Touching scene in the end of the Samurai Trilogy, starring Toshiro Mifune, showed Miamoto Musashi (or was it Musashi Miamoto?) teaching the peasants how to fight with their farm implements and scavenged swords and spears against the bandits who plagued them. Peasants won.
“teaching the peasants how to fight with their farm implements and scavenged swords and spears against the bandits who plagued them. Peasants won”
Gets repeated a bit in the movie Magnificent Seven. Not a bad remake of the Japan stuff. One of my favorite Westerns.
Very minor hobby of mine is studying Roman weapons and tactics. When used properly they were hard to beat.