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MrStranger616
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There should be \\\"Our Martians are Different\\\" Because Martians from Mars Attacks look WAY different from the ones in DC Comics and Looney Tunes.
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If you\'re using a very short sword such as a gladius or wakizashi, and if you don\'t have a shield or buckler to intercept your opponent\'s weapon with, then the only simultaneous attack that could defend you without recourse to parrying would be to strike his sword hand. Either that or a fantastic dodge/grapple that takes your opponent by surprise, but that\'s not very realistic if your opponent is at least as skilled as you, has a longer weapon, and/or is expecting it. It seems to me that your options with a short weapon are very limited if you rule out parries that do not contain a simultaneous single-time attack.
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If you\\\'re using a very short sword such as a gladius or wakizashi, and if you don\\\'t have a shield or buckler to intercept your opponent\\\'s weapon with, then the only simultaneous attack that could defend you without recourse to parrying would be to strike his sword hand, simply because that\\\'s the only part of him you could reach. Either that or a fantastic dodge/grapple that takes your opponent by surprise, but that\\\'s not very realistic if your opponent is at least as skilled as you, has a longer weapon, and/or is expecting it. If you had a shield you could use it to block the attack coming at you while simultaneously striking him with your sword, but in that case the kind of \\\"accidental\\\" blade-on-blade parry you\\\'re talking about would not have a chance to occur. It seems to me that your options with a short weapon are very limited if you lack a shield and also rule out parries that do not contain a simultaneous single-time attack.
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Even with regard to weapons of similar type, some systems use the sword a lot for blocking or parrying, while others minimize blade contact and prescribe dodging or manipulation of measure. I think it\'s impossible to give any accurate percentage of single- versus double-time in \
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Even with regard to weapons of similar type, some systems use the sword a lot for blocking or parrying, while others minimize blade contact and prescribe dodging or manipulation of measure. To a certain degree, the \\\"correct\\\" way to defend is a matter of taste. I think it\\\'s impossible to give any accurate percentage of single- versus double-time in \\\"real\\\" swordfighting without specifying a time, place, and system in which that would be true.
