW B it is not getting it’s sources from series, movies, anime’s, or games. Ninjago is a series. It does not exist.

    • @natravenfeld8278
      @natravenfeld8278 5 лет назад +39

      @@claigeannccda302 WOOooosh

    • @bruhbruh6294
      @bruhbruh6294 5 лет назад +22

      @@claigeannccda302 woosh you hear that its the joke going right over your head

    • @Joker-bj9xu
      @Joker-bj9xu 4 года назад +8

      ClaigeannCCDA r/wooosh

  • @sirrice69
    @sirrice69 6 лет назад +1465

    As a part Japanese man who has studied Japanese history for years, these misconceptions of the shinobi annoy me ALLOT, especially the whole "Ninja vs Samurai" crap. RUclips needs more people like you to debunk this insanely annoying and ignorant content.

    • @Aurora_808
      @Aurora_808 6 лет назад +20

      Celtic Samurai exactly!

    • @vitlityprinceofrainwings9075
      @vitlityprinceofrainwings9075 6 лет назад +29

      Celtic Samurai may your yari be ready your quiver stocked and your katana polished

    • @cactuscob
      @cactuscob 6 лет назад +34

      You clearly never watched Naruto. 100% accurate.....🤣🤣 jk

    • @jkoeberlein1
      @jkoeberlein1 6 лет назад +17

      Celtic Samurai
      I've seen the Ninja video before and was puzzled by some of the weapons that I didn't think had anything to do with Ninja.
      Thanks for clearing these misconceptions, great video!

    • @crazygott148
      @crazygott148 6 лет назад +12

      The contente from those kind of vídeos are meant for Brain dead People Who believe every thing on Internet

  • @rudolphantler6309
    @rudolphantler6309 6 лет назад +405

    So the moral of this whole observation: *What happens in night patrols, stays in night patrols.*

    • @Hercules1-v9m
      @Hercules1-v9m 4 года назад +9

      😉

    • @bluesap7318
      @bluesap7318 3 года назад +1

      Unless you wanna get shanked from behind in da streetz on a dark and stormy night.

  • @maaderllin
    @maaderllin 7 лет назад +2271

    Usual Metatron greeting: "Hello noble ones"
    Today's metatron greeting: "Hello noblest of noble ones"
    Whooo hooo we got a promotion!

    • @kand198
      @kand198 7 лет назад +84

      maaderllin still no raise though.

    • @Kurtownia
      @Kurtownia 7 лет назад +89

      nah, it's just that this time he only greeted the most important of us and ignored the rest.

    • @Mtonazzi
      @Mtonazzi 7 лет назад +5

      Well, I did got a mail from work, starting from next payment I'll get a raise c:

    • @lordzarock2372
      @lordzarock2372 7 лет назад

      Kurtownia who are the important ones and who are not

    • @Blake_Stone
      @Blake_Stone 7 лет назад +6

      Or did we just finish eliminating the competition?

  • @bogamol
    @bogamol 7 лет назад +690

    Everyone knows that the enemy of ninjas are pirates.

  • @biiioya
    @biiioya 5 лет назад +112

    "Well, of course, a katana could cut space and time, couldn't it?" That might be the best line on your whole channel.

    • @koroneovanastrea1811
      @koroneovanastrea1811 4 года назад

      @Sean Wilkinson What is RZA?

    • @Angels-Haven
      @Angels-Haven 3 года назад +1

      @@koroneovanastrea1811 wu tang clan

    • @eliteteamkiller319
      @eliteteamkiller319 2 года назад +1

      @Rick Vis 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @tarlison2k1
      @tarlison2k1 2 года назад +2

      The best warrior arm with a katana a and an english longbow ,tuck a .45 and carry an AK-47 🤣🤣🤣

  • @JimFortune
    @JimFortune 6 лет назад +452

    Are you claiming Anime is not historically accurate??? Shock! Horror!

    • @bernardoheusi6146
      @bernardoheusi6146 6 лет назад +13

      Chi is real, you just need to find the right senpai.

    • @claigeannccda302
      @claigeannccda302 5 лет назад +1

      Jim Fortune no because the video he has not debunked but claims to be debunked is not using anime as a source.

    • @thekeysman6760
      @thekeysman6760 5 лет назад

      Caleb. You're just punking yourself now, surely? Obviously, they used 'make-believe' as their source.

    • @claigeannccda302
      @claigeannccda302 5 лет назад

      thekeysman they didn’t though.

    • @thekeysman6760
      @thekeysman6760 5 лет назад +1

      Please then, tell me what you believe their source to have been, and why it doesn't tally with what our actual teacher of japanese language says here. (Or with what my japanese girlfirend has read, for that matter.)

  • @theMosen
    @theMosen 7 лет назад +1099

    They forgot to mention shadow portals. Ninjas could use portals to teleport from one shadow to the next. I know this is a historical fact because I saw it in an anime or game or something.

    • @sathere4786
      @sathere4786 6 лет назад +6

      moismyname WEEB ALERT!!!

    • @sathere4786
      @sathere4786 6 лет назад +3

      NubPlayz it's a full on weaboo right here, thinkin the world is an anime, what a knee slapper xD

    • @jacobchang7955
      @jacobchang7955 6 лет назад +69

      Gkhi9 J9u89 tmThe joke flew right over your head like C-47s over East Germany during the Berlin Airlift.

    • @DR3AD47
      @DR3AD47 6 лет назад +15

      Wooooooosh xD

    • @claigeannccda302
      @claigeannccda302 5 лет назад +2

      moismyname they are not getting their sources from an anime or game. Also: saying “because I saw it in an anime or game” is not a valid reason.

  • @Trixie-rp1uz
    @Trixie-rp1uz 7 лет назад +1841

    Can I throw a star?
    Shur I ken

    • @Luciffrit
      @Luciffrit 7 лет назад +3

      doh you beat me to it!

    • @Trixie-rp1uz
      @Trixie-rp1uz 7 лет назад +3

      Lol

    • @Gagulich
      @Gagulich 7 лет назад +16

      You deserve my like sir.

    • @cosmology124
      @cosmology124 7 лет назад +4

      hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha

    • @alfredponiman
      @alfredponiman 7 лет назад +4

      great pun tho

  • @joshmanwaring3848
    @joshmanwaring3848 6 лет назад +608

    In 8th grade world history, my teacher told me ninjas were Chinese soldiers, he also told me the Greeks disappeared in a day and the Romans replaced them. Shows how great American education is...

    • @JourneyToTheCage
      @JourneyToTheCage 6 лет назад +75

      Josh Maack are you actually serious?

    • @joshmanwaring3848
      @joshmanwaring3848 6 лет назад +120

      Suburban Slingshots he wasn't the best teacher, refused to give me anything higher than a C because I never played football

    • @Jake_Sully445
      @Jake_Sully445 6 лет назад +21

      I thought ninjas were Chinese but moved to Japan. idk, heard it from JK news

    • @groovecrusader7522
      @groovecrusader7522 6 лет назад +38

      Josh Maack i swear to god we have the same teachers, people like that made me hate football alltogether

    • @shawnwolf5961
      @shawnwolf5961 6 лет назад +62

      Not american education, one dumbass teacher.

  • @waiwai3704
    @waiwai3704 6 лет назад +397

    Is Mayonnaise a ninja weapon ?

