Funny Political Picture Thread Part VI***Yeah it got worse.

[chevyguy]

Looks like Andy Carnegie “front and center”, and I’m sure that J. Pierpont Morgan is there too.

Read, The Creature From Jekyll Island all those and more are in the book. It explains a lot why we have what troubles us currently

 

[BugI02]

Maybe not Miyamoto Musashi, but these guys are no Miyamoto Musashi...

Not many people are

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

Not many people are

No one is or ever will be. Niten ichi ryu!

 

[Mikey1911]

Of the three Yamato-class hulls, Musashi’s took the most punishment (usually reported as 19 bombs, 17 torpedoes) before sinking. Perhaps Musashi-sama’s spirit would have been pleased with his namesake ship’s resilience?

 

[spencer rifle]

Of the three Yamato-class hulls, Musashi’s took the most punishment (usually reported as 19 bombs, 17 torpedoes) before sinking. Perhaps Musashi-sama’s spirit would have been pleased with his namesake ship’s resilience?

Part of the problem was uncoordinated torpedo attacks. When going after Yamato, pilots were instructed to concentrate torpedo attacks on the port side. Eventually counterflooding became impossible.

 

[indiucky]

 

[BugI02]

No one is or ever will be. Niten ichi ryu!

Nitō Ichi

 

[Doug]

Translations please.

 

[BugI02]

Translations please

Nitō Ichi = 'Two swords as one'

Musashi developed a fighting style using both katana and wakizashi (traditional long and short Samurai swords) simultaneously

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū is mainly known for the two-sword—katana and wakizashi—kenjutsu techniques Musashi called Niten Ichi (二天一, "two heavens as one") or Nitō Ichi (二刀一, "two swords as one").

Potatoes potatows

Edit: Also, 2 is1, 1 is none applies to 16th c. Ronin as well!

 

[MRockwell]

 

[BugI02]

It expanded your possibilities for defense, which in turn expanded the possibilities for attack, all while constraining your opponent due to the need to not present an opening to the second sword. The only weak point to me is the need to wield a two handed weapon with one hand

Given my meager skills, I would certainly believe thrusting and/or point work would be difficult and the possibility of being disarmed while blocking would be increased. I would expect the style to favor attack over defense (I have not studied it)

 

[Leadeye]

it helped that Musashi was a big guy, not to take anything away from his message or fighting style. He's revered by more innovative Japanese folks who get sidelined a lot in their business culture which focuses more on conformity.

 

[actaeon277]

Yup

 

[Slapstick]

 

[Slapstick]

 

[flatlander]

Send the top group over there if they are so "FOR PALESTINE". Bunch of p.o.s.

 

[jamil]

That's as true a meme as one could get.

 

[BugI02]

it helped that Musashi was a big guy, not to take anything away from his message or fighting style. He's revered by more innovative Japanese folks who get sidelined a lot in their business culture which focuses more on conformity.

If Sun Tzu had also been a Samurai, that would be close to what Musashi was. He was a warrior sage

 

[Hardscrable]