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wizenedfool t1_j29s2sf wrote

Reply to comment by batotit in Fencing or swordsmanship during the during the American revolution by Unable-Anybody-2285

Obviously in no way “notable” as you say. But this comment does just make me think what an absolute bummer it would have been to be the poor soldier that ends up stumbling into one of these “masters” in the jungle and having to fight hand-to-hand.

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JethroFire t1_j29ubdp wrote

Not a problem if you shoot him first.

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wizenedfool t1_j2a3716 wrote

I mean it isn’t as tho these Japanese soldiers didn’t also have guns to use outside hand to hand range…

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JethroFire t1_j2a6tzi wrote

Right, but him being described as a master swordsman assumes that he is primarily armed with a sword and a pistol.

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