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.

Find out what metals are and why they can bend, learn the difference between hardness and toughness in metal, and discover the science of swordsmithing in this interview with materials scientist and ...

The seven-time world champion went to a dojo to have a lesson with legendary samurai artist Tetsuro Shimaguchi – the man known for choreographing the famous sword fighting scenes in Kill Bill.

In Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 movie Kill Bill: Volume 1, vengeful assassin The Bride (Uma Thurman) seeks a sword from the legendary swordsmith Hattori Hanzō (Sonny Chiba). “I need Japanese steel,” she ...