Quote Originally Posted by mucky305
Believe it or not, being mean and nasty in combat accounts for alot.
Well, I brawled a lot and enjoyed immensely your description :) must be your 20 years in aikido and judo that gave you the insight ;) . It's true the best way to defeat someone in hand to hand is the psychological factor.
If you manage to scare your opponent to death before you engage, he'll die of fear and you wont need to worry. Now, this is nearly impossible so if you just scare him, his moves will be uncertain, shaky (not very good in sword fighting I can assure you) and weak compared to a prepared opponent.
One simple example, to all of you who do some martial art, when you fight, if you get punched hard, the next time you fight with that guy you wont go with the same spirit (unless like me you're there to fight like a real fight every single time, be sure your opponent knows this tough :p). So, your opponent gains the Psychological advantage.


Cheers...