And then there was one…
Andrew Lee was inspired to create this pair of miniland samurai by a T-shirt he saw at Comic-Con earlier this summer:
Peter summarizes my reaction to this scene rather nicely:
This reminds me of those awesome and cliche’d scenes in anime where they dash at each other with swords, run right by in silhouette and stand a minute, opposite each other… then one of the guys falls apart.
Note the excellent ponytail on the samurai on the right.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:25 am
:D
(In other news this is rad. Think I said that already on Flickr, but hey.)
September 8th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Why is the left Samurai’s sword drawn, and the right one’s sheathed?
September 8th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Fisch: because he sliced *and* sheathed his sword before the other could make a move. He’s that good.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Whoa, really? I bet that all of the pirates are afraid of him.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Yeah, sheathing your sword is an integral part of Iaido, and yes it is possible to do it that fast. From a battojutsu (drawing) standpoint, you should be able to slash and notto (sheath) your sword once per second, or so some sensei claim.