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People believe that Europe didn’t have martial arts like Asia did but that’s not true. We had martial arts but centred around weapons because unlike in Asia, anyone could carry a weapon. We never had to invent bare-handed martial arts for fighting armed opponents.

Also - there were guides for “how to fight an armored opponent if all you have is a stupid sword that won’t pierce them”.

And FYI the answer to this is “bash him with the pommel”.

Also - shields can be used to kill. Just sayin’.

Thank you to listen to this little trivia.

Asia - Two wizened sages staring at each other caressing their long beards before unleashing a flurry of deadly blows and one of them falls over elegantly, defeated

Europe - “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!” screams a man as he repeatedly smashes a knight with the pommel of his sword “DIE ALREADY!”

That’s why the Misericorde was invented!

When you’ve smashed your opponent so many times that his armour, and especially the helmet started resembling a crushed can, but you could still hear the poor sod wheezing and gurgling somewhere in there, then you would probably feel sorry for him. As a good Christian and what not. So you took this thin little bugger:

And pushed it into some crack in or opening in the armour to give your enemy a mercy kill.