Dig the cat with the Samurai sword - only you...etc.

This re-enactor is glorifying a time when feudal Japanese warlords disallowed the common man or woman the privilege of owning state of art weapons.

Self defense techniques were confined to hand to hand skills. Swords and other implements of war were prohibited.

Agricultural tools such as grain flails, scythes and hoes were acceptable - if one wished to pay the penalty for their use against the Ninjas and Samurai class supported by the - well, what else would you call them - gangsters...