1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Zenneth (zennx) http://rainbowdash.net/zennx http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4163752 why do katanas have wrist guards?<br />it makes no sense, you have a sword that was built to slash, not to cleave or pierce<br />and you give it a wrist guard, a tiny one at it<br />katanas are meant, when used defensively, to deflect by taping the oponent's blade on the side, sending it off-target.<br />you can't block a katana with a katana's wrist guard, the blade is too long, so if you block the weak with your wrist the hit wasn't going to connect anyway, and if you block the strong the weak will already be inside you<br /><br />I don't get it