History's Deadliest Weapons - The Macuahuitl | Man At Arms: Art of War 

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El Rey Network That wireframe of the model though

THATS A LOTTA DAMAGE

I think in deadliest warriors they cut a horses head is better at sawing flesh

This makes me wanna play mortal kombat now. Kotal Kahn weapons i have a new respect for now

It's like shotgun slugs with a side order of dum dum rounds. it was designed to inevitably shatter where it does real work

Step on glass, and then run a mile. This would be a brutal cut to take

Obsidian can cut up to the molecule level. Effectively making them the sharpest thing in the world.

Just shows how boss a weapon like that is

Painful to imagine

To be fair a lot of the stories they told were straight up lies most were to make them seem dumb and evil but this one might be to make them seem scary but who knows maybe it's true

@@GodinSpace if God say, I believe

it's been proven that this story could be possible, since tests have shown this weapon could decapitate a ballistics gel horse head and neck.

@@EsKeleto2507 you've no clue what your talking about stfu

Was that Tlahuicole?

Smallpox and chicken pox too.

Aye, disease is the deadliest weapon ever haha Plus this would useless against a conquistador in full steel armor :p

THOMASWINN! Don't you hate it when somebody says something stupid and puts a funny face next to it?

Seen 20 yes the unstoppable sneeze still taking out folks today

THOMASWINN! Actually, the Aztecs killed a lot of Spaniards in the year 1520. It wasn't until 1521 when the war shifted favor only due to smallpox. Had it not been for disease, The Spaniards and their native allies would've all died at the hands of the Aztecs.

Evan M yah it is

Literally what I was thinking throughout this video. Well I knew the origin and all but not the name

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Right dude? Makes me wanna play mk 11 right now. I have a new found respect for kotal's weapons now

@@3rdreichball525 it's a really cool weapon and I have a great interest in Kotal Kahn since he has Aztec origins. I'm from Mexico and things like this always interest me

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Charles Lee Ray 😂

@Rando pretty sure diseases did most of the job but an uneducated person wouldn't know that

Small pox and measles that the Spanish carried killed most aztecs not there siege. History is dark but interesting

grim pox yeah if it was just warfare mayans would absolutely fuck conquistadors

But if you wear steelarmor or block it with a steel sword Most of the shards would shatter this weapon is strong enough to behead horses but flawed

@@Bruh-hq1hx you do realize they said they'd replace the obsidian when broken.

@@boxingbull523 i know the flaw i meant was you have to replace it very often and you also can't stab with it

@@Bruh-hq1hx it's a sword only for slashing. And doesn't have to be replaced often because, of how sharp it was. But, is a smart design.

You can’t replace the obsidian if you’re dead. This was a good weapon for Aztecs to fight other Aztecs. They had no chance when the Spanish came.

berserkur19 FUCK yeah

I love that quote!

berserkur19 Is he related to farmer with a shotgun?

Issa cricket bat btw 😏

berserkur19 I feel like this is a reference

No la Chancla!

Ah yes, my grandfather would tell me stories of the many lives taken by those who wielded the mighty chancla

Scariest Mexican weapon indeed.

@@pablitox9272 El cinto was basically a whip but like you know 700000x worse lol

No, the belt is way worse

all kinds of weapons are invented but don't see use because they're just poor in execution. for example there was a small nuke launcher called the davy crockett but it was ineffective and even risked poisoning the user.

@@darkdemigod well they were used in battle actually. Gotta remember that they were masters of their craft and were probably of much greater quality at the time

they did. and the force behind it is enough to decapitate a horse if put in the right hands. but you need to remember this is not a chopping weapon, it's a slashing weapon. you need to hit it, then drag it through to cut with it and deal the most damage, and at that point it's comparable to the damage a chainsaw does to someone, hence it's nickname. "the obsidian chainsaw"

@@darkdemigod but this weapon did exactly what it was designed to do, maim and destroy. the aztecs use this weapon not just for warfare, but for also capturing human sacrifices. it did those 2 jobs pretty well considering it's just a paddle with some pointy glass in it.

