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Old 03-31-2020, 01:29 AM   #375
Polydamas
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Central Europe
Default Re: [MH] Caribbean by Night

I see knife/dagger and sword in one hand/long knife as pretty distinct weapons, but other than seeing a clip from a lesson of Tire machèt I don't know anything about Afro-Caribbean culture.

There just is not much overlap between the physical skills (and right tools) to take arms and legs and heads, and the physical skills (and best tools) to eliminate a threat who is grappling with you.

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Originally Posted by Kale View Post
Normal knife tactics target the limbs and vital points, and tends to focus on protecting against your own knife being taken away from you.
Knife fighting or surviving a murder attempt? The two are as different as night and day. The medieval and renaissance stuff leans towards the second (or to armoured combat, where again stabs and cuts to the hands and forearms will have no effect).
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