Japan: Martial Arts Expert Fends Off Sickle Attack with Umbrella! (5.2.2023)

Translator's Note: A quick over-view is as follows: '・An unemployed man (65) was arrested for cutting a company employee (58) with a sickle on the street in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture.

・At the time, the man is said to have cut the office worker about 10 times with a sickle with a blade length of about 16 centimeters .

・However, the male office worker was protected by his umbrella, so he was not injured.

・In response to the investigation, the man admitted to the allegations.'

It would appear the victim was a martial arts expert and that the video linked above is a demonstration of his ability!. ACW (5.2.2023)

The Umbrella is Mightier Than the Sickle.

Carrying around an umbrella can be a nuisance at times. But when it is needed who hasn’t held one and wondered if it could be used as an impromptu Jackie-Chan-style weapon should the need arise?

Luckily, such a need rarely does arise so most of us will never know. But for one man in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, an umbrella was the only thing preventing him from serious injury or even death.

At about 2:50 p.m. on 12 January, the 58-year-old office worker was walking along a street near his home. Then, a man holding a sickle with a 16-centimeter (six-inch) blade attacked him out of the blue.

It was truly a nightmare situation, but the victim’s quick thinking and reflexes saved the day as he managed to use his umbrella to deflect the attack. In total, the assailant took 10 swings at the man with the tool but each one was deftly blocked by the umbrella and the victim managed to emerge unharmed.

Police arrived on the scene and arrested the 65-year-old attacker who admitted to the charges against him. The two men had no prior relationship and police are currently looking into what motivated him to carry out the attack.

Meanwhile, readers of the news were full of nothing but admiration for the victim who showed that an umbrella really could be used as a defensive weapon.

“He didn’t even get hit once?! He’s a master.”
“This is totally like in Siren.”
“You have to be some kind of martial arts master to escape a sickle attack unharmed with an umbrella.”
“He won by only blocking too. He’s probably really good at Sekiro.”
“Life is becoming an open-world action game.”
“He’s a Kingsman!”
“If he had a clear vinyl umbrella he could have made a beam shield.”
“The samurai spirit is strong in him.”
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The victim was never identified and wasn’t interviewed by the media. I’d like to think in true hero fashion he just walked off into the sunset and relaxed by a koi pond while tranquilly playing a bamboo flute. Either that or he went home and played PlayStation to learn some more sick moves with everyday objects.
Source: ATV News, Hachima Kiko

Japanese Language:
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鎌で通行人の男性を切りつけ 65歳男を逮捕 被害者は傘で防いでけがなし 青森・八戸市

鎌を持った男（65）が、自宅周辺にいた会社員男性（58）に10回も切りつけるも傘で全てガードされ、逮捕される

・青森県八戸市（はちのへし）の路上で会社員の男性（58）を鎌で切りつけたとして、無職男性（65）を逮捕した。

・当時、男性は会社員の男性に刃の長さが約16センチの草刈り用の鎌で10回ほど切りつけたという。

・しかし、会社員の男性は持っていた傘で防いだため、けがはなかった。

・調べに対し、男性は容疑を認めている。

Reference Terms (Google Searches):

・鎌使い対傘使い - 'Sickle User Vs Umbrella User!'

・傘対鎌でけがなしとは武術の達人か - 'Sickle User V Umbrella Martial Arts Master - No Injury?'

・サムライスピリッツかよ - 'Is It the Spirit of the Samurai?'

YouTube Reference (English):

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