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Old July 6th, 2010 #66
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And the katana was in fact used for cutting armor. Many of the innovations in Japanese armor were made due to the the swords cutting the numerous ties that hold the lamellar armor in place. These ties run all over the armor--not just the legs and joints. Later on the Japanese adapted superior European plate armor
Semantics.

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I have seen several instances of a fencer beating a kendoka. The fencer is just too fast. People don't like to admit that kendo is slower because they've invested all this time in learning it--but it's just not as good for civilian combat as fencing. But yes, it's still very good.
Any half-assed spearman would break through either sword-form and kill the wielder nine times out of every ten. Let's all carry spears, while we're still tripping through 1600 AD.