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<blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 9297110" data-attributes="member: 15538"><p>Okay, <a href="https://www.usadojo.com/history-of-the-sai/" target="_blank">here's one</a>. The origin of the sai is a bit obscure, but it is probably descended from an Indian Buddhist trident or trident-sword. </p><p>A lot of sources will go on and on about how it was a baton used by police in Japan, but that is probably a bit of confusion. While it was adopted by police in a later era, primarily as a weapon for dealing with drunk samurai, the "baton" used by police would be a tonfa or jitte/jutte. As I noted, there is some interchange in designs between the sai and jutte, but primarily, the sai was a dagger, and the jutte, a baton. The sai could even be used for throwing. However, it was not always especially sharp, and in modern martial arts, is often left blunt. Nonetheless, as a civilian defense weapon, even a "blunt" sai would be quite dangerous to be stabbed with. </p><p>This is similar to the confusion surrounded the rapier, which (due to sharing a name with the fencing blade) people tend to think of as having no edge at all, but in fact a rapier has a proper blade. A non-edged stabbing sword is called an estoc. </p><p>A lot of weapons, both Eastern and Western, had their conceptions altered in the 19th century, when people were still very romantic about fencing and melee combat, but several centuries well past the feudal and Renaissance era when these fighting arts flourished. So "fencing" and "martial arts" weapons don't necessarily reflect their classic form.</p><p>Raphael of the ninja turtles uses a <em>sharp </em>sai, which I used to find peculier when I was a teenager, but I now recognize as correct for the classical martial arts weapon. He uses it to stab robots, and also throws it on some occasions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pawsplay, post: 9297110, member: 15538"] Okay, [URL='https://www.usadojo.com/history-of-the-sai/']here's one[/URL]. The origin of the sai is a bit obscure, but it is probably descended from an Indian Buddhist trident or trident-sword. A lot of sources will go on and on about how it was a baton used by police in Japan, but that is probably a bit of confusion. While it was adopted by police in a later era, primarily as a weapon for dealing with drunk samurai, the "baton" used by police would be a tonfa or jitte/jutte. As I noted, there is some interchange in designs between the sai and jutte, but primarily, the sai was a dagger, and the jutte, a baton. The sai could even be used for throwing. However, it was not always especially sharp, and in modern martial arts, is often left blunt. Nonetheless, as a civilian defense weapon, even a "blunt" sai would be quite dangerous to be stabbed with. This is similar to the confusion surrounded the rapier, which (due to sharing a name with the fencing blade) people tend to think of as having no edge at all, but in fact a rapier has a proper blade. A non-edged stabbing sword is called an estoc. A lot of weapons, both Eastern and Western, had their conceptions altered in the 19th century, when people were still very romantic about fencing and melee combat, but several centuries well past the feudal and Renaissance era when these fighting arts flourished. So "fencing" and "martial arts" weapons don't necessarily reflect their classic form. Raphael of the ninja turtles uses a [I]sharp [/I]sai, which I used to find peculier when I was a teenager, but I now recognize as correct for the classical martial arts weapon. He uses it to stab robots, and also throws it on some occasions. [/QUOTE]
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