you would think there werent real battles wouldnt you Ultima.....and yet every wed we teach ful combat...no stage or rehersals. you have to pay attention to what your doing or you can kill and injure someone easily. if someone wants to fight for real they just have to challenge whoever they want....we had one chap turn up to check out teh class (spying) and he hadnt been tought how to pull his blows...so he started sparring with one of our studants and he belted him with the intention of hurting, our studant wouldnt have stood a chance if it wasnt for us teaching you how to fight for real with control.
Dark....theres no differnace at all, except teh waight, and thats only a case of getting stronger, pick up a heavy branch. every real sword wighs differntly, in reality you should get a sword thats the ideal wight for you so how heavy your weapon is doesnt matter, you use it exactly the same. the only technical differnce is the leangth of your grip. if you can fit a hand and a half on it then it's a SINGLE hander. two hands and a half and it's a HAND AND A HALF, four hands and it's a TWO hander. you use a single hander with one hand regardless of the leagth and waight of blade etc.
Rusty, a gun blade is most like a samurai katana, straight bladed rather than curved. in a world were all men are equal it's technically a weaker weapon due to teh shape of the blade......as for teh gunblade....you just pull that trigger lol
I might be a GF in FF8, hanging around in selphy and quistis minds....toying with their dirty thoughts lol