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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Garthanos" data-source="post: 4965901" data-attributes="member: 82504">And its simple to drop back (or usually push your enemy and self back - a common trained technique so you aren't losing ground) so effectively if they aren't killed before closing, then after closing if they didn't kill their enemy they will end up having to do it again "every time"Actual usage techniques of the big weapons neither throw the user off balance nor make closing easy... because they use the weapons presence itself as a very offensive defense - closing is very risky.. . the markedly shorter weapon takes far more effort to get an attack in at far greater risk.Your physics is questionable too... Momentum = mass x velocity (the weapons momentum cant be an issue unless its either got an unwieldy amount of mass read the article about real sword weights ... and pretend when they say weight they mean an easy measure of mass) ... velocity is the speed you are claiming these weapons don't have and they are realistically frequently faster than many other 1 handed blades. Axes are end balanced sounds like they ought to throw there users out of balance right? but frequently the longest strokes that are used with the weapon are downwards and never spin or otherwise mess with their users balance "in a unplanned for way".A knife can be hidden inside jacket or used at a dinner table... those are there main historical appeal and why they are still in use today.  (the other advantage throwability is kind of questionable -- throwing your weapon is not as common in real life as in the movies because it does suck to be disarmed.. and if the range changes suddenly on you ...the attack will fall flat ;-)) I recommend you take up Kendo ;-) or study it... nope its not real fighting its fun. (the bamboo sticks are only marginally lighter than the real blades I have decorating my living room and library walls).Sticking to ignorance is usually considered a less than admirable thing but whatever floats your boat.</blockquote>

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