theprequelsrule said:
your opponent should always be threatened by your weapon position
You said it better & simpler than me. EXACTLY. And exactly why the prequel fights look so fake (well, one reason).
theprequelsrule said:
Something like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln94E9AGYTc would have been nice in the prequels.
That was awesome. I've always been interested in the medieval combat techniques, but know little about them. The weapons there are very different from a japanese sword (having two sharp edges changes things drastically) and yet it still looked SO familiar. The core concepts of how to fight really don't change from weapon to weapon, just the finer points which are adapted for the particular weapon at hand.