Shocking moment building owner slashes brute with a huge katana sword after gang urinated on his NYC apartment and attacked him during 'Sinophobic attack'

Daily Mail UK ^ | April 17, 2024 | Rachel Bowman

[Morgana]

Surveillance footage captured the moment one New York City man brought out a katana blade and swiped at group of men during a fight he said started when the gang urinated on his building and hurled racial slurs at him and his brother.

Brothers John and Max Ong said the fight broke out outside of Max's Elizabeth Street building in Chinatown when a group of five men started urinating on the building on October 10, 2020.

Video showed during the fight John brought out a katana blade and slashed one of the men causing nerve and tendon damage.

Max told WABC he saw the men peeing on his building when he asked them to stop and they responded by calling him racist names.

'He said, '(racial slur) is calling his boys,'' said Max. '[The man] said, 'we're going to have a gang fight.' I said, 'no, I'm calling the cops.''

One of then men is then seen attempting to urinate on Max when John comes outside and that same man shoves John.

'He says, "get me my bag, I'm going to shank the (racial slur)," Max said. 'So, my first reaction was to create some distance between him and his bag, and I shoved him and I said leave.'

John was thrown into a fence, injuring his ribs, and Max's legs and face were torn up.

'I heard my skull cracking and my ears were ringing and I blacked out,' Max said.

Max called 911 for help, but they were unable to respond to the incident. During the 911 call Max is heard saying, 'I asked you not to urinate on my property and now you guys are taunting me.'

'They're becoming racist too... this guy called me an Asian c***k.'

[circlecity]

Romans fought in formation behind shield walls. The short stabbing sword was the perfect weapon.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Here is a nice Gladius Machete sold at farm supply stores. Less than $50!

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[Chainmail]

Since we seem to be assuming an other than on-on-one contest, I'd still put my money on the Japanese: they not only had their own standoff weapons - the Yumi long bow and the Naginata, but their forces were well-trained and showed up in huge numbers. Kind of like the Germanic tribes, but much better led, trained and armed.

That, and since the Japanese were absolutely unafraid to die, they would have been unlikely to have been intimidated by the Roman's tactics.

Japan for the score.

[circlecity]

Romans had scorpios and trebuchets- artillary.

[Flag_This]

"Since we seem to be assuming an other than on-on-one contest"

The gladius wasn't developed as a dueling weapon. It was used as part of a system, which included disciplined units fighting behind 3ft shields. And it worked for centuries against Gallic and Germanic tribes swinging much longer swords.

The Japanese were absolutely unafraid afraid to die in WW 2, so we accommodated them. Romans fought and destroyed lots of people who were unafraid to die.

[DCPatriot]

Come on...this is from 2020. With all the crap going on right now to talk about, you need to post this?? SMH.

[9422WMR]

Napoleon said use the point! The point! A stabbing wound with a straight sword proved a more deadly wound than a slicing wound made with a curved sword.

[Chainmail]

Your history is just a little off: the Romans had ballistas, not trebuchets - they had a few centuries to go before that beast showed up.
Siege engines were useful but not mobile enough to support infantry attacks - the primary mode of rapid attack was via cavalry, which both the Japanese forces and the Romans employed.

The problem we both have is anachronism: the Samurai and its warfighting tactics came into being about 600 years after Rome disappeared from world power.

We are doing the “what if the Confederates had AK-47s” silly stuff - so we’re both wrong!

And not to be overly picky, but “artillery” is spelled with an “e” in the middle; I was a career artillerist, and we contend that “Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl”.

[Chainmail]

"The Japanese were absolutely unafraid afraid to die in WW 2, so we accommodated them."

True, but they were fighting on islands, so maneuver was not an option. More or less like a cage fight, with them stuck in the cage and the United States Marine Corps running around their cage.

The Romans didn't have much luck with the Parthians, did they?

[circlecity]

Auto correct. And the Romans never had a very developed cavalry. Nothing like the Greeks. They relied extensively on foreign mercenaries for their cavalry.

[Chainmail]

Auto-correct? Is there such a word as “artillary”?

[Redcitizen]

I bought one of those last year at our local Big R store. Nice lil gladius replica.

[Redcitizen]

Yes, Napoleon did know a thing or two about war.