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I will have to second Tobias' post. Wakizashi is the short katana. Tanto the knife. All refer to the metal bladed weapons. MA

How often do you carry a concealed sword? I carry a concealed handgun always. It takes less than 0.07 of a second for me to draw and fire a doubletap(two shots fired sequentially). Can you reveal a sword, draw, and strike me down before I see you go for your sword, step to the side, and shoot you? Are you confident enough to do that? A shuriken requires that you at least pull back to get enough force to throw the thing to do any amount of damage, least of all stick into your target. Can you pull back and release before I see what you're doing and just move out of the line of force? Meaning, once you let a pretty obvious object fly from your hand all I have to do is move inches from your sight picture and I've avoided being hit. Same with knife throwing. Dodging bullets, however, is something for the Matrix and something not easily done. I'd place my bet on the gun-wielder. Not to say the sword-wielding martial artist doesn't know his stuff. It's just pretty inefficient to walk around carrying a sword concealed and then try to reveal the weapon to use it against a gun-wielding opponent. However, if a sword is all you got, then good luck. MA. About jamming the bo. I can think of several ways to stop an opponent who is standing there with a bo diagonally across his torso. It won't do much to demonstrate through words, though. As anyone can talk their way through a situation. But, for arguments sake. Moving close to the opponent will probably exact a strike of some kind. Let's just say a blow towards the head. I don't mind getting hit in the forearm, while I'm moving his point of power is moving further behind me as I close the distance. The closer to his hand the bo strikes my forearm the less power it has to do damage(compared to the end of the bo striking my arm, much more powerful as that is where the leverage lends the force). While I take a hit to my forearm, I can either strike to the face, neck, groin, torso, knees and then take hold of the bo forcing a jam at the same time pushing my opponent further backwards, disrupting rhythm. I do not stop striking either as I work to disarm, or even just disable my opponent. I have fought a bo-wielding opponent empty-handed and didn't take his bo from him. I controlled the distance and took his consciousness away. Now, knowing what I could do (not that it is what I will do, just an example for words sake) it probably will be quite easy for you to devise a counter for it. Of course, we could go back and forth exchanging what if's and could's and should's, but that won't get us anywhere. The point is: jamming an opponent who wields a distance-specific weapon is quite possible and often easily attainable when approached properly. Conversely, a skilled bo-wielder will fight to keep the distance to his advantage. So, jams are possible, so are defenses against jams. MA

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You forgot handgun. I voted sword, but I also love the escrima, which isn't listed either. I like to use bolo machete too. Nunchuks and bo's are good. But out of the one's listed I like the sword, anything but a foil(I can use, but don't prefer). MA

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Size(height and weight) matters just as much as the skill level of your opponent. Big and skilled and you'll have to deal with it appropriately. Small and skilled, then you'll have to appropriate your techniques to handle the situation. Size is not a guarantor of anything in a fight except that it most certainly changes the way you approach your opponent. Having a 300lbs lump of flesh on top of you isn't any fun. Especially if that 300lbs. is defensive line, or full back or just pure muscle and trained to fight. But the size alone doesn't determine the outcome of a fight. You do. If you are ill-equipped to handle an opponent of any size then you will be the reason you lose. Every person bleeds and breaks. The guy is huge and knows how to fight?...then fight accordingly and win that fight. Don't let the fear of your opponent's mass disrupt your rhythm. Size matters and it doesn't matter. I don't care if my opponent is three times my size and does know how to fight. I'm still going to fight to win. Conversely, I don't care if my opponent is a dwarf and knows how to fight. I'm still going to fight to win. I have trained well, I have the tools to handle those circumstances..so, the size of my opponent means nothing to me except in determining which of my tools I might use. This should apply to all martial artists who train for self-defense. (Those that train for competition most likely will never face anyone outside their particular weight class). Just because your opponent is larger than you do not assume he is slow. Also, not all small people are quick. Never assume anyone you fight isn't skilled enough to handle themself in a fight. You might just get surprised and end up having your arse handed to you. Be prepared for all platforms the fight might progress to. Can you fight well standing and mobile? Can you fend well if the fight goes to the ground? Can you use your surroundings to your advantage? Are you willing to fight until the fight is over and you are safe? Personally, I don't concern myself with the size of my opponent. HOWEVER, I do prepare myself for all types of opponents. I suppose, then, that my stance on this issue is: size is as important as are a myriad of other factors governing the elements of a fight. Each just as important as the other. MA. ps. But, even it being as important as the others, size alone does not 100% win fights.

