Are Double Hits and Afterblows Related?
Can the Bilateral Hits measurement tell us about Afterblows and Doubles? Or are they essentially independent quantities?
Cleanliness
Do they Double a Lot in the Swordfish Finals?
Some people have taken issue with the matches on the Swordfish finals due to a perceived high number of double hits. Let’s crunch some numbers and see if this is actually true.
Survive the Pools and Fence the Finals?
Many people perceive that pool fighting is uglier and leads to more double hits than elimination bracket fights. But is this really the case?
Case Study – SoCal 2018 Singlestick
Even if you don’t like singlestick, there is a lot to learn about how the afterblow affects both the attacker and the defender independently.
Data Mining – CombatCon Longsword
How has the CombatCon Longsword tournament changed year over year? We crunch the numbers and see.
Data Mining – SoCal Swordfight Longsword
How has the SoCal Longsword tournament changed year over year? We crunch the numbers and see.
Case Study: SoCal 2018 Sword and Buckler
I’ve always been a big advocate of evaluating tournaments in as objective a manner as possible, so I’m going to take a crack at it. […]