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Tachi versus katana in horseback fighting

23rd October 2006, 06:03 PM

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tsubame1

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Philip

Hi, Carlo
Interesting comment you made,

"cavalry charges in Japanese history were always quiet [sic] slow..."
...OMISSIS...
I compare that with the mounted archery I saw in the Inner Mongolian capital of Hohhot (now part of the PRC) in 1981.

Nobody can beat the mongols in archery from horseback.

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