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6/24/2025, 8:37:03 PM
>>63890882
>Center of percussion.
This isn’t a thing
>Again, a tsuba or disc guard is quite protective if you use it properly.
Not at all compared to a cruciform or complex hilt.
>the hands are the closest.... if you present them.
No, your hands are the closest target because the hands are holding your sword which you are attacking with…
>An extreme example is that it's effectively useless if you take some kind of jodan (overhead) stance and cut vertically.
No? What??
If you just stand there in measure doing nothing, you’re going to get your wrists cut, but presumably you would want to attack and move your point forward at some point before that happens…
>Nor will it do so if you stand in chudan (middle) stance.
No??????
>smallwords
Smallswords were objectively worse at killing people than their predecessors. A guy with a rapier would absolutely dunk on a guy with a smallsword. Maximum effectiveness was not their purpose.
>Center of percussion.
This isn’t a thing
>Again, a tsuba or disc guard is quite protective if you use it properly.
Not at all compared to a cruciform or complex hilt.
>the hands are the closest.... if you present them.
No, your hands are the closest target because the hands are holding your sword which you are attacking with…
>An extreme example is that it's effectively useless if you take some kind of jodan (overhead) stance and cut vertically.
No? What??
If you just stand there in measure doing nothing, you’re going to get your wrists cut, but presumably you would want to attack and move your point forward at some point before that happens…
>Nor will it do so if you stand in chudan (middle) stance.
No??????
>smallwords
Smallswords were objectively worse at killing people than their predecessors. A guy with a rapier would absolutely dunk on a guy with a smallsword. Maximum effectiveness was not their purpose.
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