Talk:Kodachi

message: This article states that the wakizashi is cereremonial and not used in combat. As the wakizashi is worn with the katana, it will be clearly used in combat if the owner needs it as clearly indicated on the wakizashi article. The relevant line might just need deleting her.
I think that kodachi is the same weapon as wakizashi, except that the term
wakizashi is used together with katana when speaking of daisho, and
kodachi rhymes with odachi, which is also a synonym to katana in some texts, and synonym to nodachi in others, which is a different type of a weapon. How to sort this mess out? jni 11:40, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article states that "Kodachi length is a bit greater than a standard wakizashi," but the wakizashi page says the opposite ("quite longer than a kodachi").  My only "experience" being the game Final Fantasy X (both are used, and the kodachi LOOKS shorter), I can't say for sure.
The kodachi is (was) a set length, depending upon certain variables such as the rank, position, and status of the wielder. Also, it's curvature is greater than that of the wakizashi and thus the measurement of it will vary depending upon the way it is measured. The wakizashi, is (was) built for a specific warrior, and so the length of its blade varied depending on the warrior it was made for. Wakizashis were also sometimes made to specifically pair a katana, and so were a set length shorter than the katana, and the katana was built for a certain warrior. The hilt or grip of a wakizashi as compared to a kodachi however, may or may not be longer.   Tassadar237 07:09, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflict between wakizashi and kodachi 

message: I think that the characters should not be on the same page as the blade, that we need a disambiguation.
I agree. Furthermore, the passage in the text about the kodachi being used as a shield sounds like it is qouted from the anime series Rurouni Kenshin. I am training a koryu with some kodachi techniques, and have never seen nor heard of such use of the kodachi. In the techniques I have seen, the kodachi wielder moves quickly to avoid the attackers sword and get close enough to use the kodachi. The actual cut is initiated almost at the same time as the movement, and is aimed at some soft part of the body, like the throat or the stomach.
I would appreciate if an expert could clean up the article, and preferably make a clear distinction between fiction and historical facts.
Speaking of Rurouni Kenshin bullshit: "Two Kodachi were sometimes carried in one scabbard, one with the handle fittings, the second hidden as the bottom of the scabbard. Kodachi sheathed in this style was normally carried on the back with the handles pointing to the sides, thus enabling them to be drawn simultaneously."
This is pure garbage inspired by RuroKen's Shinamori Aoshi. There is no historical evidence that kodachi were EVER used in this mannor, and further more, the practicality is almost non-existent.
I think the misunderstanding is that japanese blades are used both for offensive and defensive techniques, a japanese blade contains within itself a sheilf and a sword by using the back of the blade for deflections and parrys. It's hard to explain without a visual interpretation, The original statement that a kodachi was used as a shield needs a little reworking I think202.20.20.129 (talk) 00:06, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation 

message: Moved from main page per WP:TRIV.  These facts are arguably not interesting, and definitely not notable within the context of "kodachi". Unless they somehow enhance the reader's understanding of the history or use of the kodachi, they belong on the page for the referenced piece of fiction, not here. Bradford44 18:03, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Kodachi in fiction (Trivia)