    • @kriluck0ps456
      @kriluck0ps456 6 лет назад +16

      Yes, ninja would shoot mayonnaise.

    • @waiwai3704
      @waiwai3704 6 лет назад +7

      oh my, sounds "interesting", to say the least. I'd love to encounter a Ninja now ;3

    • @michaeltucker9916
      @michaeltucker9916 6 лет назад +19

      No, you're confusing mayo w/ "Miracle Whip", a deadly posion from blowfish semen...

    • @kriluck0ps456
      @kriluck0ps456 6 лет назад +25

      Michael Tucker Ninja assassinate people with a teamwork technique called "bukkake".

    • @waiwai3704
      @waiwai3704 6 лет назад +2

      :O I want some Ninjas to try that on me once c:

  • @TonyMontana-zk6ib
    @TonyMontana-zk6ib 7 лет назад +622

    Lethal Ninja Weapons you'll Never Want to Encounter"
    Citations:
    American Ninja
    Ninja Assassin
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    Electra

    • @nosh247
      @nosh247 7 лет назад +31

      Madara, Sasuke, Kakashi, Naruto and i will honorably mention sakura :D

    • @ng8952
      @ng8952 7 лет назад +17

      Tony Montana You forgot naruto and every anime that features ninjas as warriors.

    • @breaden4381
      @breaden4381 7 лет назад +2

      You forgot Ninja Eugene

    • @briansutak6621
      @briansutak6621 7 лет назад +4

      You also forgot Ninja Gaiden :)

    • @GoodFebruarian
      @GoodFebruarian 7 лет назад +2

      Sub Zero and Scorpion

  • @WiseSnake
    @WiseSnake 7 лет назад +255

    The part about stabbing swords into walls and cliffs was horrendously painful to the ears.

    • @julianfuchs9253
      @julianfuchs9253 7 лет назад

      Wise Snake but not totally false... i heard before that ninjas did things like that... they werent fighters so they used everything to get over walls even their swords...
      BTW. also the shurican were used... definitaly i mean if u have no armour u are instantly dead if u havent any encounters... and poisonous darts arnt that useful in near distance... so yeah i am quite sure that this things were used... its just logical...
      Greetings

    • @vaughanmacegan4012
      @vaughanmacegan4012 7 лет назад +24

      Have you ever thrown a shuriken? Shurikens are not used to kill people - you would need to be "Deadshot" (from Batman) to kill someone with a shuriken ... a direct shot to severe the carotid artery. They were simply used to distract an opponent they even mentioned that in the original video - for example, a person is unlikely to chase after you when he has a star stuck in his arm, head, body, leg - they are going to pull it out and bandage the wound ... of course the operative word is "unlikely" seeing as the damage is minimal if they are determined enough they could still chase you.

    • @julianfuchs9253
      @julianfuchs9253 7 лет назад

      Vaughan MacEgan yeah but still you can distract someone terribly with this shurican... perfect to esacape if someone saw u who dont have a heavy armour... and shurican werent heavy or very striking u can carrie them easily and they were also great to genereally encounter heavy enemys by just throwing a 10 of them into the not armoured places(imagine u have a shurican in stuck into your knee which u cant remove but u still have to fight... its just obstructive) and if u really just walk into the enemys territory and everybody wants to kill u u may want to have a few more weapons by your side...
      They dont use such a sword as i remember they used bamboo sticks like ladders and the last few meters they klimed with smth. The stroke into the space between the single stones... it was more a tool than a weapon smth. Like the kunai...

    • @PyryKorh
      @PyryKorh 7 лет назад +1

      julian fuchs Makibishi would probably be more likely when running away from enemy tho. Scatter them around and that stuff will probably slow the enemy down. But that's my opinion based on quick wikipedia fact check so I dunno.

    • @vaughanmacegan4012
      @vaughanmacegan4012 7 лет назад +1

      +julian fuchs
      We are on the same page then with shurikens, I have practiced with them and the blades, so the speak, penetrate hardwoods quite easily, would they hurt, hell yeah, but, I've seen people take a kick to the groin and kept going - can't imagine how??? The pain doesn't register, with me, however,
      I wouldn't be going anywhere with a piece of metal sticking in me.

  • @jdsmith6789
    @jdsmith6789 5 лет назад +179

    He forgot the historical "disappearing smoke bomb."

    • @christophersabo1228
      @christophersabo1228 4 года назад +8

      Disappearing smoke bomb has some basis in reality but not as much as what anime and Hollywood put into it.

    • @badlandskid
      @badlandskid 4 года назад +2

      Enter the Dragon

    • @johnnytakisawa
      @johnnytakisawa 4 года назад +3

      Ninja vanish!

    • @crwydryny
      @crwydryny 4 года назад +7

      It's historical fact that ninja's didn't use smoke bombs they'd turn into smoke using the magical powers of the kuji-kiri ;p

    • @kenprotective8858
      @kenprotective8858 3 года назад +2

      Because historical scrolls describes ninjas as not actually disappearing but were found to be either crouching down with arms covering head, lying down, in a foetal position or planking once the smoke clears form the smoke bombs

  • @MortusVanDerHell
    @MortusVanDerHell 5 лет назад +335

    So you would say that the sentence: "Ninjas - the assassins of the feudal Japan.", is equivalent to: "The CIA - the assassins of the modern USA." ?

    • @theashennamedjerry3203
      @theashennamedjerry3203 5 лет назад +39

      No, because the cia does assassinate. Or at least they try. Cough bay of pigs cough.

    • @MortusVanDerHell
      @MortusVanDerHell 5 лет назад +80

      Ninjas assassinate too, but this is not there main order. And not the main order of the CIA.

    • @CruelestChris
      @CruelestChris 5 лет назад +16

      @@theashennamedjerry3203
      That's your idea of an assassination?

    • @theashennamedjerry3203
      @theashennamedjerry3203 5 лет назад +17

      @@CruelestChris you know what. I fucked up. The bay of pigs was an invasion.

    • @ethandonnelly1973
      @ethandonnelly1973 5 лет назад +26

      @@CruelestChris I'd consider it an assassination. I don't believe there's any stipulation for assassination to be stealthy, if you start a full blown invasion to kill a particular target for political reasons, that's an assassination. Just a super fucking messy one lmao

  • @The_Ghost923
    @The_Ghost923 7 лет назад +291

    When throwing a Kunai with a chain, I'm sure the ninja yelled "Get over here!"

  • @little_isalina
    @little_isalina 7 лет назад +158

    I wonder how many seasons of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles they watched for research.

  • @Fuzz82
    @Fuzz82 5 лет назад +163

    1960's :
    Batman: "We must not draw attention to ourselves. Let's sit at the bar like normal patrons."
    Robin: "Great idea Batman!"
    1660's:
    Ninja1: "We must not draw attention to ourselves. Let's run across the rooftops."
    Ninja2: "Great Idea!"

    • @nightcz3408
      @nightcz3408 5 лет назад +8

      Running across rooftops is a genuine ninja technique called the Tanuki Gakure No Justsu.
      It makes use of the fact that most people don’t passively look up more than 45 degrees.

