Originally posted by Lord Ryugen
I've always held the opinion that is a sword master and staff master of the same skill level fought, the staff master would be more likely to win. It's easier to block attacks and you have a greater variaton of attacks as opposed to the katana.
Thats not necessarily true. A staff master would be able to take a Katana master, and a Dao master. But a sword like a claymore, or a schiavona would be rather difficult for a saber to take.