Illustrations of history

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Visual comparison of Japanese and European sword positions (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus to c/historyillustrations

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[–] aeronmelon 15 points 1 week ago (11 children)

It’s interesting because Star Wars saber battles were very clearly inspired by Samurai duels, yet if you asked me which one looks like a Jedi holding a lightsaber I would point to all the pictures of the European swordsman.

[–] jettrscga 9 points 1 week ago

THEY'RE THE SAME THING

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