    • @juandelata
      @juandelata 5 лет назад +17

      @@nightcz3408 that's something you'd hear from an anime. Please watch actual historians who dedicates their lives in studying history instead of weebs that saw something on the internet

    • @nightcz3408
      @nightcz3408 5 лет назад +7

      horahora153 It’s really not. Watch literally any of Gaijin Goomba’s videos. Their Which Ninja series literally delves into shinobi in popular media and picks apart all the ninja aspects of them.
      He’s lived in Japan for years, has read many books, scrolls and visited many museums. Seen live demonstrations and spoken personally with experts.

    • @Fuzz82
      @Fuzz82 5 лет назад +24

      A roof could be a good place to sit still and hide for sure. But I doubt running over them would do any good.

    • @kielbasamage
      @kielbasamage 4 года назад +9

      I mean, I could see sometimes you'd need to hide on one, but I doubt anyone would want to fall off or through a straw roof because they dattebayo'd too hard.

  • @ibby5922
    @ibby5922 6 лет назад +162

    I’m surprised the Chidori wasn’t there. The most effective lightning nature jutsu. It was definitely used by all ninja

    • @Lumos89
      @Lumos89 4 года назад +7

      That is because the rasengan is superior in every way.

    • @sholahverassa8582
      @sholahverassa8582 4 года назад +4

      @@Lumos89 Still gets beaten by tsukuyomi.

    • @jacobjensen7704
      @jacobjensen7704 4 года назад +1

      Not true, Chidori can only be used by those who have a Sharingan.

    • @albertoiturra6231
      @albertoiturra6231 3 года назад +3

      Elite ninja doesns't count, you should talk about explosive paper and kage bunshin no jutsu. Datebayo

    • @ChadKakashi
      @ChadKakashi Год назад

      @@jacobjensen7704 not true. Kakashi didn’t have the Sharingan when he first used Chidori. It’s a very risky jutsu to use without the Sharingan but it isn’t necessary.

  • @tyngchinchillachang838
    @tyngchinchillachang838 7 лет назад +407

    Btw im quite sure that ninjas are green and wear turleshells.

    • @arx3516
      @arx3516 7 лет назад +9

      Of course, Master Splinter was an apprentice of Muten Roshi!

    • @ng8952
      @ng8952 7 лет назад +2

      Tyngchinchilla Chang And a katana that can cut through time and space.

    • @nomad5083
      @nomad5083 7 лет назад +5

      Tyngchinchilla Chang
      And were trained by a humble old rat

    • @kaishadowninja5989
      @kaishadowninja5989 7 лет назад +2

      Ikr?

    • @clare5one
      @clare5one 7 лет назад

      That did it for me!

  • @somerandomguy5995
    @somerandomguy5995 7 лет назад +325

    Metatron is slowly becoming an italian, japanese loving, roman enthusiast rapunzel.

  • @MattFyrm
    @MattFyrm 3 года назад +67

    "what are the walls made of? Pizza dough?"
    No, metatron, they're Japanese not Italians!

    • @yuuyakizami2133
      @yuuyakizami2133 2 года назад +11

      So the walls are made of mochi or daifuku? 😂

  • @theldraspneumonoultramicro405
    @theldraspneumonoultramicro405 5 лет назад +71

    talks about sai, 12:11 shows a parrying dagger...

    • @donsmeltzer4083
      @donsmeltzer4083 4 года назад

      Theldras Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis that’s a sai.

    • @kimprins8338
      @kimprins8338 4 года назад +10

      @@donsmeltzer4083 I don't think they are. Sering the clamshell as a Bilt and the combination with a rapier points at a parrying dagger

    • @gothkrix
      @gothkrix 4 года назад +6

      @@kimprins8338 Yep, it is a parrying dagger, and funny enough Sai were used with the same purpose if I am not mistaken, hence the similarities. As far as I know, they were mainly meant to catch the blades of the opponents.

    • @sebastianb.3978
      @sebastianb.3978 4 года назад

      @@gothkrix I think he has a video on Okinawan weapons were he talks about how Sai were used back then

    • @kenprotective8858
      @kenprotective8858 3 года назад

      He forgets to mention the legendary ninja Raphael when describing the sais

  • @ulysses284
    @ulysses284 7 лет назад +181

    "The curvature begins really early in the curvature"
    -Metatron 2017

    • @Lord_Epsilon
      @Lord_Epsilon 7 лет назад +15

      It does.

    • @ulysses284
      @ulysses284 7 лет назад +28

      *lip smack* pretty accurate

    • @savage7882
      @savage7882 7 лет назад +23

      Yo dawg i heard that you like curves
      so i curved the curvature so you can have a curvature really early in the curvature

  • @SwitchFeathers
    @SwitchFeathers 7 лет назад +1013

    Talks about a sai, shows a fucking _Italian parrying dagger._

    • @secutorprimus
      @secutorprimus 7 лет назад +128

      SwitchFeathers There were even rapiers in the frame, too...

    • @Yak_Jedi
      @Yak_Jedi 7 лет назад +40

      I agree. However, I think the original video's creators were only trying to note the similarity between the sai and those particular off-hand weapons. They just didn't do that good a job of it.

    • @tuckerrichardson2606
      @tuckerrichardson2606 7 лет назад +18

      well it was a pour choice and I'm in no way defending the video however the parrying dagger and the sai are very much alike when looked but with ignorant eyes if you don't know they're different just getting a glimpse through a quick Google search you can see how they'd be considered the same.

    • @Yak_Jedi
      @Yak_Jedi 7 лет назад

      agreed

    • @JimGiant
      @JimGiant 7 лет назад +20

      I gave Metatron the link to that video. That image sealed the deal for me.

  • @anarchistentertainment9040
    @anarchistentertainment9040 6 лет назад +95

    LETHAL -NARUTO- NINJA WEAPONS YOU'LL NEVER WANT TO ENCOUNTER

    • @susamogus5693
      @susamogus5693 3 года назад +2

      Who uses weapons in naruto anyways lol chakra goes brrrr

  • @ModernBladesmith
    @ModernBladesmith 6 лет назад +93

    "The curvature begins really early in the curvature"
    -Metatron 2017
    Remember these words my friends. They hold much wisdom.

  • @77knives
    @77knives 7 лет назад +461

    "Lethal Ninja Weapons you'll Never Want to Encounter"
    Weebs with plastic swords.

    • @washedAwry
      @washedAwry 5 лет назад +3

      Oh god

    • @rogerramiussergeialexander5541
      @rogerramiussergeialexander5541 5 лет назад +17

      Indeed. There was a booth at [anime weekend Atlanta] that sold really heavy duty plastic prop swords. (they were smashing cinder blocks with them)
      A weeb full of nerd-rage charging at you with a 7 pound club would be quite terrifying.

    • @rogerramiussergeialexander5541
      @rogerramiussergeialexander5541 5 лет назад +7

      Fear the obsessed, for they will defend their muse as if it were their own life; because it IS their life.

    • @anastasiaschoofs5304
      @anastasiaschoofs5304 5 лет назад

      Dont forget bokkens 😂

    • @crwydryny
      @crwydryny 4 года назад

      Anastasia glinchikova those bokkens freaking hurt lol

  • @Lord_Epsilon
    @Lord_Epsilon 7 лет назад +424

    Why would ninjas use "ninja weapons"... you would be able to spot a ninja easily by the weapon he carries.

