"state something completely random time!"

[DarkDragon]

[Jesse813]

[sheath]

It's a shame sheath isn't here. I could explain why the German longsword is superior to the Japanese katana.

The "weakness" in their technique versus Iai/Kenjutsu is obvious in their video. The lunging makes it far more challenging to get back out of the kill zone than proper footwork that keeps both feet "tethered" to shoulder's width apart and about as long front and back with both feet pointing toward your opponent and your hips squared to your opponent. This allows you to essentially forget about your feet while being able to move forward, back, and off center with ease. Secondly, their "helicopter" style sword swings from left to right practically negate any center line defense and expose their stomachs or heads to attack in the worst kind of way, the unrecoverable kind of exposure.

Basically, if your "trick" strike doesn't land you are dead. If your opponent knows you are going to slap left and right like this they only have to step in close and pass through taking your guts with them, or simply cut through the top of your head as soon as you move. This is called "Go No Sen" and is one of the easiest ways to win a fight with a bladed object. If you know your opponent has a limited move set, or they expose their back on either side by turning left or right when they strike, or they raise their hands above their shoulders while in the kill zone and leave them there, they cannot possibly recover from their attack in time to defend themselves. You always want your opponent to attack first, and preferably just so in a predictable way.

Also, the "pass through" techniques they show are flawed because the one passing through is too far away from his opponent. In the same instant he lands his sword, he should also be shoulder to shoulder with his opponent on either side. Otherwise the result of the fight, even against an amateur, would be a double kill. Look at the position of his opponents sword as he moves in, it is right at his mid section most times. The simplest of human instincts is to swing wildly at that moment and that would be all it would take to die or be seriously wounded while "winning" the fight.

[KitsuneNight]

well he is right nes and snes prices are getting silly these days
and before long ps 1 prices will start to rise too

[old man]

The "weakness" in their technique versus Iai/Kenjutsu is obvious in their video. The lunging makes it far more challenging to get back out of the kill zone than proper footwork that keeps both feet "tethered" to shoulder's width apart and about as long front and back with both feet pointing toward your opponent and your hips squared to your opponent. This allows you to essentially forget about your feet while being able to move forward, back, and off center with ease. Secondly, their "helicopter" style sword swings from left to right practically negate any center line defense and expose their stomachs or heads to attack in the worst kind of way, the unrecoverable kind of exposure.

Basically, if your "trick" strike doesn't land you are dead. If your opponent knows you are going to slap left and right like this they only have to step in close and pass through taking your guts with them, or simply cut through the top of your head as soon as you move. This is called "Go No Sen" and is one of the easiest ways to win a fight with a bladed object. If you know your opponent has a limited move set, or they expose their back on either side by turning left or right when they strike, or they raise their hands above their shoulders while in the kill zone and leave them there, they cannot possibly recover from their attack in time to defend themselves. You always want your opponent to attack first, and preferably just so in a predictable way.

Also, the "pass through" techniques they show are flawed because the one passing through is too far away from his opponent. In the same instant he lands his sword, he should also be shoulder to shoulder with his opponent on either side. Otherwise the result of the fight, even against an amateur, would be a double kill. Look at the position of his opponents sword as he moves in, it is right at his mid section most times. The simplest of human instincts is to swing wildly at that moment and that would be all it would take to die or be seriously wounded while "winning" the fight.

Nice! I don't think those are all the moves for longsword fencing though. Plus you've got to consider that this style was complimented with heavy armor a lot of the time, so the thrusting and lunging motions could have been critical for piercing chainmail. Anyway, I think it's apples vs oranges like the swords. Good to see you're still around.

Here is some vikings:


A better one:

[sheath]

Yeah, bottom line a good fighter is going to be good with whatever they are familiar with. With a bladed weapon though certain things about footwork and distances are universal. If you stand just on the outside of the killing range you are probably going to die. You need to be able to close the distance from outside of range to shoulder to shoulder in the time it takes a jab to start and then lab (1/5th of a second or so). You also need to get back out of range in the same amount of time without lurching or needing to correct your stance.

A stab works beautifully with both feet pointed forward and no longer than shoulder's width and no wider, but you don't really want to rely on stabs. As far as I know, the body cavity creates a suction on a sword making it difficult to pull back out quickly. Meaning you are vulnerable to your opponent's dieing attempts to kill you too or his buddies. Concise cuts, especially with a two handed sword that adds leverage and control over a single handed weapon, are much better from a strategic perspective. Swords and shields are a different animal, especially in phalanx style formations you can forget about one on one combat and get ready to be crushed to death if you are in front.

But you are right, in medieval warfare stabs became mandatory thanks to armor of any kind. In pre-early modern European warfare it didn't happen that often. According to Military Historians, Medieval European battles resulted in surrenders and ransoms more often than deaths. The cannonball and arquebus changed all of that, and the need for Kaaaaaaaagniguts. In Japan the Samurai were dominant on the battlefield until the Meiji Restoration in the late 1800s.

[DarkDragon]

So here's my review of this razor here.

First of all, its very hard to put the heads/blades on. Took me like 15 min. to figure it out. It comes with a fake head attached to the handle so I was trying to put the blades on over it because it has notches. Turns out you just take the fake head off and attach the blades to the handle. Doesnt explain that anywhere on the packaging.

It took me 2 blades to do one complete shave. This is after not shaving for a week. Its a joke because with Gillette razors you can get complete shaves with using blades like 6 times each so 2 blades for 1 shave is inexcusable. After half my face it would barely shave anymore and had to switch blades.

Didnt cut myself except for a small cut on the chin. Irritation after the shave was there of course. Gillette razors you get barely any irritation on your skin at all after a shave with this one you got some but it wasnt as bad as I thought it would be.

In closing, the positives are its an 8 dollar razor I got for 5.50 and I didnt cut and knick myself to death using it. Thats it though, theres way more negatives which I already explained. Would not buy this one again.

[Yharnamresident]

I've had this Old Spice razor laying on my computer for over a year now. Do those things work good?

[Thierry Henry]

[NeoVamp]

[FuturePrimitive]

Why does the Retron 5 have to look like a cheap bootleg knock-off of the already crappy looking American SNES? Did they slap some junk Tupperware together with a PCB in the middle and call it a console?

[DarkDragon]

[DarkDragon]

I've had this Old Spice razor laying on my computer for over a year now. Do those things work good?

Never heard of it. Didnt know Old Spice made razors.

[KitsuneNight]

...my god that thing is hideous
i knew it was going to be hideous but this looks like it has been hit by the whole ugly tree


i stil want one but i wil hide it away somewhere it makes the xbox one look the height of design

[NeoVamp]

I just checked, that fucker is still not out! dayum I wanna mess with it and see if I can get it to run da romz.