The Da Vinci ****-Up... - Page 3

*Anarky* · 06-07-2006, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

No.. that's the secret of Raphael Sanzio who actually KNEW martial arts and was proficient in several weopons (namely the Sai and Katana). That's according to several books I've read about him.

He was also an avid fencer.

Your books obviously sucked... that, or your reading skills aren't the best.

*Dr. Doom* · 06-07-2006, 05:17 PM

I guess I could believe the fencing bit.

The others?

Ehh....not so much.

*Sewer Bull* · 06-08-2006, 02:26 AM

Sais and katanas in the Renaissance Europe?

*damnhooligan* · 06-08-2006, 03:03 AM

Okay. I hope you're joking, Raph's Girl.

Europeans never ever set foot in Japan until 1542, twenty-two years AFTER Raffaello Sanzio died. Sure, he was a fencer. And maybe he messed around with a couple of longswords from mysterious distant lands, but to say he mastered the katana (Japanese) and sai (Okinawan, though questionable) in a time where people weren't even sure Japan existed (and those who did believe it existed mostly thought it was somewhere around Cuba/Hispaniola) is a pretty wildly spectulative claim.

*iris* · 06-08-2006, 05:55 PM

Maybe he was just a really, really intense gardener.

/obscure

06-07-2006, 05:17 PM	#42
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06-08-2006, 02:26 AM	#43
Sewer Bull Devil's Advocate Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,768	Sais and katanas in the Renaissance Europe? __________________ Soooo... THIS* is how you spend your free time now?!*

06-08-2006, 03:03 AM	#44
damnhooligan Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Dorksville, USA Posts: 1,745	Okay. I hope you're joking, Raph's Girl. Europeans never ever set foot in Japan until 1542, twenty-two years AFTER Raffaello Sanzio died. Sure, he was a fencer. And maybe he messed around with a couple of longswords from mysterious distant lands, but to say he mastered the katana (Japanese) and sai (Okinawan, though questionable) in a time where people weren't even sure Japan existed (and those who did believe it existed mostly thought it was somewhere around Cuba/Hispaniola) is a pretty wildly spectulative claim. __________________

06-08-2006, 05:55 PM	#45
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