    • @Proxyincognito
      @Proxyincognito 7 лет назад +83

      If you live in a castle made of pizza dough you probably wouldn't be tipped off by ninja weapons :p

    • @sathere4786
      @sathere4786 6 лет назад +24

      Matt Nicholson "The straight ninja"
      Is there a bisexual one lmao

    • @Rantsnrambles808
      @Rantsnrambles808 6 лет назад +10

      He said everyone had a sword....when everyone has a sword...no1 does

    • @sathere4786
      @sathere4786 6 лет назад +11

      Matt Nicholson don't take this joke too seriously ma-dud xD

    • @alexandresobreiramartins9461
      @alexandresobreiramartins9461 6 лет назад +6

      Well, considering that many samurai were bisexuals, I don't why shinobi wouldn't be too. XD

  • @caveymoley
    @caveymoley 6 лет назад +56

    What I learned from this video....
    Ninjas were state sponsored nights watch and undercover/secret police, who may or may not have used their position to summarily execute a few "undesirables" every now and then.
    Thanks so much for helping me demystify their role in history

  • @williamh.7097
    @williamh.7097 5 лет назад +51

    Turns out Naruto and Samurai Jack are not reliable sources of historical Info. 😂

    • @ChupeTTe
      @ChupeTTe 4 года назад +1

      But theyre still a fun ride

    • @DoritoBagWilkins
      @DoritoBagWilkins 4 года назад +5

      Technically we wouldn't know if Samurai Jack was historically accurate, as only a small portion of it takes place in Feudal Japan. The vast majority of it happens in the far future.

    • @tommasobergamaschi4277
      @tommasobergamaschi4277 3 года назад +1

      @@DoritoBagWilkins Good point dude!

    • @hz.kemalpasa2997
      @hz.kemalpasa2997 3 года назад +2

      As a traveler from far future I can confirm Samurai Jack is a completely accurate source of info.

    • @tommasobergamaschi4277
      @tommasobergamaschi4277 3 года назад

      @@hz.kemalpasa2997 That sound something Jack himself would say lmao

  • @dominicshelkey8741
    @dominicshelkey8741 7 лет назад +333

    Why no mention of Pizza? In every ninja documentary I've watched, the ninja eat pizza.

    • @christianrenzpueyo6705
      @christianrenzpueyo6705 6 лет назад +11

      Dominic Shelkey and Snickers, they are very much effective against samurais and soldier, in case of emergency and power up crisis

    • @alexandresobreiramartins9461
      @alexandresobreiramartins9461 6 лет назад +21

      He mentioned castles walls made of pizza dough, though... dough... though...

    • @patanjalilemonsquashimmortal
      @patanjalilemonsquashimmortal 6 лет назад +24

      What about Ramen. Everyone knows that ramen could replenish your chakra

    • @iamachinesepetwholies5476
      @iamachinesepetwholies5476 6 лет назад +7

      Is that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle meme, if it is, clever then

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 6 лет назад +3

      Thats why they eat it!
      To get into the castle of the evil daimyo they had to make a hole in the wall. They just ate the wall.

  • @mikesiri2774
    @mikesiri2774 7 лет назад +355

    Blot twist. Metatron is a ninja and confusing people with facts and say some of them are not true to make him safe

    • @dudeistpreist5721
      @dudeistpreist5721 6 лет назад +25

      Mike Siri his hair isn't long enough he must be early in his training. such a young grasshopper.

    • @patanjalilemonsquashimmortal
      @patanjalilemonsquashimmortal 6 лет назад +2

      Das Carlin that is the reason why he left loopholes that led to make being able to reduce the fact

    • @falcon8752
      @falcon8752 6 лет назад +8

      Yes, Blot twist. Also known as upside-down Rorschach.

    • @sathere4786
      @sathere4786 6 лет назад +3

      Mike Siri **plot*

    • @Reaper-dg1nn
      @Reaper-dg1nn 6 лет назад +5

      🅱️LOT 🅱️ist

  • @EgaoKage
    @EgaoKage 6 лет назад +210

    To say that Ninja and Samurai were inherent enemies, would be like saying that DvDs and DvD Players are inherent enemies. One has the information, the other makes use of it.. Probably better analogies out there.. But maybe you see what I mean. :P

    • @EgaoKage
      @EgaoKage 6 лет назад +16

      A note on poisons. Very few poisons ever existed (even today; through modern pharmaceuticals) which could be delivered, in a high enough dosage to have any noticeable effect, via a coated weapon. Only one plant-based poison could ever hope to achieve that. And the plant it's made from didn't arrive in Japan until, around the 1950s. Actual poisons will almost always need to be either injected or ingested. And, often, in fairly large doses.. At least, any which could be stored for any length of time, will be. Poison is a HUGE topic...and a very misunderstood one.

    • @RockerMarcee96
      @RockerMarcee96 6 лет назад +3

      Well not a weapn coated plant based poison, but a deployed with a weapon and plant based. Thyme mixed in with belladonna extract in powder form delivered from an axe that is hollow on the inside and has holes in it's head. The first swing toward the opponent's face will cover him in blinding powder (it's going to hurt and actually blind you for a good 30 minutes). Well at least this is what Fiore de'i Liberi gives us for armoured duels.

    • @Tennouseijin
      @Tennouseijin 5 лет назад +2

      I've heard about shuriken and other blades coated in rotten meat and dung to instead cause deadly wound infections. Would that make more sense than poison? Or is that another baseless theory?

    • @anonyme4881
      @anonyme4881 5 лет назад +3

      Poison takes time to produce effet. Even with moderne one, with some exeption.
      The strongest poisoned weapon is Bulgar's umbrella. Walk in the street, stab your oponent's foot with your umbrella and click a button to inject an incurable radioactif element.
      Your target is dead.

    • @anonyme4881
      @anonyme4881 5 лет назад +2

      I heard that bowman shitted in they quiver to infect opponent.

  • @cambamslam3510
    @cambamslam3510 5 лет назад +41

    Sorry. But both of you are wrong. Back then we all fought using elemental Jitsus and the base of everything was chakra. I don't know what all this shit about farming and samurai is. But your all wrong

  • @BS-bd5uq
    @BS-bd5uq 7 лет назад +372

    Did I see rapiers with parrying daggers?? lolol

    • @alexdhamp
      @alexdhamp 7 лет назад +5

      Yes, I believe you did... lol

    • @JETWTF
      @JETWTF 7 лет назад +7

      Indeed you did, and was funny.

    • @secutorprimus
      @secutorprimus 7 лет назад +16

      Yuexin Huo I was wondering why that wasn't brought up... 👍

    • @BS-bd5uq
      @BS-bd5uq 7 лет назад +1

      TheBeastWithin same lol

    • @Poldovico
      @Poldovico 7 лет назад +19

      hey, it's an awesome combo! Rapiers get extra riposte damage and can easily stunlock and interrupt.

  • @Glegionar
    @Glegionar 7 лет назад +200

    I suggest the creaton of a specific word for when a video gets debunked by Metatron: "Metatroned"! xD

  • @kyriss12
    @kyriss12 6 лет назад +51

    as far as ninja's and poison goes. I'm fairly certain they used it in food far more often than any other weapon, because slow acting poisons have always been the best method of assassination. As far as poison coated throwing weapons and blow darts go, most likely didn't happen outside of Hollywood. Even a really potent poison directly injected into a major vein is going to take awhile to circulate through the bloodstream before it takes affect.
    If the poison in question is only lightly coating something that most likely only got into capillaries, or lesser veins, your target is going to be made aware that someones trying to kill them, and have plenty of time to take action. It works for hunting because you can track the animal and wait for them to die, doesn't work so well for assassination and combat because they have plenty of time to sound the alarm and fight back.

