Because some Jedi were already halfway to samurai. In feudal Japan ... the naginata or kusarigama—exotic weapons favored by warriors who defy the rules. His tattoos would carry spiritual and practical ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded, forcing these warriors to find a new way of ...

Police found a Samurai sword and air pistol in a raid on the home of two dealers who ran multiple drug lines across Cambridgeshire. Officers also discovered almost £6,000 in cash and multiple ...

Now, we can add a fourth to that prestigious list with the Kingsford Knives KwaiKing, which fuses modern minimalism with Samurai tradition. Growing up in Australia, Tim Kingsford often played with ...

A Toowoomba woman endured a night of terror while her ex-partner “effectively” held her “captive” and threatened to chop her up with a samurai sword, a court ...

A man pulled out a samurai sword outside a pub. Darren Davies, 23, produced the weapon after he made a phone call to a man called Christopher O'Keefe, who he believed had assaulted his younger ...

A man was today jailed for nine years for killing a man with a samurai sword. Daniel Jethoo, 20, of Enfield, was convicted of the manslaughter of Bradley Knight, 23, and the wounding of Peter ...

The wave includes Darth Vader Rey, the Mandalorian and Grogu, and Kylo Ren, each trading their lightsaber for a samurai sword (Kylo’s is especially awesome with the flame effects). Rey ...

This film by Jon Kasbe and Crystal Moselle skirts gimmicks to examine a creator’s drive to build a humanoid device powered by artificial intelligence. By Alissa Wilkinson Vince Vaughn plays a ...

Jedi and Sith lightsaber combat also channels the traditions of kenjutsu and iaido—the Japanese martial arts of the sword. Even the ritual of constructing a lightsaber parallels the samurai’s ...