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Katana vs Sabre: More European accounts of Japanese swords and sword fighting | Page 3 | SpaceBattles
In fencing, in a rapier vs katana fight, or a rapier vs longsword or rapier vs saber fight, the rapier wins 9 times out of 10. Why did people bother using shorter,
![Why is the katana (a two-handed sword) the same length as an arming sword (one-handed), and why the nodachi would be a better two-handed sword compared to the katana? : r/SWORDS Why is the katana (a two-handed sword) the same length as an arming sword (one-handed), and why the nodachi would be a better two-handed sword compared to the katana? : r/SWORDS](https://preview.redd.it/5b72ldo4j6j81.png?auto=webp&s=f94e2353c1878ae24df61beb9d360c104e45c225)