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At 12:43 AM 10/11/2007, you wrote:<br><br>
(snip)<br><br>
Dore:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">> The purpose of this rule
... is to reduce incidents of fighters<br>
> just hanging on to the blade and perhaps wrestling over it.<br>
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Robin:<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>That seems backwards. The only
wrestling over the blade allowed in the rules, and the only wrestling
I've seen, comes from the attempt to twist it. Disallow that, and
the wrestling is gone.</font></blockquote><br>
I'm not so sure about that. If we're fighting and you grab my blade, even
if twisting it in your hand doesn't injure your hand, I'm still going to
be trying to get control of my blade back. Tugging and twisting (i.e.
"wrestling for control") are the obvious ways to do
that.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>-Tivar
Moondragon<br>
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