ahem
I just went through some practice with LASur5er on the use(lessness) of short and long arms in very close distances lol ... and I'm VERY fond of bayonet fighting drills. Spectre, you can imagine what that must have been like
(Speaking of which I've left Fort Benning, but should return to the Georgia area for schools ... will let you know when I'll be in Atlanta again, sorry about not writing sooner)
On a personal note, I think "tobidogu" aka "flying tools" in Japanese aka firearms, integrate well with the arts. Huge aversion to throwing knives and shuriken way back when in the old days as "not fair" ... hence an unwillingness to integrate them further into the arts. Nix the cult of the sword. Firearms work and I like 'em.
- from the ol' dragontooth73