Famed swordsman Isao Machii is known for cutting a BB gun pellet in half mid-air, but Wednesday he had a much larger challenge: flying fruit. Machii was the main attraction as a “real life” Fruit ...

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“Tearing the cover off the ball” is a timeless baseball expression, but splitting it in half — now that’s just silly. But master swordsman Isao Machii has made it a reality, and not on just any old ...

A Japanese producer of industrial robots has taught one of its machines to wield the famous samurai sword—by having it learn and mimic the moves of Isao Machii, a renowned Japanese swordsman. Using ...

TOKYO, Oct. 14 (UPI) --A Japanese swordsman dubbed a modern-day samurai sliced a 100 mph fastball in half 30 feet away from where it was launched by a pitching machine. Isao Machii, who previously ...

Isao Machii holds a number of world records for his swordsmanship, but perhaps he should give baseball a shot. The Japanese Iaido master sliced a fastball in half that was hurtling toward him at ...

Samurais are not a thing of the past, as Isao Machii demonstrated while becoming a Guinness World Record holder. The man used his sword skills to cut a baseball that was shot at him at 160 kilometers ...

Master swordsman Isao Machii teaches the Motoman-MH24 how to use a sword like a modern-day samurai. He teaches it basic techniques like diagonal cuts and then sees just how accurate it is when it’s ...