    • @sargerasserasion8170
      @sargerasserasion8170 6 лет назад +1

      Cyinide is the assasins best friend

    • @Vulgarth1
      @Vulgarth1 5 лет назад +2

      @@sargerasserasion8170 A political murder is not exactly the best time to be using a chemical that ends in an obviously unnatural death.

    • @nurse425
      @nurse425 4 года назад

      @Izno Iznogoud LOL, yep!

    • @aridicaexmontaudon1296
      @aridicaexmontaudon1296 3 года назад

      The oss used poison in the bigot dart i believe

    • @voltekthecyborg7898
      @voltekthecyborg7898 2 года назад

      Blow darts were used. But for hunting, obviously. So a poison dart would make sense in that regard. Assassination, not so much. You'd be better off with poisoned wine (including saki) and other stuff

  • @mr.q337
    @mr.q337 5 лет назад +41

    but but but, I thought ninjas wearing orange jacket and scream their lung out when ever they attack?

  • @briankenney9528
    @briankenney9528 7 лет назад +130

    I wonder what misconceptions future generations will have about modern soldiers

    • @sargerasserasion8170
      @sargerasserasion8170 6 лет назад +53

      I'll tell you a modern one. "All soldiers are heroes and deserve our respect even if they are brainwashed psychopaths

    • @bobthebuilder2922
      @bobthebuilder2922 6 лет назад +15

      @@sargerasserasion8170 not true

    • @iikkuowo6735
      @iikkuowo6735 6 лет назад +64

      probs that everyone hipfired full auto and that magazines held near limitless amount of ammunition

    • @sheisthemanheisthewoman4016
      @sheisthemanheisthewoman4016 5 лет назад +47

      AMERICAN soldiers were completely invincible with dead eye aim and a gun that could tear holes in time and space! Also they had an elongating chainsaw machete bayonet that could tear through armies with ease. That was a single AMERICAN soldier!

    • @mr.q337
      @mr.q337 5 лет назад +7

      Boi, have you seen any Michael Bay movies? =))) LMAO

  • @Feminismisfornobody
    @Feminismisfornobody 7 лет назад +896

    your hair is magnificent

    • @metatronyt
      @metatronyt  7 лет назад +116

      Why thank you ^^

    • @davidwilkinson7361
      @davidwilkinson7361 7 лет назад +2

      Metatron hey what's the song at the end of your videos btw Naples is a shothole its almost as bad as china

    • @johnathanyoung100
      @johnathanyoung100 7 лет назад +26

      scientists theorise that it is the source of his intellectual prowess, his power level increases exponentially with length

    • @axelkjallquistweiss5471
      @axelkjallquistweiss5471 7 лет назад +1

      Feminism is for nobody nahh too short

    • @The_Maw_Hermit
      @The_Maw_Hermit 7 лет назад +1

      Well, that's an immens bullshit man. Italian here. Naples is rich of stunning landscapes and a lot of magnificent historical buildings, as you know since you're talking, Naples was for hundreds of years one of the two capitals of the "Regno delle due sicilie" or into english, the "kingdom of two sicilies".. if you think actual shit PROPAGANDA tells you that Naples is full of shit, well, you've just to take a week and go there yourself to see how it looks.

  • @gregkral4467
    @gregkral4467 5 лет назад +9

    All those late '70's and early 80's ninja movies did us all a great dis-service. I always thought of it more of a job description, sometimes freedom fighters, but thank you for this video. It does put much back into perspective.

  • @shadowangel3995
    @shadowangel3995 5 лет назад +9

    “The katana can cut space and time.” I loved that line.

  • @cmn9824
    @cmn9824 7 лет назад +137

    ''I come in peace, but i'm still gonna destroy your video''

  • @tombruner9634
    @tombruner9634 7 лет назад +39

    Shuriken was mentioned in South Park. It was the only one Kenny could afford.

  • @jeffreygao3956
    @jeffreygao3956 6 лет назад +33

    You could also mention that ninjas probably had access to guns. Japan has had firearms since 1543 and they were common weapons for both ashigaru and samurai.
    PS Love this video! I'm a big fan!

    • @arminiusofgermania
      @arminiusofgermania 4 года назад

      Samurai considered muskets dishonorable. The tokugawa shogunate didn't use them. Nobunaga oda did.

    • @sebastianb.3978
      @sebastianb.3978 4 года назад +12

      @@arminiusofgermania *laughs in Battle of Sekigahara and Siege of Osaka*

    • @AlexSmith-lr5uo
      @AlexSmith-lr5uo 7 месяцев назад

      Chocuto

    • @AlexSmith-lr5uo
      @AlexSmith-lr5uo 7 месяцев назад

      The last living Shinobi, uses shuriken

  • @Tony_Regime
    @Tony_Regime 3 года назад +3

    I read somewhere that the Ninja outfit is really from Japanese theatre where stage hands would be dressed in black. in plays only the results of Ninja's actions were shown so a stage hand dressed in black would assassinate a target or steal documents, etc, so people wrongly associated the outfit with Ninjas.
    the stage technique is still used simply look up "matrix ping pong" to see a great example

  • @frencpoulisos8076
    @frencpoulisos8076 7 лет назад +43

    When i see: DEBUNKED at your chanell i know it will be great video

  • @nickcarbaugh4301
    @nickcarbaugh4301 7 лет назад +28

    Why would I want to encounter ANY lethal ninja weapon?

    • @alexandresobreiramartins9461
      @alexandresobreiramartins9461 6 лет назад +1

      Yes, or ANY lethal weapon, period! Actually, ANY weapon. Are they saying it's good to encounter other weapons? What weapons are not made to be lethal, BTW?

    • @NDOhioan
      @NDOhioan 6 лет назад +1

      OVER BORK Honestly, I'd find the sentient katana with arms far more disturbing than the mugging.

    • @zjuraeventide8949
      @zjuraeventide8949 6 лет назад

      Alexandre Martins A dubstep gun

  • @beswick1306
    @beswick1306 4 года назад +7

    Whenever metatron jumps into frame i just imagine him crouching down under the camera like "Ahh this'll look cool!"

    • @WarEmperor5
      @WarEmperor5 3 года назад

      Fun part is... That's probably exactly what he does lol, and most likely many times until he gets it right

  • @Dinoenthusiastguy
    @Dinoenthusiastguy 5 лет назад +4

    4:02 Fun fact: I own two of those swords. Got them off ebay. Complete crap; the strap on the scabbard broke within hours, the bindings are coming undone and the pieces are loosely fitted together and rattle to high heaven. In the words of a great man, "What are you planning on killing? Butterflies?"

  • @discountjotaro5259
    @discountjotaro5259 7 лет назад +112

    Oh please Metatron,we all know that a ninja is the perfect combination of melee and assasination,the ultimate warrior.

    • @TheBloofyx
      @TheBloofyx 7 лет назад +26

      perfect combination of melee, assasination and stabbing walls with their swords*

    • @finnmontaner3310
      @finnmontaner3310 7 лет назад +7

      Kalameet stabbing pizza dough*

  • @kevinoneal9779
    @kevinoneal9779 7 лет назад +436

    Here we go again...

