Realism; Strength is not important for swordsmanship(?)

[Gollum]

Originally Posted by Bruno

This smells of the usual argument about martial artists not needing strength, because of mad skillz yo.

This argument is mystification. If it was true, no martial artist would spend so many hours with muscle training. In traditional karate, kigu hojoundo is a very important part of the training.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs2NnBumiWI