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Originally Posted by aesir23
That said, I agree with most HEMA people that strength is FAR less important with swords than it is with unarmed fighting.
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Skill is very important for unarmed fighting too. Surely more than strength. Both are important, of course (otherwise there wouldn't be so much muscle training in every martial arts).
But true kime (the most important effectiveness of a punch or a kick), is more a matter of knowing exactly when to relax your muscles and when to contract them than a matter of being generally strong. And kime can only be improved with experience ... A lot of experience.