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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tivar replied to me in response to
Dore:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>D> The purpose of this rule ... is to reduce
incidents of fighters<BR>D> just hanging on to the blade and perhaps
wrestling over it.<BR> <BR>Robin:<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>R>That seems backwards. The only wrestling
over the blade</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>R> allowed in the rules, and the only
wrestling I've seen, comes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>R> from the attempt to twist it.
Disallow that, and the wrestling</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>R> is gone.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>T> I'm not so sure about that. If we're
fighting and you grab my</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>T> blade, even if twisting it in your hand
doesn't injure your hand,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>T> I'm still going to be trying to get
control of my blade back.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>T> Tugging and twisting (i.e. "wrestling
for control") are the obvious</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>T> ways to do that</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why do something so obviously suicidal? If he
grabs my blade, then every fiber of my being will be absolutely focused on
grabbing his. If I spend two seconds trying to free my blade, I'll be
dead, *even if I succeed*.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A successful blade grab should end the fight in one
shot, unless countered with an immediate counter-grab. That's what the
blade grab is for.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robin of Gilwell / Jay
Rudin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>