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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1307924" data-attributes="member: 812"><p>Striking, aye, but not unarmed combat generally speaking. both Japanese and European armoured warriors would be trained in grappling while armoured -- and grappling armoured opponents. Being able to tackle -- and the get advantage of -- an armoured opponent would be of great value in the chaos of battle.</p><p></p><p>Warriorship is not much different from one part of the world to the other. Technology may be different, but fighting is pretty much the same.</p><p></p><p>I remember looking through scans from a German swordfighting manual -- having to do with two-handed swords -- and was struck by the similarity of the stances to those of many Japanese styles.</p><p></p><p>Trying to kill people with sharp chunks of steel -- there's only so many ways to go about it. One of the reasons the Japanese styles get so much press is because they've been preserved -- an accident of Japanese cultural history, really, but that's by and large the reason. That and the tendency of the Japanese to codify and organize every aspect of their culture -- they have such well-formed notions of swordfighting in part because they have such well-formed notions of EVERYTHING -- gardening, drinking tea, writing, painting, building houses -- the Japanese have a RIGHT way to do all these things -- and schools and masters to pass on the traditions and see that they are maintained.</p><p></p><p>Up until, say, twenty years ago, if you wanted to learn swordfighting at all, you either took fencing or you learned Japanese swordfighting. Nobody else was teaching anything. At least, that's all I could find. Fencing clubs and aikido schools. Now there's the Indonesian/Philipino styles, and of course the European styles are being relearned and taught. Even if many of these styles (including the Japanese) don't have 100% fidelity to the actual techniques used in the day, it's still fun.</p><p></p><p>Swordfighting is cool.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes people see me at the gym flailing around with wooden sticks and they'll ask me what the heck I'm doing, and I'll try to explain, and it honestly baffles me that they don't think it's the coolest thing in the world.</p><p></p><p>I'm like, "I'm swordfighting! Check this out!" and they're all, "Yeah, dude. Whatever."</p><p></p><p>But then, some people don't think dinosaurs are cool, either. I mean, what's up with that?</p><p></p><p>Um, what was the topic again?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 1307924, member: 812"] Striking, aye, but not unarmed combat generally speaking. both Japanese and European armoured warriors would be trained in grappling while armoured -- and grappling armoured opponents. Being able to tackle -- and the get advantage of -- an armoured opponent would be of great value in the chaos of battle. Warriorship is not much different from one part of the world to the other. Technology may be different, but fighting is pretty much the same. I remember looking through scans from a German swordfighting manual -- having to do with two-handed swords -- and was struck by the similarity of the stances to those of many Japanese styles. Trying to kill people with sharp chunks of steel -- there's only so many ways to go about it. One of the reasons the Japanese styles get so much press is because they've been preserved -- an accident of Japanese cultural history, really, but that's by and large the reason. That and the tendency of the Japanese to codify and organize every aspect of their culture -- they have such well-formed notions of swordfighting in part because they have such well-formed notions of EVERYTHING -- gardening, drinking tea, writing, painting, building houses -- the Japanese have a RIGHT way to do all these things -- and schools and masters to pass on the traditions and see that they are maintained. Up until, say, twenty years ago, if you wanted to learn swordfighting at all, you either took fencing or you learned Japanese swordfighting. Nobody else was teaching anything. At least, that's all I could find. Fencing clubs and aikido schools. Now there's the Indonesian/Philipino styles, and of course the European styles are being relearned and taught. Even if many of these styles (including the Japanese) don't have 100% fidelity to the actual techniques used in the day, it's still fun. Swordfighting is cool. Sometimes people see me at the gym flailing around with wooden sticks and they'll ask me what the heck I'm doing, and I'll try to explain, and it honestly baffles me that they don't think it's the coolest thing in the world. I'm like, "I'm swordfighting! Check this out!" and they're all, "Yeah, dude. Whatever." But then, some people don't think dinosaurs are cool, either. I mean, what's up with that? Um, what was the topic again? [/QUOTE]
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