I remember reading in the past, mainly for samurai fights, there wasn't really much back and forth, you would hit your enemy once or twice and it would be over.

I remember reading in the past, mainly for samurai fights, there wasn't really much back and forth, you would hit your enemy once or twice and it would be over. This whole trading blows kind of thing was mostly bullshit to sell movies as actual fights wouldn't be very interesting as they would usually end very quickly.