Question about Filipino weapons, doubled edged and/or two handed.

[mross]

Originally Posted by David

At the risk of raising the ire of some of our martial arts aficionados, i think that the difference between what is taught in martial arts schools and what actually took place in battle is probably night and day. That is not to say that certain martial arts techniques were not employed, but when one is truly in a life or death situation anything goes. Obviously if the back edge of the Moro kris was not meant to be used it would not be sharpened to the same razor-edged sharpness as the front edge, right?

Yes, I fully agree, in the case with most real weapons, function dictates form.