Hello,
Dwayne, you are right on the money. Being sensitive to the inertia of various sizes was really what I was talking about. Thanks for clarifying that point.
The fact is that if all fighting was about was muscular power then no one would ever study fencing. They would just bench press 400 lbs and call it a day.
Really what the heavier and longer weapons teach you is body mechanics. When you are weilding a 12 lb club, you can't fight it. Anyone who has done this for any length of time knows that if you do fight with it, you have a 99% chance of developing tendonitis over time. How many power lifters do you know that have had a productive career longer than 10 years?
The truth comes from the manipulation of the energy of the weapon to attack/cover/parry any angle without wasted motion and excess energy.
Thanks,
Darth
P.S. But then again, when "Lyle Alzado on PCP" takes your weapon from you...don't tell me his muscles have nothing to do with what comes next! or yours for that matter. Let's not play into the whole hard vs. soft fallacy.
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