It has been said that the samurai's sword was his soul. Perhaps this deep attachment had something to do with the perfect melding of form and function found in the katana, as the famous curved ...

All samurai carry katana. When going outside, they carry two swords. Inside rooms they would carry a short katana like the one I'm holding, called a tanto. This short sword would usually be worn ...

He tries his hand at yabusame (horseback archery), visits a workshop of traditional samurai armor, and learns the skills of iaido (wielding and cutting with an actual sword). Yabusame, also known ...

Getty A woman in Southern California has been arrested after allegedly stabbing her wife to death with a samurai sword ... a woman holding a sword was seen walking alone in the street before ...

In preparation for next week’s Tokyo Series, the Japan native stepped into the right-handed batter’s box holding a samurai sword. What followed was every bit as spectacular as you’d imagine ...