A BAN on samurai swords, which are being used increasingly in violent assaults, will come into operation today. The swords have been added to a list of offensive weapons as a result of changes to ...

Legislation already exists to prosecute people for using samurai swords, but there are no plans to ban their purchase, the Government said last night. Under the 1990 Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act ...

Making a Katana from titanium or how I made a Katana sword from titanium, to be honest, I myself did not figure out the name. I'll leave this question to the viewer's judgment, to share your opinion ...

Seki Nobuhide Sensei, a martial arts and katana instructor, rates portrayals of samurai battles in movies and TV shows. He explains why samurai employed different types of spears in battle in "Shogun.

A Good Samaritan who was concerned about a girl screaming outside his house when she was under attack from two men took a long samurai sword from over his fireplace to frighten off the woman’s ...

A father-to-be has been jailed for nine months for possession of a samurai sword which he claimed he "yanked" from a group of youths after they threatened him with it. Michael Sweeney (26) of Neagh ...