Well I won't:D

yes! katana is fun

I also like katanas because that was dreamcast's project-name

hey I thought you died!

Of course m16 isn't an option, these are melee weapons.

katana are nice, but I think they're a little too thick and heavy. I like a nice thin shikamidzue blade is more my taste, and very passive when out of use.

rapiers and smallswords.

actually, dante, do fencing swords fall under that category?

Yes, fencing swords are rapiers/smallswords.

as i thought. :) as far as weapons go, i am more of an expert on early to modern firearms as opposed to old fashioned bladed and blunt weapons. :)

i am very much in love with swordplay, though, and I love to play with sticks and the occasional pole or construction pipe. :)

DAM THIS IS A LONG THREAD!!!!! DAGGERS RULE!!! and you should have a ice sword with crooked ice chunks out the sides dull but deadly!

okay time to answer my question..

if someone charged at you full force you could do one of two things:

1. dodge to the right or left of it and throw up your knee into their stomach, proceeded by your elbow into their back

2. dodge to the right or left and kick them in the middle of the back or back of the knee as they pass

The reason anything else wouldn't work is because when you got a guy coming at you that is twice your size at full speed, punching or kicking him head on isn't going to stop him.. it might hurt him, but it will just piss them off even more as they continue to fall onto you beating you senselessly ;)

If you aren't able to dodge there is only one other move which is the trickiest, and that would be to grab their upper body, roll back, and flip them right over.

It's all about the momentum :)

I don't think you really know what you're talking about, Koni. There are hundreds of ways to avert an oncoming opponent, and I don't think you have the authority to say that those are the only two ways possible, and only you know them.

Yes, this is a long thread. But, back to weapons! How about hammers? Those germans made some pretty nice ones, ey? Too bad people don't fight with rapiers anymore! I think nothing would be better!

Rapiers are the best weapon :)
It is too bad that people don't fight with them.. :(

using a huge weapon, I'd probably not just stick to the sword, maybe throw a few headbutts or kicks in :D

Kaimetsu, I think the best weapon to modify unarmed martial arts technique is the tonfa!

Now why didn't I think of that before?

I think it's be cool to fight with a kama in one hand and a tonfa in the other! I'd do it, and be "The astute farming samurai."

I'd want to use that big scottish axe polarm that doubles as a plowshare or whatever :))

Do you think weapons from Western society could beat those of Eastern?
Western- Europe
Eastern- Asia

And I am talking about 14th century weapons here, not modern day weapons