Theoretical Weapon Question

[obiwansbane]

SCENARIO:

You're thrown into a collesium, and you have to fight a mirror image of yourself. You have a choice, either broom stick *not the sweeping part just the handle* that is solid enough that it wont break. OR a dinner knife, *the barely serated kind you get in resteraunts*

Whichever you pick your opponent gets whatever else is left.

Which would you pick and why

[lordtariel]

The broomstick... I'd sweep the floor with myself(Wait for the groans) I'd pick it simply for the range advantage I'd have over a knife. I'd probably spend more time thrusting with the thing than I would striking since broomsticks aren't very heavy or robust.

[french fri25]

i'd also go for the broomstick. i am pretty tall for my age so i have been trained to use my reach advantage so i think i would be able to adapt to the broomstick easier than i would with the knife.

[ShotokanKid]

I'd go for the broomstick because I can attack the hand with it and make him drop the knife.

I learned the effectiveness of rapping the knuckles with a stick when training with the double bastons.

[NightOwl]

I'd take the knife and laugh at the mirror image of myself who has never trained in a staff weapon before

[bushido_man96]

I'd take the stick as well. Then kick sand in his face, and go to town.

[learning kempo-karate]

Hello, I think I would take the longer weapon (stick). BUT the knife can be thrown.

It is better to keep distance and you will be able to strike his knife hand too, before he can close in. ............Aloha (if he is as good as I am? ...We both will lose!). HUH?

[bushido_man96]

Hello, I think I would take the longer weapon (stick). BUT the knife can be thrown.

It is better to keep distance and you will be able to strike his knife hand too, before he can close in. ............Aloha (if he is as good as I am? ...We both will lose!). HUH?

Sure, you can throw it, but it is just a butter-knife....I don't think it will do much damage. Plus, if you miss, you are weaponless, while the other has the stick.

[NightOwl]

I'd punch with the butter knife, it would not be comfortable to get hit with that. The broomstick offers too much commitment for me...you miss and the other guy has you

[bushido_man96]

The broomstick offers too much commitment for me...you miss and the other guy has you

It will, if you swing it like a baseball bat. Otherwise, you can make very controlled motions with the stick, and use the length to your advantage to keep your butter-knife weilding counterpart at bay.