One of my faves as well and the right team won. The Azande weapons were awesome.
--- In [email protected], "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> wrote: > > Thanks for the reminder Keith! I wanted to catch this particular episode. > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > Tonight's "The Deadliest Warrior" is one of the best I've seen yet. For one > > thing, I like the fact that it dealt with two warriors little discussed (in > > the US, anyway): the Aztec Jaguar, and the Central African Zande. Both > > sides used interesting weapons. I particularly like the Zande long range > > weapon, the Kpinga. This metal blade carried a hell of a wallop, and was > > configured so that it could kill from a number of protrusions. It even had > > the ability to go *around* a shield and kill, due to remaining angular > > momentum based on its shape. Also cool was the Aztec *Maquahuitl, > > a kind of flat heavy club lined along the edge with sharp obsidian like > > some kind of primitive chain saw. The guy testing the Maquahuitl was able to > > hack off a simulated horse's head with three swings. Amazing. I'd forgotten > > that obsidian, properly sharpened, can actually be *sharper* than a razor or > > even a metal scalpel! Here's a list of the weapons in tonight's show: * > > *http://www.spike.com/blog/deadliest-warrior/95351* > > * > > As much as I love some of the more modern or stylized weapons and fightings > > (Shaolin monks, Medieval knights), there's something primal and visceral > > about the weapons and fighting styles these two warriors used. I mean, these > > guys are demonstrating decapitations, eviscerations: brutal and direct. > > Great stuff. It was especially good when the Zende warrior, in defiance of > > the Aztecs who'd just made a big deal of cutting a man's heart out with a > > knife, decapitated his dummy, then bent over and put his *mouth* in the > > bloody stump! > > > > I love this show--much to my poor wife's chagrin. Every time a weapon > > pierces those plastic models, and the red dye pours out, or every time the > > warriors take to a side of beef or pig like a mad dog, I'm uttering savage > > yells, while the wife is averting her eyes, going "ewww!" or shaking her > > head while looking at me sidelong. > > > > > > * > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >
