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dasgregorian
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Unrelated to any other form of weapon, does anyone know how fast a skilled swordsman can draw and attack (assume a weapon that is designed to attack off a draw such as a katana, also assume a well trained swordsman.)
Obviously this is simply as fast as you can more your arm out, but I'm sure professional swordsmen (back in the day...... yo.) got some sort of technique down to draw quickly (such as the stories suggesting some samurai could slice someone in half before you see their hand move), such as old west cowboy people who were able to draw their gun, shoot, and reholster their gun as fast as they're famous for (although I always suspected they were just tilting their holster and shooting out a hole in the bottom of it...).
Obviously this is simply as fast as you can more your arm out, but I'm sure professional swordsmen (back in the day...... yo.) got some sort of technique down to draw quickly (such as the stories suggesting some samurai could slice someone in half before you see their hand move), such as old west cowboy people who were able to draw their gun, shoot, and reholster their gun as fast as they're famous for (although I always suspected they were just tilting their holster and shooting out a hole in the bottom of it...).