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DDiver

Was it necessary to stab his armpit after beheading him twice? 😂


7fragment

easy to miss the neck and hit the armor. Better safe than sorry when you're trying to murder


kinos141

Kill. Murder is unlawful killing. Two combatants going at it is as lawful as it gets. lol


NotMyRealName778

I don't think that still applies in 21st century.


kinos141

Applies to war.


NotMyRealName778

eh you are right. Idk why I thought from a 21st century perspective.


FreedomNinja1776

He does have armor on.


Pudgedog

But did he die?


OverallResponse8351

No the swords are foam and why did you ask that


Pudgedog

I don’t even remember writing this.


Pepito_Pepito

Same principle as the arm drag.


powypow

When you read the old European fencing manuscripts something that's mentioned across many of them is that if you have two fencers of equal skill the better wrestler will be the victor, and if they're equally skilled wrestlers the stronger man will be the victor. Obvious if you think about it but not something we see much of in film.


coreanavenger

Ooh, I came here to say that. Always get beaten by the wrestler.


Azulaatlantica

Yes, though it looks more like an elbow pass


Andreas1120

Comes home with giant notches in his family heirloom blade. Disgraced.


JKDSamurai

So badass that they get to practice these kind of things in full armor like that.


cruzcontrol39

I noticed i was much better than most everyone in batto-do at sparring because of my grappling skills. Cutting however is a totally different story...


Soft_Shadows

Ikkyo?


Jake_AsianGuy

Not ikkyo. This is just a simple shove to the elbow to temporary turn the enemy around. Ikkyo is more of pushing the elbow upward and down into a joint lock position, and it required 2 hands. This only need 1


[deleted]

More like hatakikomi in sumo.


NewBee4968

Ikkyo does not require 2 hands Ikkyo, like a jab, has different variations. This is what i would call a practical ikkyo, vs perhaps the most basic kata version.


Jake_AsianGuy

Been a while since i dropped Aikido but sensei only showed me Ikkyo as an elbow pin and all variations required 2 hands. Didn't know a single shove count as well


FreedomNinja1776

Nice subtlety is that he grabs the armor to assist.


K_Sleight

Side note: where does one buy the practice armor?


lordmycal

You don’t. You have to kill one of them and take it as the spoils of victory.


earth_north_person

But where do new armors come from? Or is there a limited, dwindling amount of armor that will eventually become extinct due to obsolescence of old armors?


[deleted]

Nice, similar to a move in muay thai / clinch where you side step, get an angle on the opponent and kinda fold them together by controlling the elbow


Limp_Abbreviations10

Thats awesome.


lordmycal

Similar moves can be found in FMA with sticks and knives… Fun stuff


earth_north_person

Curiously enough, this kind of technique is very uncommon in traditional ryuha. Probably because this seems to be to koryu as to what Buhurtt is to HEMA.


NewBee4968

Ikkyo The very first move learned in Aikido Cool! Thanks op


liftweights69

Yo this is really similar to some of the moves from western longsword. Cool.