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CyborgSage00x0 posted...

Hell, the katana is considered the perfect sword for virtually all situations

A "Katana" is just a japanese word for "sword". Perhaps you mean Odachi in the context you're using it in? The traditionally regarded japanese longsword? Or are we talking Nodachi? The great sword? Wakisashi? The shortsword? The Tanto, a dagger?

The Odachi IS fast for a longsword for sure, but the poor crossguard and lack of distal taper may be trivial against other Odachi, but against a gladius or arming sword, the single edge and poor stabbing ability alone is a huge disadvantage.

For close combat, the wakisashi is probably best, but it still suffers from the same issues, just shorter in form.

I love many eastern weapons, but once you take them out of the east, they're facing challenges their respective martial arts were never designed to deal with.

This is why Zulu warriors could curbstomp european forces for decades. The invaders were fighting the wrong army with the weapons they arrived with.

Pound for pound, I think the Aztec club/swords are one of the most horrific melee weapons ever made.

A sappy club rolled in volcanic glass. The force of a club combined with the flesh ripping and maiming properties that no other enemy brought to bear. The Aztecs were short changed by tactics and biological warfare only.

If the aztec civilization had developed in the old world, our calendars would be round to this day.

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