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In article <1993Jan21.173643.5216@colorado.edu> klosky@dvorak.Colorado.EDU (Ledlie Klosky) writes:
>As to suggestion #5:
>I think the whole idea of having the hands be an "illegal" target only
>increases the opportunity for injury.  Illegal is often practiced as
>invulnerable, so the hand is actively used by many to block blows.  
>This seems true for all weapons forms, but particularly for sw&sh.
>If the hand were a legal target, then people would make more of an
>effort to keep it out of the way of blows, a much safer practice.
>Further, it is widely agreed that interposing your knee to block a leg
>blow is not allowed and is very unchivalrous.  Why then is it OK to 
>block a head blow with your hand?  Lastly, we already armour our hands
>with the assumption that they will be struck, so why allow multiple
>hand strikes per bout rather than stopping after the first one?

I agree with this heartily.

The only trouble I see is blow strength determination, if we are wearing
enough protective gear to save the hand, such as a basket hilt.  It might
be more difficult to judge a glancing blow off a hilt than off a helm.


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