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Christopher B Lellis
Location: Houston, Texas Joined: 01 Dec 2012
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 Posted: Fri 06 Jun, 2014 9:49 am Post subject: Sikhs using curved swords in real attack somewhere in India |
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There were no people slashed in the video, no blood here, but you can clearly see the swords in their hands.
I have no idea what the motivation for this attack was and honestly don't care, the only thing that caught my attention were the swords, drawn and wielded in 2014.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=751_1402070699
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Mart Shearer
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Christopher B Lellis
Location: Houston, Texas Joined: 01 Dec 2012
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You know what, nvm, it's not even worth it to me.
Swords on a sword forum.
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Hector A.
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stainless steel swords no less... u see 1 break like a cheap wall hanger at some point in the video. Funny
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Mart Shearer
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You can ignore the article and watch the imbedded video. The early part shows spears in use as well, in slashing instead of thrusting attacks.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/punj...26560.aspx
ferrum ferro acuitur et homo exacuit faciem amici sui
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Christopher B Lellis
Location: Houston, Texas Joined: 01 Dec 2012
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| Hector A. wrote: | | stainless steel swords no less... u see 1 break like a cheap wall hanger at some point in the video. Funny |
0:13 I didn't notice that at first hah
That was a cheap pos wasn't it haha.
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Gene Green
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To me it looks like it was knocked out of his hand intact. But I'm on a tablet, perhaps the resolution is better on a large PC screen.
The slashing use of a spear is probably because they don't want to actually kill anyone. It's a brawl, not a fight to death. I wonder how sharp these swords really are, or if they used the flat / blunt side. Some of the cutting motions looked like they could easily chop arms off.
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J.D. Crawford
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| Gene Green wrote: | | To me it looks like it was knocked out of his hand intact. But I'm on a tablet, perhaps the resolution is better on a large PC screen. |
That's what it looked like on my wide-screen TV. As with the spears they seemed more intent on slapping each other with their swords than actually causing damage. But the guy who lost his sword certainly backed up in a hurry.
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Jean-Carle Hudon
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The video seems to be some form of reenactment of an event that students of sikhism would understand. The Golden Temple is their holiest shrine, so no baptised Sikh would deliberately create a ruckus within its walls unless it was sanctionned.
Bon coeur et bon bras
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Mark Griffin
Location: The Welsh Marches, in the hills above Newtown, Powys. Joined: 28 Dec 2006
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Sadly, its real.
A fair few wounded and over 50 arrests. Some sikh separatists seeking more independence and an autonomous home land seem to have got a bit out of hand and attacked the temple guards. Who started it is not known but having worked with sikhs many times over the years on various historical projectsI know they'll never back down from an engagement, even if they only have swords compared with firearms on the other side.
Big shame.
If I was going into a proper fight I'd have a Sikh and a Gurkha on either side of me and a few merry highlanders behind....
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Shahril Dzulkifli
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| Posted: Mon 09 Jun, 2014 5:41 am Post subject: Sikhs using curved swords in real attack somewhere in India |
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When it comes to fighting as well as demonstrating Sikhs in India will sometimes brandish swords. Some of them are willing to follow the paths of their ancestors known for their fighting skills.
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength”
- Marcus Aurelius
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This is a standard topic