​@@darkdemigod Ive used it tons of times, just need to have some radx and radaway on hand

George Britten lmao

Nightfire734 no one cares thanks though

Judging by the likes on the original comment, you are sorely mistaken on who cares Grayson. Thanks *Nightfire734* for the info, always good to see actual history being spoken instead of misleading information.

Kylee Smalley. I was commenting on the fact that almost every other comment is along the same lines. Thanks for your input but it isn't needed, nor welcome, kylee.

Thanks, neither was yours. Have a nice day.

mexican here not true it was used to cut bread

Even then, the chances of dying to it was still pretty high. It took skill to kill with this weapon, but it took more skill to bring a person alive after a fight. The goal is to bring/capture enemies, which in their eyes was their form of attaining glory and prestige, not by killing. It was preferred to bring them alive instead of dead. Said prisoner is to be sacrificed, which is the reason for taking hostages.

very!

fucking shit is real... if doesn't work u can go kayaking with.

_ Tierney Getting a stealth kill with this thing is like kicking someone's ass in Street Fighter with Dan Hibiki. The humiliation is more painful than any punch, kick, or fireball could ever be.

_ Tierney Stealth is a vital part of Metal Gear online

You haven't seen this weapon in actions. Just watch mortal kombat xD

Very cool heritage

same here it's cool to see what our ancestors might've used in battle, and it looks badass

Mexica

It's really not. The Aztecs were some of the most evil people who ever lived. They ate babies for ritualistic purposes. However, that is sort of badass and metal as fuck.

@@psychomantis2485 metallllllllllll

exactly!

It should

hey theyve got an ax with obsidian

I imagine that dragon's glass would be far more painful then valyrian steel

jason dirt "white walkers"? Lol😂😂 get it the Spanish and the actual white walkers 😂

Lmao

wow.

you fucking joker 😂😂😂😂😂

I’m dead

i didn't know squidward was obama

Sounds like quite the exception to the rule. howd he even reach up that high with such a short weapon?

@@georgewashington4007 If I remember correctly, the horse got decapitated, not the man on it

@@thedorku9500 you are correct it was the horse.

I'm doing a huge realistic map of América so I can conquer it with muh people, but also to have an epic war between Aztecs, Mayans and Incas. Age of Empires 2 HD.

@@thedorku9500 the man got decapitated too

Haha that from big smoke gta san Andreas man good times

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@PSYCHEDELIC JEMZ aren’t Mexicans just Mayan and Spanish Or just Spanish

@@bigiron7547 Natives,Spanish,English,Germans,Blacks,Asians,New Spain was the ejaculation fest my bro

Ziirumi no records right? It's just a best guess

fucking swinging it like a baseball bat.

DING-DING-DING-DING-DING! You have just won the internet today. Yes.

@@EmilioReyes_97 Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but just because there aren't any records doesn't mean we can't easily assume some things about the body mechanics involved. The Aztecs were smart. They definitely would have tried hard to learn to use these things in the most effective way possible. It looks like there may be some debate as to whether or not this weapon was two-handed. I'd say if they used any kind of shield then it's unlikely these would NOT have been two handed. Assuming that it was two-handed, though, there are some techniques for cutting with two-handed weapons that span across multiple cultures. The biggest one that seems to be absent in this video is the use of body mechanics an the energy you can make use of from them. This guy's first cut is really awkward. He is holding it high above the left side of his body to get lots of energy behind it, which is fine. He has his right foot forward which is fine when you have the weapon on your left when starting a strike. The problem is he just steps forward with the right foot. You can see how the body mechanics of his cut make his torso "want" to twist a bit and follow through, but because he didn't have his feet right, his hips are constrained from twisting anymore in the desired direction. I can't site you a huge litany of cultures and texts, but for sure at last in kenjutsu and European long sword techniques that are documented, there is this idea that you should pivot in the direction of the strike. Here's a better way to do this guy's first cut, for example: Start with the weapon up above your left shoulder and back a bit. Point the right foot at the target. As you start to deliver the cut, use your hands and arms to focus more on edge alignment than strength. Allow your body to twist into the cut and allow the weapon to "pull" you through as you bring your back foot (left foot) around. Strike the target just before your left foot hits the ground. Once the foot hits the ground, a good deal of the energy you had from the pivoting is gone, but if you strike just before your foot hits, a good deal of that energy gets transferred into the target.

