On 13.5.2017 at 4:57 PM, Togashi Gao Shan said:

To be fair (to both of you) parrying with a katana was something that very rarely happened at all, flat or blade. They just weren't made for that kind of punishment. As sharp and deadly as t he better-crafted katana were, they were rather fragile. Granted, L5R hasn't ever depicted katana realistically, anyway. At times, katana in Rokugan might as well be lightsabers. Hell, for most of their history, real-world samurai were mostly horse cavalry, anyway.

Regarding the parry discussion, I found this video interesting, since even though he talks about guards on chinese swords, he mentions the similarity to tsuba on Katana, and speculates about how that was useful in defense:

I'm a simple man. I see a video with Matt Easton, I give a like.

On 5/11/2017 at 2:57 PM, Yandia said:

The Sparrow Clan (Susume Family) is a minor clans of bushi and storytellers.

That was Suzume Shindo "The Final Blade" daughter of Suzume Kenta and killer of Spiders.

On 13/05/2017 at 8:48 PM, Mr Omura said:

Man good old Shosuro Rin, she could play the Go board like she could play the Biwa.

2 hours ago, Suzume Urusai said:

Man gold old Shosuro Rin, she could play the Go board like she could play the Biwa.

Also had a knack for explaining ice cream...