    • @squirrelknight9768
      @squirrelknight9768 7 лет назад +54

      Kevin O'Neal freedom for the kekistani people

    • @kevinoneal9779
      @kevinoneal9779 7 лет назад +48

      *SHADILAY*

    • @squirrelknight9768
      @squirrelknight9768 7 лет назад +13

      Kevin O'Neal ✊

    • @ethandonnelly1973
      @ethandonnelly1973 7 лет назад +15

      ON OUR OWN! GOING DOWN THE ONLY ROAD WE'VE EVER KNOWN! LIKE A-oh you meant a metatron rant.......Oops

    • @SZebS
      @SZebS 7 лет назад +8

      Kevin O'Neal kekistan

  • @georgesimmons2517
    @georgesimmons2517 6 лет назад +33

    It’s nice to see someone on RUclips that actually knows what they’re talking about :)

  • @croweater6814
    @croweater6814 5 лет назад +25

    12:12. European fencing daggers are japanese sai now. Cool.

  • @helmenhjelmen1955
    @helmenhjelmen1955 7 лет назад +15

    The katana being expensive weapons with a high status symbol.
    Yeah lets break the katana and make it a knife instead.... genius.

  • @bradleyh8044
    @bradleyh8044 7 лет назад +39

    Any chance of getting a video on the night patrols so frequently mentioned here?

    • @JohnDoe-on6ru
      @JohnDoe-on6ru 6 лет назад +12

      Ninjas never used their smart phones to record themselves for security reasons, they only used them when they got back to their homes.

  • @BrunoRibeiro-zq1kq
    @BrunoRibeiro-zq1kq 5 лет назад +17

    Ninja arts: rasengan, chidori, fireball jutsu.

  • @thedukeofskull1383
    @thedukeofskull1383 3 года назад

    VERY INFORMATIVE as usual!
    ALWAYS worth watching. 👍
    AND PEACE BE WITH YOU, MY FRIEND !

  • @deathkittenk.5471
    @deathkittenk.5471 7 лет назад +43

    walls must've been made of pasta

    • @johnfrancisdoe1563
      @johnfrancisdoe1563 6 лет назад +2

      DeathKitten K. Modern mountaineers in the Alps and elsewhere use dedicated tools that are stabbed into mountains and stepped on. So the technique itself is not limited to weak materials.

    • @Lunamana
      @Lunamana 5 лет назад +2

      @@johnfrancisdoe1563 Yea but you wouldn't want to step on a sword you plan on using, you wouldn't want to stab a wall with that same sword either :P

    • @Fraggr92
      @Fraggr92 5 лет назад

      Weren't old Japanese houses essentially made with mud walls? As in mud packed onto grids of bamboo surrounded by timber frames?

    • @gemstonegynoid7475
      @gemstonegynoid7475 4 года назад

      @@Fraggr92 really, the same with many medieval commoner buildings around the world. Just different wood

  • @Eric-ky3fo
    @Eric-ky3fo 7 лет назад +11

    Metatron you don't know how helpful your videos have been.
    Thank you for sharing this information with us.

  • @richard-4655
    @richard-4655 4 года назад +3

    Didn't notice I was watching the video three years later until you said "Happy Easter" and went to check the date. That timing!

  • @bkmccovert
    @bkmccovert 4 года назад +2

    I appreciate the information and your commitment to accuracy and detail in your videos. I also highly admire the respect you show to other youtubers, including the ones that share different views. You don’t need to tear others down to build yourself up, and you’ve done a fantastic job of displaying integrity and tact. Keep up the great work. I subscribed to your channel after watching this video. Looking forward to catching up on the ones I’ve missed and seeing what’s in store for the future.

  • @AmorDeae
    @AmorDeae 7 лет назад +28

    I wonder how an actual ninja would react to a video containing such knowledge.

    • @burleynelson4263
      @burleynelson4263 7 лет назад +26

      They would probably be glad to see that all of their real secret techniques are covered up by fiction so no one knows the truth.

    • @Tangent_Pixel
      @Tangent_Pixel 7 лет назад +11

      amadeusz antyga how would you know they were a ninja? That would be like a spy coming out to respond to spy misconception... I'm sure it's happened, but he wouldn't say "I know because I am a spy"
      Horrible for PR.

    • @JohnDoe-on6ru
      @JohnDoe-on6ru 6 лет назад +6

      Or brilliant? Nobody would expect a real spy to come out as a spy, that's genius!
      #NotASpy

    • @brianwyters2150
      @brianwyters2150 6 лет назад

      Well Metatron does talk about time after the hypothetical ninja was at, so then the ninja could know the future to some extent.

    • @NDOhioan
      @NDOhioan 6 лет назад

      Tangent FYI I am a ninja

  • @Immopimmo
    @Immopimmo 7 лет назад +15

    Ninjas may use their swords to climb.. but Lara Croft can use flimsy arrows and just stab them into thick planks and stand and climb on them like it's no ones business. She's a real ninja. :p

  • @jeffreygao3956
    @jeffreygao3956 6 лет назад +55

    Real ninja vs Fantasy ninja
    Fantasy ninja gets instantly recognized and arrested. Real ninja takes out his/her target and is never suspected. Real 1, fantasy 0.

    • @terner1234
      @terner1234 4 года назад +5

      but a fantasy ninja can kill everyone who tries to arrest him and scream "ninjago" to create a tornado

    • @jeffreygao3956
      @jeffreygao3956 4 года назад +5

      Until the ninja gets shot by a mini-gun with infinite ammunition.

    • @tommasobergamaschi4277
      @tommasobergamaschi4277 3 года назад +1

      Idk dude Kakashi is pretty OP it would not be easy to arrest him

  • @matthewread7220
    @matthewread7220 5 лет назад +1

    Always appreciate a video from the metatron.

  • @eyeninja3398
    @eyeninja3398 7 лет назад +53

    i don't want to encounter is the one who possess a sharingan or rinnegan

    • @alexdhamp
      @alexdhamp 7 лет назад +4

      Byakugan FTW

    • @KingOpenReview
      @KingOpenReview 7 лет назад +13

      LynKy12 There's tons of evidence. You just need to know how to break the genjutsus placed on certain scrolls.

    • @nosh247
      @nosh247 7 лет назад +1

      Tenseigan > all other "gan"s

    • @ohlawd3699
      @ohlawd3699 7 лет назад

      +francisco chong
      Nope. : )

    • @nosh247
      @nosh247 7 лет назад

      XD which gan is the best then?

  • @MichaelBerthelsen
    @MichaelBerthelsen 7 лет назад +79

    Ironically, I regularly walk past a bookstore specializing in old books, and one of their illustrated books shows how you would ACTUALLY get over walls. Using a hooked ladder (blades/hooks at the top).(Living in Osaka) Which is a way better way than bending/breaking your sword to get over a wall. What the heck do you use once you get inside, after bending your sword. Also, how does pulling straight up on a strap pull the blade out from between the rocks? *facepalm*

    • @phungvietanhao
      @phungvietanhao 7 лет назад +7

      I read a Japanese manga (Nintama Rantarô), it illustrates how ninjas use their swords to vault through short walls. The way is they put sword (still in scabbard), handle up, against the wall, then jump on the pommel to the top of the wall. Before they do that, they tie a rope into the scabbard, one end is tied to ninja's wrist. After being on top, they retrieve the sword using the rope.