First thing I thought was why not swing towards the neck too to bottom.

That's the problem, I can't hold it XD

How dumb can a comment be?

yes

Right lmao

All I was thinking about

exactly what i thought when i saw this vid

Yep

Basically like a maces but cooler

​@@code066funkinbird3Maces that can slice.

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Assuming these cultures wouldn't have met their filter by some other means. A lot of these cultures would have had to have changed drastically to have survived up until now and at that point would it really even be that culture anymore?

You're sad the Mayans and Aztecs are gone? Lol do you have any idea what their civilizations were like? If *you* lived in one you'd probably get brutally sacrificed once you're of age in like a month.

@@mee091000 Go read a book dude, mayas literally still exist and are the main group in Yucatan and Guatemala, plus they didn't sacrifice that much as the mexica alliance.

@@mee091000 bro what the fuck?! More western civilizations were doing similar or worse stuff than Mayans or Aztecs. They killed scientists and people who refused to believe in their messiah LOL. The Hispanic empire ended up raping and torturing the native American civilizations. I mean, sacrifice is not genocide. They only acted as primitive humans. Specifically, the Mayans were the first native American scientists, and they were beginning. Unfortunately, the colonization stopped their progress. So are you going to tell me, "good for my people they went almost to extinction" I don't know that sounds totally dissonant and delusional... at least to me.

yeah agreed, woulda been more realistic using it on like a pig or something

Desire Not Deserve yeah solid

Silverbolt Bluefire It does yoga

I don't think it has a skeleton.

Deserve Not Desire 911,is like to report a murder

Mixey+ guns at this time were useless and slow the swords were preferred don't be silly and read history rather then garbage from other morons you hear about here on RU-vid LOL

The aztecs actually won some battles dude. Cortez had to flee until reinforcements came.

If it's made of metal used it like a shield and run up to and decapitated you.

Mixey, do you really believe that 100 or so men with muskets could stand up against 10,000 men with spears and bows and arrows? The Europeans at the time had technological superiority, but it was still trumped by the natives' numerical superiority.

Louis Laszlo No but 100 with steel armour, steel swords, muskets, cannons, horses....and the best weapon of all: influenza

0:45 he says almost those exact words my freindo

Thought they worshipped the moon

@@charliechuckles4271 They worshipped a giant winged snake

Aztecs worshipped a lot of dieties

neko.P swizzle okay so this type of war they practiced was only with one other group of people in central Mexico. There was a triple alliance in which the Aztecs and two other neighboring tribes formed. This was to fight the Tlaxcalans in the east. Which is now modern day Puebla. They had an empire rivaling the Aztecs, so they had an agreement of taking minimal troops into battle to see who can take the most for their god. The other type of war the Aztecs used was conquest. This is known since they had contacts with northern nomadic tribes, and evidence of maya and Aztec interaction.

Jesse Rauback hahaha

Lmfaooo

I gotchu

Jesse Rauback I said the same shit bro

Joe Rogans hero

shujinkoMK *I MUST CONSULT THE ELDER GODS*

shujinkoMK lmfao

damn dude that'd be awesome, they apparently got canceled since the budget kept getting more and more expensive but hey we can dream

That would be very cool! Though, I doubt it will make a comeback.

Jesy Gato I want to see Inca vs Maori or Filipino.

Jesy Gato I miss that show so much😭

@@SuperKeith00 same, i want that thing to come back one day

This makes a lot of sense

see the thing is, this weapon was designed to break off those shards into the person. after those glass shards are stuck inside the person, they will continue to cut whenever the person moves, causing more and more damage. also, obsidian was EVERYWHERE back then. it was easy for them to replace these blades, even on the battlefield. this is not a chopping weapon, it's a slasher. you're meant to slash at the person, then drag the blade through instead of pulling it out to maximize damage. it's also worth noting that this isn't the only weapon the jaguar carried into battle, they had plenty of other weapons to fall back on if they did run out of obsidian on their blades, they aren't foolish enough to only take 1 weapon into a fight, no one is.

so basically, they used it correctly in the demonstration.

