Artistic License Martial Arts: Difference between revisions

* When a martial artist appears in fiction using a weapon that is called a sai, it's almost always something that would more properly be called a dagger or a stiletto. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_(weapon) A real sai] is a blunt weapon that is used defensively; historically, they were used by police for crowd control, much like the jutte, which is similar. While it is possible to use a sai like a dagger, they are typically used like a baton, with swinging attacks.

* [[Ninja]] are almost never portrayed realistically; Hollywood tends to go for the [[Highly-Visible Ninja]] Trope, which is itself big on Artistic License. Real practitioners of ''Shinobi'' usually wore disguises, and weren't the type for a fair fight, assuming they fought at all; some were simply spies. A Ninja who wanted to kill someone usually struck by ambush, fleeing after he made the strike (successful or not). They were ''never'' seen in public wearing or using anything that would identify them as such.

 

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