    • @MichaelBerthelsen
      @MichaelBerthelsen 7 лет назад +3

      phungvietanhao Except that has nothing to do with either the video or what I said...

    • @phungvietanhao
      @phungvietanhao 7 лет назад +6

      Nah, Just wanted to verify that the use of sword to vault through the wall without damaging the sword is plausible, if not actually useful.

    • @MichaelBerthelsen
      @MichaelBerthelsen 7 лет назад +11

      phungvietanhao Not the way they describe it. Which is what we're discussing here. Not to mention, I'm not sure that would make any sense, since you could just use a stick, and not break your scabbard. Why not just use a stick for the same purpose? More secure, 0% chance of loosing/breaking your weapon, and would be far less suspicious, should someone stumble upon it. No clear dents in the soil, just someone having left a stick leaning against the wall.

    • @bmxriderforlife1234
      @bmxriderforlife1234 7 лет назад +4

      you can straighten bent katana rather easy. just do it over your knee. but obviously its still stupid to bend a sword to climb a wall.

  • @Hercules1-v9m
    @Hercules1-v9m 5 лет назад +64

    Ha! So the "ninja" from Deadliest Warrior lied and cheated about their weapons..........and still were killed by a Spartan.

    • @saitamayourdaddy7008
      @saitamayourdaddy7008 5 лет назад +2

      Nope

    • @charliedilltarde9881
      @charliedilltarde9881 5 лет назад +1

      piss off

    • @Anino_Makata
      @Anino_Makata 5 лет назад +4

      Yep, and the Spartan could've done it with his shield alone!
      (Fun Fact: If you look at the kill tallies of the Spartan and the Ninja, the Aspis shield alone had more kills than the Ninja's entire Hollywood/anime/comic book inspired arsenal)

    • @58jharris
      @58jharris 4 года назад +5

      That show was a big load of bullshit .

    • @DoritoBagWilkins
      @DoritoBagWilkins 4 года назад +3

      Deadliest Warrior's entire shtick was taking enemies who weren't front line combatants and putting them in straight fights with enemies who were. It made virtually every fight feel like shit and reflected badly on just about anyone or anything they decided to feature.

  • @andrewstefanow5440
    @andrewstefanow5440 5 лет назад +1

    This is my very first video I've watched by Metatron. Based on his specific knowledge and love of Japan and their culture, with the fight to let the truth come forward. I will subscribe. Well done.

  • @caphikoki
    @caphikoki 7 лет назад +80

    I want a video about ninja pirate robot zombies !

    • @fretilius
      @fretilius 7 лет назад +17

      records only mention them fighting in space so no connection to japan whatsoever >__>

    • @Fedorchik1536
      @Fedorchik1536 7 лет назад +5

      or better yet, ninja pirate cyborg zombie jesuses (jesi?)
      remember - cyborg, not robot. cyborg is robot, but 20% cooler

    • @manuxalunx6522
      @manuxalunx6522 7 лет назад +5

      you forgot the cursed-nazi-ninja-witcher-farming-werebears

    • @fretilius
      @fretilius 7 лет назад +1

      MANUXAL UNX yay something senseable finally

    • @darunicgames9197
      @darunicgames9197 7 лет назад

      yeah

  • @Vaeren222
    @Vaeren222 7 лет назад +6

    this video topped my birthday! :) thx metatron

  • @SleepLessThan3
    @SleepLessThan3 5 лет назад +10

    Original video talks about sai but then shows a french parrying dagger :omegathonk:

  • @GXStream
    @GXStream 6 лет назад

    Love this style of commentary. Thanks for the video, it was a worthwile watch.

  • @Cato229
    @Cato229 7 лет назад +7

    I love this channel + I love ninjas + I love debunkings =

  • @jean-naymar602
    @jean-naymar602 7 лет назад +5

    "I come in peace, but I'm still going to destroy your video."
    "I come in peace, but i'm still going to plunder your village tho"

  • @shredhead999
    @shredhead999 6 лет назад

    love your page by the way, please keep it up!

  • @gregkral4467
    @gregkral4467 5 лет назад +1

    I love your manner in your videos. Respectful and knowledgeable. Thank you for your studies in order to enlighten and provoke discussion and though about history for us all. Thank you for your work, noble one.

  • @jaelee671
    @jaelee671 7 лет назад +39

    In that context, you might not be able to call Sai Japanese weapon at all. Okinawa was originally separate kingdom called Ryukyu and wasn't even part of Japan till late 19th Century. Since we don't call American Indian weapons American weapons, maybe we have to call sai ryukyu weapon?

    • @TeaSerpent
      @TeaSerpent 6 лет назад +1

      The "Sai" is a traditional Chinese weapon called a Tiechi (Iron Ruler).
      It is not a farm tool, an Indian Trishula, a nail for fixing ox cart wheels to their axle, a pitchfork for hay or any of the other nonsense people talk about it.
      Unfortunately every single thing Megatron says about Okinawan Kobudo are things that are widely known to be false and do not have backing by any historical evidence. Although this seems to be a running theme with his videos, debunking other people and claiming to rely on historical evidence while simultaneously perpetuating the same type of ignorant pop culture falsehoods he claims to be correcting.

    • @TeaSerpent
      @TeaSerpent 6 лет назад

      Anyway the name Sai is quite likely a recent name of at least I have only seen it used in 20th century documents. Prior to that the Okinawans used the traditional Chinese name of the weapon, just like they still do in much of Southeast Asia today where the weapon was widely introduced by various groups of Min and Yue language group speaking immigrants (Tekpi being a Minnan Language pronunciation of the local variant name used for the weapon in Southern Fujian and far southeast Guangdong).
      Likewise the Tonfa is also a traditional Chinese weapon known as a Guai (Crutch). The Nunchaku also being a Chinese weapon called Liang Jia Gun in Mandarin languages, Nunchaku being possibly derived from the Minnan language pronunciation of the name (Nung Cha Kun)
      The weapons ban he is talking about did happen, peasants were not allowed to carry weapons. It's the exact same law they had in both China and Japan and just like in China and Japan it was only haphazardly applied with weapons possession and even militia training by peasants being general ignored. As long as they did not hold anti government attitudes or rise to the levels of serious potential military threat it was often seen as a benefit to the country to have local village defense squads to keep order in rural areas where policing was difficult or even on existent. Many of these peasant militia organizations were also organized, encouraged or funded by local gentry. Village defense squads usually practiced with staffs, spears, and polearms.
      Some of the Okinawan village arts using these weapons are still being passed on in various "Mura Bo" (Village Staff) squad traditions today.
      Just like in Japan the Shizoku class could own all kinds of weapons. As basically all the major Okinawan martial arts come from Shizoku lines (just like all the major schools or Japanese koryu bujutsu) it is ridiculous to talk about people who could swords, spears, and bows and who were members of the ruling class having to walk around with farm tools.
      Especially as the weapons mentioned were actual weapons with no similarity to any farm tools.

    • @sir-shanksalot8847
      @sir-shanksalot8847 6 лет назад

      The homelands of the infamous vagrant mugen

    • @AimForMyHead81
      @AimForMyHead81 6 лет назад

      Actually the Ryuku islands were a part of Japan since they 16th century. Also, genetically speaking, okinawans and Japanese are the same race.

