When you imagine a katana, the Japanese sword, you would probably imagine a samurai wielding it. However, there is one more famous icon that seems to have used the katana too. They are the ninja.

But when you take a look at katana held by the samurai and ninja, you can understand that they have different figures, and are carried differently too. But how are they actually different?

So today, as a Japanese katana sword trainee, I will explain the three main differences between samurai katana and ninja swords. At the end of the video, I will introduce an interesting theory about the ninja swords that might go against all of today’s story.

And before I start, please understand that because ninja were spies in the past, there is not too much concrete historical evidence about them. Looks like they've completed their jobs really neatly… So what I’m going to be talking about today is just one theory.

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[Time codes]
0:00 Let's START!
1:46 1. Different types of katana
3:37 2. Different form
6:59 3. Different usage
11:21 Ninja swords didn’t exist?!
13:02 Today’s conclusion
15:18 “Omake” talk

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