04-11-2006, 01:37 PM
It's just way too neat a theory for my liking and based on some precarious and generalised assumptions about relative heights of combatants. I have to agree with Goffredo, it's a pretty weak theory, but I admit it's no more proveable or unproveable than any other at the moment.
I would be more inclined to accept it if there were other instances of a relatively shorter people employing relatively shorter swords to fight relatively larger opponents with relatively longer swords (or spears or whatever). I can't think of any offhand, but would be interested to hear of some.
I would be more inclined to accept it if there were other instances of a relatively shorter people employing relatively shorter swords to fight relatively larger opponents with relatively longer swords (or spears or whatever). I can't think of any offhand, but would be interested to hear of some.
It is a joyful thing indeed to hold intimate converse with a man after one\'s own heart, chatting without reserve about things of interest or the fleeting topics of the world; but such, alas, are few and far between.
Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)
Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)