Theodicist Eddie lol the White Heisenberg principle It doesn’t exist for sure until a white person observes it

Can yall pussies calm down, its obnoxious.

Don't forget here in Illinois, it's called the land of Lincoln.. when it should be called the of the Miami, Illinauk, pottawatomie, Sauk, etc... Or at least name it the land lincoln murdered, ravaged and stole from the original people

@@pazzodi3 wow a conquering country didnt name its land the way the previous owners would have? im shocked

you mean MKX, cause in MK11 he uses an actual steel sword of osh-tekk design, while in MKX the Macuahuitl is what he uses

Tendai Ball mk fans here

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Yes he is a douche in real life

Totally an EMT lol not a doctor or nurse or even a paramedic

Obsidian blades deserve more hype than steel blades becuz they do brutal things to naked dummies

Sir you have earned yourself a like

they lied.

@@razorburns8651 Who knows?

@DVN Just because we can't doesn't mean they couldn't. But yeah, the bigger and tougher the enemy is, the greater the victory, and the better the excuse for losing.

AYAZ AHMAD you’re a cool fucking dude lmao

Cartier - thnx man

Was looking for this comment

I must consult with the Elder gods.

cortez himself said he saw it cut from a horses shoulder to its stomach

That was after they realized they weren't gods

Hernandez10052 those fuckers were stronger than anyone alive today. Mankind has become so domesticated and weak we depend on firearms and society to protect us. People back then would wipe us out if we went back in time.

@@VirgAlexJunchurriki they got killed because of dirty shitty spanish that had lots of diseases

@@VirgAlexJunchurriki they were quite a bit smaller than the population today. And had worse nutrition. So take your umpa lumpa bullshit somewhere else

I must consult with the Elder gods.

*I MIST CONSULT THE ELDER GODS*

so like a biological unintentional war?lol

@@baldroinnsson783 Pretty much, and the fact that Tenochtitlan was sieged easily because 1-it was made around a lake, in which the conquistadors took advantage and built ships to siege 2-it was totally shut off comunication because the main bridges that connected the city with the land were took by the tlaxcaltecans and other armies

Its funny you mention that because the biggest problem was that the Macahuitl would break on the Spanish plate armor. So yea, I guess thats why they didnt put an armor on the target

lmfao so much hate on the aztecs for no reason..in this show they never put armor on any mannequins and people never bitch about it. you're just hating

@Var until the aztecs and other natives kicked the spanish out of south america

@Var That and 80,000 warriors who allied with Cortez to topple the Aztecs. They did a hell of a job at killing them.

@@Sean-mq7wt And smallpox. Don't forget about smallpox.

Well, he does.

I guess you are thinking "katana" here. This is a rather overrated weapon, tbh.

educate youself, japanese katanas were not that sharp. Obsidian blades were waaaay more sharper

you gotta remember that before the spainish came, steel didn't really exist in the americas. so all they were dealing with was soft fleshy targets with the occasional leather or padded armor. and to fight those, obsidian is probably one of the best blades you could make. Obsidian can be sharper and more precise than surgical steel, the stuff we use in scalpels. the only reason we don't use it in medicine is cuz it can break off and cause issues. which is a selling point of this weapon. he just used it very very wrong

I like it too but aparently they were biased to Américans

Deadliest warrior

You mean Time Commanders?

@@trla6505 ehhh not really, the Americans lost a lot to other forces, I just think when Americans won we were called biased. lmao.

I love your Alastor profile pic.👍

M3tro The exiled the blades are rocks buddy

Puttingu incheck “forge” doesn’t take “rock” as an object.

Unrealistic, cause they would've had armor. Not everywhere but still.

Jake The snake Agreed. But I’d rather not face a Rep 70 Eztli.... tu scawy

Hell yea

Hell yea

Bleed on heavy attacks, and there'd be some dope-ass guardbreak options too.

@Charles Lee Ray Chaman bites necks with chainmail

boulderdash and poppycock.