I haven't fought in a tournament so I can't answer as to how that works. But I have been in plenty of fights, regrettably. I have ended more than one with a either a front kick, side kick, or simple roundhouse to the head of my opponents. About balance, true, there is a risk involved, but there is a risk with every attack you throw at your opponent, including punches. But if the kick is thrown properly, when I say properly that also involves timing, then you probably won't be caught off guard. What that means is: if a high kick is a viable solution to the particular conflict in question(when I say conflict I am not referring to the whole fight, but each individual conflict that comprises a fight) then it is just as effective, if not more so, than a punch. That said, I can easily disrupt the balance from a poorly thrown punch as I can from a poorly throw kick. If the kick is executed properly it will work. This doesn't mean, though, that a kick should always be used. It's like I said in a previous post: it's a tool that should be in your arsenal, not that you may use it often, but when the opportunity presents itself it could be a tool you wish you had. If your leg gets caught by your opponent it is safe to say that you threw the kick wrong. Either you timed it wrong, missed your window of use, were too slow, or poor form. Conversely, the same can be applied to a punch. If you throw a poor punch, bad timing, slow, poor form I can just as easily use that against you as I could a bad kick. It's the risk you take with every single attack you throw at your opponent, punch or kick. There is almost no guarantee that each attack you deliver will work 100% of the time. I have been in a couple circumstances where if I had not been able to deliver the head kick that I did then the fight would have gone in a direction I would have rather it not. For example, a person once pulled back to hit me as they neared me. Before they reached the range to hit me I simply front kicked them under the jaw. The fight ended. Not being able to kick like that would have brought him closer to me in range. While I can equally handle the situation within that range, it was much more economical to just simply remove the threat before it even neared me. Therefore, my advice is to train both punches and kicks equally. I have faced the opponent who focuses heavily on punches and for them to enter the range of usefulness for them, they have to break my barrier of distance from effective kicks. Conversely, I have faced the opponent who kicks like a blender they lost because they couldn't adapt to the close range of my punches. I don't underestimate any opponent which is why I arm myself with every weapon I can. MA

I'd practice them equally. I've ended fights with a single attack: a kick to the head. So, I wouldn't write-off kicks so quickly. Being fast and powerful you can do much more damage with your leg than with a punch. That being said, it is just as important to work your punches as well. In my opinion neither one should take precedence over the other. Both are very important tools used to handle different tasks. Why limit yourself by not training in high kicks? I'd rather have every tool and not use them all, than not have a particular tool and really need it. About range it is fairly simple to keep someone at kicking range for a long time, if you want. I have successfully done so at will several times. If I keep moving to control the range my opponent must adjust to compensate if he desires to hit me. If not, and I frustrate him by not allowing him close enough to hit me then I have already won the fight. But, in case you lose the initiative to control the kicking range you had better have good hands to control the close range. Thus, I'd train both equally. MA

I fight until the situation is resolved. Whatever that takes that is the limit I take it to. I do not set a precedent on the fight until it happens. I fight until safe. Being merciful depends on the situation. If a simple punch or even mere words resolve the situation then I have acted as far as the situation necessitates and that is merciful. However, if the opponent presses and further action is required I will do so, not taking any chances, until it is resolved in my favor. MA

TKD is an art. JKD is a philosophy. Take the art and apply the philosophy if you want to. MA

I wouldn't worry about blocking such an attack. You wouldn't have to block it. A simple front kick to his jaw, solar plexus, or groin as he's drawing back for the haymaker will do just fine. MA.

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One inch punch: real. Using the demonstration in combat...not recommend. Using the principles behind the one inch punch in combat; necessary. MA