Real Historical Fighting

[Zouji]

The videos are interesting. I've obviously never fought anyone to the death with a sword, but I've always thought the way it's portrayed in movies was pretty silly. Most of the movies seem to take fencing and try to apply it to real world fighting.

Hollywood gets two things always wrong.

1. In real arms combat you train your entire life for fights that really only last 10 to 15 seconds before someone is wounded to dead. That would be boring entertainment.

2. Single armed combat has absolutely nothing to do with fighting while in an army. All of the indivual training is more than likely to get you killed if attached to a bigger army. Armies fight in unision, from squads all the way to legions. It is very calculated, slow and methodical. In Hollywood people run around in uncontrolled mobs which would always lead to defeat. I get it, Armies trained for years to be good at it. Getting 5,000 extra's to work as a real army isn't realistic.

You can watch the old Akira Kurosawa samurai films if you want to see real duel style combat from Japan. Those fights last like 5-15 seconds once swords are swung. Sometimes there is like 1-2 minutes of foot work before they swing and someone dies.

Those movies are the opposite of Hollywood films. They are very slow and the final fight is over in a flash.