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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kzach" data-source="post: 5622876" data-attributes="member: 56189">So have I.I was a St. John's First Aid Ambulance Cadet (think Scouts but with a focus on first aid) and worked several fairs, markets and even a few Melbourne Show's and Moomba's. I have also maintained the highest level of first aid training you can get as a certificate in my country, since that time.I still wouldn't claim to be an expert, though; that I'll leave to an emergency ward doctor. Don't suppose we have any here?On another matter, the gladius was not only used in formation. It was both a piercing and slashing weapon and performed remarkably well in both roles because of it's weight, length and blade design. And contrary to romantic and popular belief, most knights wielded light maces and hammers from horseback, not swords.As for samurai, well they were poseurs. I know that's not the de rigueur stance amongst geeks who worship at the altar of Japanese culture as the be-all and end-all, but hey, someone's gotta stand up for reality.</blockquote>