Timeline for Making the 'Master Swordsman' fantasy realistic?
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| Aug 25, 2018 at 2:02 | comment | added | Paul | Of course the psychological factor is huge, as demonstrated in this video: youtube.com/watch?v=qYQ-u9mnUGw | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 13:40 | vote | accept | Onyz | ||
| Aug 22, 2018 at 14:42 | comment | added | KRyan | Táin Bó Cúailnge is an Irish story similar to what you describe with samurai fighting one-at-a-time for honor. Cú Chulainn (after allowing his side to be ambushed) challenges champion after champion to single combat, described as literal months of duels for him. Like the samurai, the likelihood of that actually having happened that way is slim to none, but it at least appears that challenges of single combat were a thing and that they were taken seriously enough that this didn’t break suspension of disbelief | |
| Aug 22, 2018 at 4:57 | comment | added | Pahlavan | @Korthalion However in this video there's only one valid hit zone, right on the chest. This negates a lot of the advantages of fighting as a group, such as attacking from behind. | |
| Aug 21, 2018 at 15:21 | comment | added | Guran | @opa sorry. I thought it was too short for an answer. I have expanded it in an answer below. | |
| Aug 21, 2018 at 14:04 | comment | added | Krupip | @Guran Please don't post answers as comments! | |
| Aug 21, 2018 at 13:55 | comment | added | Korthalion | @Guran This video illustrates your point brilliantly. youtube.com/watch?v=PgKg0Hc7YIA | |
| Aug 21, 2018 at 13:08 | comment | added | Guran | Actually, I remember reading an essay about this in some reinactment group. (Cannot find a link unfortunately). The author described how he in a group of six experienced fencers fought a lone master fighter who had trained specifically how to deal with a group. The group lost. Mostly because, although they all were competent fencing one-on-one, they had no real experience fighting as a team. The lone fencer kept moving about never getting surrounded, dealing with one at a time. The group couldn't use their advantage but just got in each others way. | |
| Aug 21, 2018 at 12:31 | history | answered | TCAT117 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |