I didn't know Drayk used Tonfas! X3 those are Kins favourite weapons!

The setting for this is dialed back to a more medieval age where such weapons are more likely to be common usage ^.^ in an age like that Drayk would totally use weapons like these because of their overall functionality.

What about katara?

The tonfa can always be fitted with a blade if need be.. but a Katar strictly by itself, doesn't seem as useful.

A katar is in essence more useful than any weapon as it is a direct extension of your arms, and feels more natural than any swords or stick could. It has no defencive properties (although you could go for a wrist-mounted buckler if that's what you need), but it doesn't burden the user in any way, shape or form and thus allows for maximum mobility and agility.

Whereas with a tonfa you would still experience momentum (or a lack thereof).

The katar lacks defensive properties, while the Tonfa lacks offensive ones, which is why I would fit the tonfa with additional properties to boost it's offensiveness. Also the Katar is more or less stuck in place where you hold it. while a Tonfa style weapon you can spin it around by the handle and fucking whoop someone upside the head with the damn thing, gives it more versatility.

Personally I think a Tonfa beats out a Katar in versatility with how it can be used merely with how it is held by design. Both of them however can be built upon to make up for it's shortcomings.

In the early 1800's people actually designed flintlock katara that could unload one or two lead parallel with the wound to ensure that A) stitching was impossible B) bleeding out was severely likely.

On top of that, the katara could also be used to just fire upon your target if they aren't close enough to stab.

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Personally, being of pure Celtic (Belgae) blood, I prefer the Falcata, which was a very aerodynamic and agile blade- as well as having armor-piercing capabilities.

a Flintlock Katara.. seriously .. lol xD

You could likely do the same thing with a Tonfa.

Also.. squall's gunblade.

You named that which shall not be named.

For the katar is works because bleed out.

For the gun blade, it shoots where the widest point of the blade is, resulting in just a little bit wider wound.

The same effect could have been achieved by making the blade taller. :I

Indeed, however .. with "Squall-Tar's", you;'re roaming into a different age of technology than Tonfa's would of likely be used in.

Tonfa are still used nowadays by riot police in most of Europe.

that's because police try and contain people. not stab them to death xD

Keep the tonfa and guns separate.

Though most of the time they seem to go about using them like a club... I question at times why they even have the handle on the side...

too much tea in the brain

Haha maybe. Would be funny to see the police being able to use them as a tonfa... but I don't see that happening anytime soon

Well this is rather interesting, and admittedly I would agree with Drayk on the weapons debate ^^; I don't like feeling slow and heavy with my movements.

Drayk's not muscle bound so it's easier for his arms to tire wielding something like that. Speed and agility definitely has its benefits, But hey everyone is different :D

Same for my character, but for some odd reason people like drawing him with big weapons. Heck last time I was given a claymore they are so heavy.

I prefer things on the more realistic side so I tend to think about these things quite a bit xD. But I agree with you, I always just kinda wince a little at seeing people with "Cloud" sized characters & "Buster Sword" sized weapons.

Yeah one person gave me a sword as big as myself XD. I mean seriously, 5'8 and swinging around a sword only a few inches shy of my full height. I'd much rather have a simple pair of rapiers or something.

makes me think of this picture

http://i.imgur.com/P7CFkG5.png

Aha! Oh now that.....that is priceless.

Awesome description ^^

For me I usually like having a scythe as a weapon, but I am also a sucker for dual wielding weapons, mainly swords.

Scythes look "Cool" but it's hard to imagine them being practical.

I look back to one of the "3 Ninja's" Movies where all these ninja's were inside this cargo container freightship. They all tried to draw their weapons and had an oh shit moment because the hallway was smaller than piss to draw the sword out of it's sheathe.

Scythes always look cool, practicality however... well, try swinging that in a corridor XD

Never seen that movie, but that sounds comical and a bit worrisome (for them). Hence why I would use short swords, blades. They don't feel as heavy, can be hidden quite nicely (no, I don't go about with a blade hidden on my body haha) and allows for swift movement :P

Personally, I like ranged weapons, shuriken, daggers, ect. They offer a wider range of versatility in tactics than most, and allow easier stealth kills. :3

That depends on their usage as well. One of the weapons I imagined for Drayk a long while ago are a pair of 10" hiltless magnetizable blades, with explosive handles that can be sheathed against his thighs.

A hard thumb press against the bottom of the handle would cause the blades to magnetize, a second depress would initiate a countdown timer in the explosive in the handle. A great throwing explosive that isn't likely to get removed from it's target in most cases

Explosions are always fun yes, but have a tendency to draw.....unwanted attention. >>
If a precise quick silent kill is not an option, I prefer to coat various blades with toxins, it is an unfair advantage I admit, but when the situation is kill or be killed, fairness goes out the window. :P

I agree there. If Drayk was in a 1 on 1 confrontation with someone that was threatening his life. One of his little tricks, since he normally wears sleeveless clothes, is to cloak his arms out of the visible light spectrum so that his opponent wouldn't be able to see arms swing clearly. And those are quite deadly when you take into consideration what Drayk can protrude out of his forearms.

......Since when do you have chameleon abilities? For that matter, would your arm blades also be concealed or do you just conceal them in your arms till your close enough to retract them and do damage?
All is fair in love and war. Each of my character have a differing style of fighting that plays to their strength. Granite is in Battle Mage category, Sora is in the Ninja, ect. Every type of fighting has it's own strength and weakness, it depends on the individual to recognize those weaknesses and find other ways to compensate for them.

Drayk's always had them.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5697880/

There is a balance to it however. And yes Drayk's arm blades are hidden until they protrude.

Drayk uses Tonfas? I officially am adding you to my favorite artists section!

More practical and flexible a weapon choice than alot of things ya see imo

indeed :D

You fail, because your arms are not visible, and therefore, not mobile!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWjEw7Cl9ZM

I can see my arms quite clearly in the image :> not sure what you're looking at.

I was thinking that was more your dialog directed at your opponent, showing him the ways of your "sleeveless wuju style" XP

So, who has reach and who has flexibility?

Hehe, I get the reference :P

Except.....if you look at it really wrong, Senrai is on his back and Drayk is the one coming down on top of him from the air! Doesn't change how screwed I am, though v.v

That would be an even worse scenario, because then you're getting punched into the ground xD which is not as soft as the air.

Based on the background color splash, we can't rule out the possibility that this fight takes places on a giant red jello. That would be soft <3

HEhe. Weapons are fun. The more of them I practice with the less of a favourite I have XD. Have you considered double tigerhooks? "Its more deadly because it has points and edges EVERYWHERE!". Image has some neat motion to it.

I'm going to refer to what I said earlier on that I think http://www.furaffinity.net/view/111...../#cid:72376542

Hehe, about defensive capabilities? Well, I Wouldn't agree on that for tigerhooks specifically. They are a joy to use defensively, you don't even need training to figure out how to protect yourself with them, its almost like a cheatcode <.<

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wait wait whoa.. where this come from.. are we in a weapons conversation? I can totally join on this.

This ventured into Demonstration actually :D

I see that a lot of the of suggestion for the kitar but I had a question about Senrai. Since he using a more powerful and slower style.. I was going to ask to ask type of katana he was using and fighting style. but I love the picture regardless.

to my knowledge it's just a plain ol wooden katana.. and his style is "My stick is better than your sticks I don't care what you say" style xD

*laughs* well I guess that would explain why he would have tired out so quickly.. well no need to press any further then. I am there some good training and learning for both.

i'm with Drayk. smaller lighter weapons work better because they don't tire you out as quick and they are more flexible in defensive and offensive purposes.

that's my thoughts pretty much lol

HELL YEAH bro fight XD

bro's against bro's!

Even cooler hahaha XDD

Plus, in reality, two melee weapons are kinda shitty to handle and bring one at a disadvantage.

Of course, unless someone studied rl weapons combat, thats hard to know.

Which may not be relevant depending on the skill of the individual however.

Not really. Theres lots of vidoes and reference material, as weöö as essays on medieval warfare online.

Just like straight ninja swords are an invention of hollywood, so are most things that are considered real swordfighting or martial arts today.

IN fact, real swordplay and close combat in general was kind of a mess. As in, yes, maybe the combatants had learned martial arts beforehand, maybe they had learned some kind of fencing. But for the most part, these were made for combat that follows rules and where both combatants adhere to the honor system.

And thats not real combat. In real warfare, you face off against multiple opponents. You fight against someone to the death, so adhering to rules is foolish. You fight dirty, you kick, bite, grapple, you break joints, you kick below the belt, or grab your opponents soft or easily breakable parts, like fingers, thumbs, ears and so on.

And you don't fight with short weapons, unless you use a shield. People always have this misconception of knights and samurais using small arms, like Katanas, when most of them were on horseback and had a long main weapon, like polearms, long swords and such.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFiI.....FB8B9B9A48BD60

Again, I studied this shit a lot, mostly because I am interested in ancient warfare and martial arts and dislike how everything is played for flashy effects and unrealistic, cool shit in todays movies and games.

So the skill of the individual using the weapon has nothing to do with the effectiveness of the weapon?

If the weapon itself is shitty, even a skilled user will loose against an opponent that may not be as skilled, but skilled with a superior weapon.

Tonfas, Nunchucks, Sai Daggers, morning stars and such were not weapons in the first place. They were redesigns of farming tools, done by farmers that were too poor to afford a real weapon. And when you're in the dark ages or ancient japan, china or asia in general, having SOME weapon is preferable to having NO weapon, even if its a horrible shitty one.

And yes, there are some effective dual hand weapon combos, like say a parrying dagger like a main gauche and a sword or a sword breaker and a sword. But otherwise, going into battle with short, stumpy weapons that give you no range advantage and have the enemy blade or weapon close to your arms and such is a horrible idea in real combat to the death.

They're still fun to use for sparring though :D

I dunno, if you find getting hit fun, yeah sure. I personally would prefer a polearm or longsword with half swording.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bdMfaymGlk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8RWLxlzTiM

Awesome yet practical.

I'm getting a laugh out of that second vid, like fucking defending yourself with a dinner plate

Yeah, Bucklers were not really effective in most situations...sure they're light and all, but as you can see, they also leave a lot open, and unless you're very good with reflexes you wont stop shit from hitting you.

Tonfas :D.

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