    • @AimForMyHead81
      @AimForMyHead81 6 лет назад

      @@mnichoson542 Not as bad the bastard American soldiers who are currently raping them during their occupation.

  • @akiva2112
    @akiva2112 7 лет назад +31

    I still ask if you could do a debunking video on Hattori Hanzo.

    • @nigelft
      @nigelft 7 лет назад +1

      Alexander Medeiros Forgive my sheer ignorance, but what was wrong with him? (Unless you are refering to the fact he not only forged the katana, but polished it himself, two entirely different skills ...)

    • @akiva2112
      @akiva2112 7 лет назад +2

      nigelft I was referring to since he is a popular character in games, and movies I would say my idea was like a fact from fiction about the famous man from iga

    • @bartwilliams3788
      @bartwilliams3788 7 лет назад +1

      Maybe I have been loosing my memory, but isn't Hattori Hanzo a fictional character in Kill Bill. That was based on a "Ninja" of note in Japanese history?

    • @akiva2112
      @akiva2112 7 лет назад +4

      Bart Williams yes he was real. He was one of the most famous ninja. He served Tokugawa iassu and he was known as "the devil". He saved Iassu on multiple occasions from certain death

    • @sherlocksmuuug6692
      @sherlocksmuuug6692 7 лет назад +4

      +Alexander Medeiros
      Even more interesting is the fact that hanzo did it while his liege was trapped behind enemy lines and had lost almost all of his men.
      Hanzo could have easily betrayed him, but he didn't and smuggled his ass to safety.

  • @BTArnold100
    @BTArnold100 5 лет назад

    This video earned you a new subscriber. Credible information is most valued.

  • @Stardog081
    @Stardog081 5 лет назад

    Awesome !!! This dude is cool I like what you are doing man !!!

  • @SampoPaalanen
    @SampoPaalanen 7 лет назад +6

    Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't a specialized "ninja sword" be counter-productive, seeing as ninja (the real ones that is not the pop-culture ones) would want to remain undetected and wielding a weapon that only ninja use would expose one without a shadow of a dout.

    • @alexdhamp
      @alexdhamp 7 лет назад +2

      True...unless the sword was concealed somehow. Like...a cane or something? Not saying it happened, of course...just an idea how it COULD have been viable.

    • @SampoPaalanen
      @SampoPaalanen 7 лет назад

      That much is obvious, cane swords are/were their own thing though and IIRC not present in large in Medival Japan being more of a late renessance to early industrial era thing due to the demands for the blade. Still that's not what "Ninjato" is generally depicted as, it's generally depicted as Katana with a short straight blade and is worn openly either on the side or more often on the back. As Metatron pointed out some ninja were samurai and wouldn't have any reason for a special sword as they wear their swords openly and those ninja who weren't would want to avoid weapon that's essentially meant to be used only by members of the samurai class. Essentially nothing about the ninjato as generally depicted if you stop assuming that ninja were supernaturally capable and admit that they were just humans, well trained humans sure but still bound by the limitations of being mere mortals rather then demi-gods.

  • @Mortvent
    @Mortvent 7 лет назад +29

    Always noticed most of the so called ninja tools in fiction are really things that would have been improvised as needed. Which make sense as spys operating during covert operations.. you would have to dress and equip appropriately for that role
    example would be playing a farmer you wouldn't have a full kit of combat gear so you don't stand out, but would have farming tools that would be easily turned into improvised weapons

    • @techoman8569
      @techoman8569 7 лет назад +4

      Most of the undercover operations were to spy and acquire info, for that reason most of the ninja tools were used to facilitate infiltration but not for combat, like the chain in the kama. But yes, if they fail its main rol; infiltration&spy; they would be forced to fight with wath they had in hand.

    • @grayscribe2125
      @grayscribe2125 6 лет назад

      That's the point many miss. How do you transport all this (supposedly) specialized equipment unnoticed?
      You choose a disguise that allows you to carry what you need.

  • @shaolin1derpalm
    @shaolin1derpalm 2 года назад

    I'm hooked on these debunking videos.

  • @AsTheWheelsTurn
    @AsTheWheelsTurn 5 лет назад

    this channel is awesome, glad I stumbled upon it.

  • @nemanja4758
    @nemanja4758 7 лет назад +44

    Can you make a video about the Okinawa thing or about the origin common misconceptions about shinobi?

    • @alexdhamp
      @alexdhamp 7 лет назад

      Hasn't he already done a video on the misconceptions about shinobi?

    • @doommaker4000
      @doommaker4000 7 лет назад +1

      Yup, he has already done it.

    • @enriquecabrera2137
      @enriquecabrera2137 7 лет назад +3

      This Gamer Guy the origin are literally endless.
      it would be a whole documentary

    • @zeiitgeist
      @zeiitgeist 7 лет назад +1

      This Gamer Guy okinawa case to be put simply is that they were a kingdom known as the ryukyu kingdom but during the edo period they were invade by the shimazu clan and its vassals in Satsuma from kyushu, which forbade the people from carrying weapons thus kobudo's foundation and karate grew from this sanction. the reason why ryukyu wasn't known as okinawa until modern times is because they were only incorporated during modern times, back then shimazu didn't want to explicitly announce they took control of the place to benefit from the trade and wanted to avoid confrontation with China which Ryukyu was a tributary of.

  • @MegaRagingBunny
    @MegaRagingBunny 7 лет назад +23

    katana would definitely cut space and time, your technique is just bad :D

    • @trevorjenkins2176
      @trevorjenkins2176 5 лет назад +1

      Unless you're Chuck Norris with a katana than yes you can cut space and time.

  • @chraighe
    @chraighe 6 лет назад

    Always informative, great job.

  • @budabead
    @budabead 5 лет назад

    Ha ha Excellent, loved the "one armed angel" short clip it cracked me up, great choice

  • @ThePressurizer
    @ThePressurizer 7 лет назад +12

    Well he's probably talking about sticking the sword in a wooden wall. Still, even if that didn't ruin the blade, stepping on it probably would.

    • @Anino_Makata
      @Anino_Makata 5 лет назад

      Not only that, but it seems they completely ignored physics as well. A ninja would have to drive their sword kinda deep into a wall, in order to use it as a step. Otherwise, it would tip down and make the user on it slip.

  • @nosh247
    @nosh247 7 лет назад +20

    Orochimaru, Tsunade and Jiraiya walk into a bar...

    • @dudeistpreist5721
      @dudeistpreist5721 6 лет назад +3

      francisco chong it's a strip bar and orochimaru is a long timer there.

  • @realbats4684
    @realbats4684 5 лет назад

    Thank you so much for this video, i really enjoyed it :) got a new sub.

  • @vollsticks
    @vollsticks 7 лет назад

    Subbed for extremly interesting video. Bingeing tomorrow. Also, pronounciation on point. Kudos.

  • @goldenfugnugget
    @goldenfugnugget 7 лет назад +55

    lol Dedunked, is that something you do to a donut if you decide you actually didn't want coffee on it?

  • @usmcrn4418
    @usmcrn4418 4 года назад +3

    Thank you so much..I lived in Japan and studied the Japanese language in college as well. Your input and commentary is totally correct and much appreciated, at least by me.

  • @VogonPoetry_42
    @VogonPoetry_42 6 лет назад

    Thank you for doing this.

  • @tonynapoli5549
    @tonynapoli5549 6 лет назад

    Very Educational thank you for sharing your information.