From: Bryan J. Maloney (jacobus@sonata.cc.purdue.edu)
Date: Sat 05 Feb 1994 - 23:30:32 EET
Some context for dodgin arrows:
There is a Japanese sport know as "Arrow Cutting". The way it works is
that the participants attempt to cut arrows out of the air with a naginata.
HOWEVER, these arrows are shot WITH warning and at a target, not at the
person holding the naginata. This is considered to be a VERY difficult
thing to do, even under the best of conditions, and is more a demonstration
of speed and finesse under sport conditions than any sort of combat
technique. Now, it is easier to move a naginata through an arc than to move
a large bit of one's own body.
HOWEVER, arrows can be "dodged" in a different way. It's the same way one
"dodges" a gun. You dodge the end of the gun barrel. Now, the odds of
doing this are very slim, indeed.
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