tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377385119326285192.post5655633758975172963..comments2024-02-23T00:27:41.196-08:00Comments on Refugees From the City: Regulating NinjasJohn the Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377385119326285192.post-67385832272821342372009-12-11T12:55:08.518-08:002009-12-11T12:55:08.518-08:00I'm in court right now for felony possesion of...I'm in court right now for felony possesion of Shuriken, slungshot, and metal knuckles.<br />Fuck California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377385119326285192.post-17273230355913404652008-11-18T17:20:00.000-08:002008-11-18T17:20:00.000-08:00California's section 12020 may ban sandbags, but i...California's section 12020 may ban sandbags, but it's definitely not enforced, because those who live on the coast in SoCal use sandbags at whenever we have mudslides, which was every damned year for a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377385119326285192.post-47881811994226032362008-11-18T15:01:00.000-08:002008-11-18T15:01:00.000-08:00Hahahaha... it took my very limited intellect a wh...Hahahaha... it took my very limited intellect a while to catch that one :)<BR/><BR/>Also shikomi tsue makes a whole lot more sense. I figured "shinobi zue" came from shinobi no mono, aka ninja.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377385119326285192.post-82159069136790398392008-11-18T09:43:00.000-08:002008-11-18T09:43:00.000-08:00Nathan - you discriminate against NASCAR fans?Nathan - you discriminate against NASCAR fans?John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377385119326285192.post-7752571034094122322008-11-18T09:40:00.000-08:002008-11-18T09:40:00.000-08:00Ah, that would be shinobi tsue (つえ) not tzue (づえ) ...Ah, that would be shinobi <I>tsue</I> (つえ) not tzue (づえ) or zue (ずえ).<BR/><BR/>In Japanese, this:<BR/><BR/>忍び杖<BR/><BR/>Shinobi means sneaky or stealthy. The more common Japanese term for the thing is actually shikomi tsue:<BR/><BR/>仕込み杖<BR/><BR/>shikomi being "preparation" or "being prepared" in this context.<BR/><BR/>I stand by my guesses of how they even got the name of the thing into the statute. It's not like Ninjutsu is even a widely popular style in this country.<BR/><BR/>My black belt is in Tae Kwon Do, but I've also studied Gojyu Ryu and Judo. And I don't speak Korean, other than dojo Korean taught to me by former Marines, which is probably horrible.<BR/><BR/>It's kinda scary how similar our backgrounds are, seeing as we've never met and our lives traveled such different paths...John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377385119326285192.post-64931226561056462912008-11-18T07:48:00.000-08:002008-11-18T07:48:00.000-08:00Further research suggests the dreaded "shobi-zue" ...Further research suggests the dreaded "shobi-zue" is a corruption of "shinobi-zue", which is, I suspect, a made-up term. It seems to refer to a staff with a hidden blade used in Ninjutsu. <BR/><BR/>John I studied both Korean and Japanse... started out in Moo Duk Kwan, which was (at the time) an excellent hybrid of taekwondo and aikido. <BR/><BR/>Certainly I agree about the nunchuku - they are mostly silly as weapons, useful mainly to improve coordination and learn kata. Practically anything is more effective as a weapon.<BR/><BR/>The law also bans shuriken, which I believe is intended to mean those silly throwing stars, which, unless you have one the size of a frisbee, are pretty stupid as well. Of course that is ignorant too, as "shuriken" could also be legitimately defined as things like tent pegs. No more tent pegs in California!<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile I can find no evidence of anyone using nunchuku, shuriken, or the terrifying "shobi-zue" (much less a "slungshot") in any real crimes. The closest I can find is cases of the police hassling kids for dressing up as ninjas and skulking around the mall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377385119326285192.post-82840362122373549522008-11-17T09:50:00.000-08:002008-11-17T09:50:00.000-08:00Well, I don't know what martial arts you studied, ...Well, I don't know what martial arts you studied, CW, but those of us on the Korean side have walays preferred the short stick (I even studied Escrima for a bit), and moderately good guy with a <I>jo</I> can make a good guy with the chuks hit himself in the head 4 times out of 5. I, of course, use 2 <I>jo</I> Philippines style. :D<BR/><BR/>Nunchucks are actually a great weapon to have legal. Unless you train with them extensively, they are more a menace to the one wielding them than to the attackee. But because of Bruce Lee et al., they are also flypaper for the stupid. Everyone wins when chucks are ubiquitous! Attackers knock <I>themselves</I> in the head :p<BR/><BR/>This stuff crawls up my backside, too. Let's take all the handy weapons out of everyone's hands so that self-defense comes down to firearms, shall we? And in the spirit of my crusade against Trojan Numbers, just how many of these crimes are we talking about? I'd be surprised if they even amounted to 10 per year.<BR/><BR/>And CW, I don't know what the hell a shobi-zue is, and apparently, neither do <A HREF="http://forums.officer.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-16061.html" REL="nofollow">police officers</A>. By some closer reading of the statute, it seems to refer to sword canes and the like. A quick search of Japanese Google revealed nothing. I suspect that some martial artist consulted in the making of this law saw it for the piece of crap it is and fed the lawmakers a line of shit. OR the only martial artist "adviser" they could get was one of those guys who made it up to blue belt, then "promoted" himself to black and opened his own school, telling tales about how deadly he is.John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377385119326285192.post-22127078799623283322008-11-17T07:50:00.000-08:002008-11-17T07:50:00.000-08:00With all the "mafia" running around it is strange ...With all the "mafia" running around it is strange that no one has ever outlawed Louisville Sluggers.Some dude stuck in the Midwesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00852056495927941030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377385119326285192.post-18445996803054977562008-11-17T06:20:00.000-08:002008-11-17T06:20:00.000-08:00And my captcha was "rasest". I resent that!And my captcha was "rasest". I resent that!Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377385119326285192.post-33435468484878255742008-11-17T06:19:00.000-08:002008-11-17T06:19:00.000-08:00For better or worse, most of the laws you're citin...For better or worse, most of the laws you're citing seem to be on the books for selective enforcement. I certainly don't see the cops running around NY specifically looking for violations but when someone is arrested for some other infraction, it's a way to pile on, or in some cases, where the original issue may not have risen to actual law-breaking, (i.e. being an annoying obnoxious asshole in public), it might provide the excuse needed for an arrest.<BR/><BR/>The unfortunate thing about these laws is that they presuppose a police force that is always reasonable, rational and discerning. Yeah, that's always the case. [/sarcasm]Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.com