Personally, kendo practitioners taught me how ridiculously hard fighting unarmed against a weapon is - no matter how super talented you are. The teachers that t

Personally, kendo practitioners taught me how ridiculously hard fighting unarmed against a weapon is - no matter how super talented you are. The teachers that tell you to run away in a real fight have got it correct. On that note, a JHU student killed a burglar with (I believe) a katana a couple months ago: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2009-09-16/news/0909150076_1_samurai-sword-samurai-weapon-pontolillo http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2009-09-16/news/0909150076_...