Samurai vs. Baseball

A Japanese swordsman takes down a 130km/h fastball:

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6 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - June 20, 2009 at 10:02 am

Categories: Japanese TV Tags: amazing, baseball, samurai

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Comment by Eamon

2009-06-20 17:12:23

Bring on the bullet next week?

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Comment by Nadrew

2009-06-20 17:42:39

So how is this so different than hitting a ball with a bat? Aside from the cool factor. I know he has to draw the sword.

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Comment by Odain

2009-06-21 00:13:24

Yeah, I’ve seen them do this stuff with pieces of bamboo, arrows… bring on the bullets japan!

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Comment by sdasdasda

2009-06-21 18:47:31

There is a video in youtube where they shot bullet to katana. Ofc no human is holding it.

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Comment by Stefkov

2009-06-21 06:56:23

At 30 seconds in, isn’t that Yasutaka Tsutsui? The author of Paprika?
I love these videos.

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Comment by that guy

2009-06-21 19:02:58

it would be cool if they rented out guys like him for parties or social gatherings. you could just have people throw him stuff (balls, books, fruit, cornish hens) and him cutting it in midair.

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