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That is quite true yes. But there is one important aspect in a fight that a shield can't emulate, the pressure a bladed weapon has. A shield can be dangerous yes but in the end in doesn't have the offensive capabilities of a sword. Each weapon and each weapon style has it's own uses, there is...

Actually if you know what you are doing, fighting with one or two weapons will always be focused on defense. No matter what you do you must never leave openings, doing so with one weapon is just different from what you do with two and obviously different to what you do with a shield. Using a...

No, he did develop the style of using two Japanese long swords(though historians do debate many aspects fo his life). The Long sword/short sword style allready existed before him. This style is called Nitto Ryu and is still practiced today in several martial arts, including Kendo...