A guy tried to rob the clothing store next door to our card shop and two of the Magic the Gathering players are Marines rushed out hearing the screams. The robber's knife might as well been a feather as he was disarmed in seconds before eating asphalt. The other Marine just didn't bother putting his soda down watching the ass kicking.

This troper once easily stopped a drunk guy, who got psychotic and violent, and pulled out his knife. He almost stabbed one of my friends in the neck, his girlfriend pulled him back at the last moment, so he got only a long scratch. At this point I got really pissed, gave this psycho a bone-crunching bear "hug" (I'm a huge and strong guy, almost 6'10" and 320 lbs), then lifted him in the air and slammed at floor, knocking him out for almost 10 minutes. Needless to say, he was no longer welcome in our company.

This is my gimmick in my swordsmanship classes. Everyone else is focused on slashes. I usually just beat the blade upward, shoulder check them off ballance, scrape my boot heel down their shins and disarm them.It also helps that when I do cut someone, I have the strongest cut in the group, including instructors. If you're going into swordsmanship, then you may as well study the book of 5 rings and be a strategist.