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For those who practice one or the other (or both), what are your views on the opposite? Within either community, there seems to be strong negative bias towards the other. Statements from HEMA practitioners saying the tsuba is impractical (despite this type of guard complimenting proper drawing and sheathing as to avoid contact with the koiguchi, as in noto and iai), budo fanatics stating that the katana is the end-all-be-all for swords, HEMA fanatics assuming that samurai had no other weapon than the katana and that a samurai would therefore lose most encounters with a knight, budo fanatics assuming that knights were unskilled and sluggish, ect.
I'm not addressing a topic as far as this subject goes, so leave random thoughts or elaborate on any of the examples I mentioned. Also, feel free to include anything regarding the classical period in the Mediterranean (Greek hoplites and such).
I'm not addressing a topic as far as this subject goes, so leave random thoughts or elaborate on any of the examples I mentioned. Also, feel free to include anything regarding the classical period in the Mediterranean (Greek hoplites and such).