Game of Thrones begins....

[The Brain]

Surely there was a need for the warsaw or it wouldn't have been invented?

[Norgy]

One of the reasons the Norse were fond of axes was that it was a weapon of dual functionality. They could hack and slash, and throw it. The impact of a thrown axe, even the smaller ones, is quite impressive.

I don't know much about swords, but them being pointy would suggest you stab with them rather than cut.

[garbon]

I don't know much about swords, but them being pointy would suggest you stab with them rather than cut.

But you also have sharp edges so couldn't you both thrust and cut?

Besides, many knives used in the home have pointy ends though the primary use is for cutting not thrusting.

[11B4V]

I don't know much about swords, but them being pointy would suggest you stab with them rather than cut.

But you also have sharp edges so couldn't you both thrust and cut?

Besides, many knives used in the home have pointy ends though the primary use is for cutting not thrusting.

There is a reason why a Katanna, saber, scimitar and the like have curved blades. But according to berkut they dont cut.

[Norgy]

I gladly accept that this is stuff that I know little about.
But I am an expert at cutting myself when preparing food. 

[The Brain]

[11B4V]

Imagine you are trying to cut a steak with a really, really sharp knife. Will your knife cut throught the steak if you simply swing it at the steak and hit it with the sharp edge? Not really - you have to CUT the steak, running that sharp edge back and forth across the meat, and then it will in fact cut very nicely.

Horseshit.

[garbon]

Drawing from your most recent party?

[The Brain]

Drawing from your most recent party?

No he's dressed.

[Norgy]

Not quite the average Swedish-made penis enlarger pump (and how they are my bag, baby).

[grumbler]

And I will moan once again about the swordplay.  Seriously. If any fighter in the show had simply used a thrust, all of this windmill-swinging and clashing of swords would have been eliminated.  Swords have points, people!  Using them like wood-chopping axes isn't smart.

Take it up with Errol Flynn et al. 

really/  You think Errol Flynn et al sucked at sword fighting in the movies, and that GoT is the one doing it right?  I utterly disagree.  I think the way Errol Flynn et al did it is the way it should be done.  That's what i would argue in response to the argument that doing the windmill thing is necessary to make sword fights exciting for TV as well.

Now, I don't expect fencing with broadswords, but I'd expect the use of points.

but, to each his own, I guess.

[Ed Anger]

Grumbler remembers his training with Legio I Germanica

[The Minsky Moment]

really/  You think Errol Flynn et al sucked at sword fighting in the movies, and that GoT is the one doing it right? 

No of course not - they are all doing it wrong because the purpose is to show action and dramatic effect, not realistic technique whatever that is.

[grumbler]

Grumbler remembers his training with Legio I Germanica

I do?  Thanks, grandpa! 

[garbon]

No he's dressed.