Open Discussions: Kenbudo vs. Kali vs. European edged arts (oudbruin) 

Open Discussions: Kenbudo vs. Kali vs. European edged arts (oudbruin)

[B]Open Discussions: Kenbudo vs. Kali vs. European edged arts[/B] - 46 Replies
From: oudbruin on 5. Jan 2005, 03:58am
Kali vs Nihonto vs Euro live weaps-
Well- if it was mushashi vs cyrano and both had drawn i suspect the euro expert using a rapier would eventualy win out over the heaver, and somewhat slower katana-
Now lets suppost we had gustave and mushashi facing off and gustave has a flambarge (a 5 foot weap used to take out horses)- the edge would go to the faster drawn katana.
as for our filipino friend with his short sticks-I suspect he could wail away on cyrano's lighter weapon, however a heavy weapon like a claidghmhor or flambarge-no contest, the heaver weapon woud win.
In a situation where both the euro and the nihonto both have to be drawn- the katana would win hands down-no question simply because the weapon as it's drawn is in offensive mode- wheras the european weap has to be drawn out, and than readied to strike- 3 motions vs one slash.
The guy with the sticks-whould have an edge out of the box, simply because he has nothing to draw out.
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of more interest would be who is the better archer a 14th century english longbowman or a japanese kuyodo bowman of the 17th century? both had longbows with heavy draw weight (i understand in excess of 100 lbs), and both had somewhat equivalent projectiles and rate of fire and accuracy..
Comments? Anyone??
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